tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post2780476552736485307..comments2023-10-10T11:23:10.438-04:00Comments on Diplopundit: Coming Soon – a Corporation for Travel Promotion to the U.S.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897233608659313746.post-64149771093478861242010-03-02T12:19:27.501-05:002010-03-02T12:19:27.501-05:00If they really wanted to promote travel to the US,...If they really wanted to promote travel to the US, they wouldn't make the entry process such a PITA. Or maybe that's just my impression based on the process at LAX. <br /><br />While a strong subscriber to the "need to protect our borders" idea, I found myself utterly appalled on a plane coming back from the Far East while watching a video regarding what to expect at the airport and what forms to complete in advance of arrival. Watching the video, I learned that you have to fill out a form XZ1242 for being born at the time of a waxing gibbous moon when your mother was a Thai national and your father a Laotian, but you have to fill out a GV3475 if the parentage is the same but you were born at the time of a waning crescent. Pity the poor soul who merely wants to walk from one end of the international terminal to the other so he can simply change planes to go to Brazil but filled out YU568 rather than YU567. Any foreigner, and particularly one who does not speak English, should be admitted to Harvard if they successfully make it through immigration with all correct forms accurately completed in the first instance. <br /><br />I have a graduate degree and English as a first language and I was hopelessly confused. I also thought that if the non-US nationals on the plane had any sense, they would say "Screw you, I'm going home," and turn right around.<br /><br />If Congress wanted to encourage tourism to the US and wanted to not create new spending in the process, how about streamlining the existing immigration laws and have DHS create some user friendly forms?EvaLSeraphimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02962619469770281071noreply@blogger.com