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Deported from Australia-Clearing US immigration

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  • 01-07-2014 1:29pm
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    Phelan66
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    I was deported from Australia last year as I was on a holiday visa but had been minding children for a family I knew from home.
    I am planning a one week holiday to New York in October. Just wondering will I have any problems clearing U.S.immigration?


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    iusedtoknow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭iusedtoknow


    You shouldn't have any issues - however if on your passport, you have a big "deported" stamp from Australia, you'll probably have to answer a few questions from the border guards

    A worst case scenario is that you get a guard that thinks you'd do it again in the US and you could be barred from entering. However if you bring enough proof that you're just visiting, show ties to Ireland and that you have a return flight etc - you should be OK


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    Phelan66
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Phelan66


    iusedtoknow wrote: »
    You shouldn't have any issues - however if on your passport, you have a big "deported" stamp from Australia, you'll probably have to answer a few questions from the border guards

    A worst case scenario is that you get a guard that thinks you'd do it again in the US and you could be barred from entering. However if you bring enough proof that you're just visiting, show ties to Ireland and that you have a return flight etc - you should be OK

    Thanks for that.there is no deported stamp in my passport.do u think I would b better off declaring the fact I've been deported or keeping quiet and hoping for the best?


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    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,946 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Well i would imagine none of their questions would be
    'Have you been deported from Australia'


    So no dont offer it up. Unless specifically asked.


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    iusedtoknow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭iusedtoknow


    the general rule with US immigration:

    Don't answer any questions that you haven't been asked. So unless they raise your status in Oz, don't raise it either

    That's not to say that you should lie - it's just if follow their lead, if they ask you something - answer it and nothing more


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,445 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Phelan66 wrote: »
    Thanks for that.there is no deported stamp in my passport.do u think I would b better off declaring the fact I've been deported or keeping quiet and hoping for the best?

    Did they not draw a cross through your entry visa on your passport? I thought that was the normal way of showing that you were deported or denied entry but maybe it's only used for denied entry.

    If there's nothing visible on your passport then i wouldn't volunteer the info. As others have said, answer any question you're asked by the US people but do not volunteer information that isn't directly asked for.

    Each country has different rules and being denied entry to one country doesn't necessarily make you a persona non grata for another country, unless it was to do with outright criminal activity over and above non-compliance with the conditions of a tourist visa.


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