justwise:


You don't seems to know much, all the points the op raised are valid.

Bollinger:


And where in my post did i say i was i turned back at point of entry. I now see why the Nigerian Government refuse to spend on Education. It's a waste of time.

justwise:



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EZEIGBO1OFIMO:

Nigerians are just too pathetic... why the hell will a stupid white officer go through my phone.... I know a person whose entire investment brokerage account information. .. never to be shared are present on his phone............. Most nigerians just suffer stupidity × inferiority complex together. .... I can and never will hand over my phone to any idiot.... if Afghans, Iraqis , russians don't have their phone's checked. .. why should a black africn have his.......... god bless you for being sensible

Bollinger:


And where in my post did i say i was i turned back at point of entry. I now see why the Nigerian Government refuse to spend on Education. It's a waste of time.

irondome:


Also wrong. I was never for once bothered at POE in Australia, especially if you do not carry any contraband item or food.

EZEIGBO1OFIMO:

Nigerians are just too pathetic... why the hell will a stupid white officer go through my phone.... I know a person whose entire investment brokerage account information. .. never to be shared are present on his phone............. Most nigerians just suffer stupidity × inferiority complex together. .... I can and never will hand over my phone to any idiot.... if Afghans, Iraqis , russians don't have their phone's checked. .. why should a black africn have his.......... god bless you for being sensible

babyisUS:


Yes, it's definitely a waste of time and tax payers money to spend on education,all thanks to folks like you who claim to know it all,but actually knows NOTHING...

You were not turned back,but could have... u claimed it was impossible for anyone to meet any hassles at POE unless they are dubious...so should we take it u are dubious hence the IO deemed it appropriate to search through your lappy? The lock was even cut like you were carrying some indicting stuffs!
Thought u are untouchable and u own the POE!!!
Pfffftttt!

Bollinger:


They won't unless you give them cause.

justwise:


..again you are wrong. Honestly your experience on this is very very limited.

Bollinger:


Count all your fingers and your toes. It won't still add up to the countries i've been to.

justwise:


...been to those countries with mum & daddy?

Omotolu:
That point 5 is not really true. I used to travel with my credentials, on visitor's permit, without hassles.

Bollinger:


Lol. . .if only you knew.

justwise:


Difficulties to believe that you have left airport departure terminal because you don't need to have traveled to many countries to know this issue.

It got nothing to do with your right, valid visa or your privacy.

Bollinger:


Google can't give you all the answers you want. you have to live it to understand it. The OP's post was all about being turned back at the port of entry. I gave an example, where i tried to explain how you could have an infringement and officials would clear you because they know you have nothing to hide because you had an oversight. Want another one. My organization sent me to Germany to complete a project which took 3 years. I didn't know that the SOFA card for my kids had to be renewed yearly while staying in Germany. I completed the project and went back home with my family. A year after that i was sent back for quality inspections and was stopped at the Nuremberg Airport because My name popped up due to my kids. I paid the 200 Euro fine and proceeded on. No one will turn you back unless you are dubious.

Bollinger:


You are just too dull i swear. Please show me anywhere where i said it is a right. They want you to come and spend your money. They won't turn you back unless you prove to them you are dubious. How is this so difficult to understand?

babyisUS:


So let's say someone else found themselves in your second situation, and didn't have the 200 Euro to pay the fine immediately...what would have been the next course of action? Turn him back right? Would you translate it to mean the person was dubious and stupid?

If you had really taken time to read the OP's intro before listing the points, you'd understand that he got all those points from people's experiences he came across on this page. Without mistakes,there wouldn't be corrections....there wouldn't be lessons learned...
You have stated two situations you have experienced, are you aware that someone has taken note of your case and included them in their list of "things to/not to do" list?.. no information is useless. ..
Yes there are dubious people, no doubt, but there are also, a good number of genuine people who have suffered for many oversights...
Even if u have travelled round the world without hassles, u can only speak about YOUR OWN experience, not about others... and you can't use ur own experience to generalise... I watch Borders Watch and have seen how silly things like people's indomie noodle's packets were ripped apart just to make sure the contents are what they should be...
With these IOs,you can never be too sure.. posts like this shouldn't be spat on like you are doing... thats my whole point..

justwise:


Honestly your level of ignorant is limited edition, not too many out there like you.

Bollinger:


But the Op's point are ridiculous now. Having your result, having the host country's number on your phone, not having a return ticket, etc. . .bro please.

Bollinger:


But the Op's point are ridiculous now. Having your result, having the host country's number on your phone, not having a return ticket, etc. . .bro please.

Rastamann:
Na we dey cause most of these things because many of us don give them the impression say we no dey truthful, so no mata wetin we tak, dem belif say na lie we dey lie. .

babyisUS:


But they are not exactly his points... they are points culled from members experiences.. the OP only collated people's experiences..

I am a chic by the way.

ronald4lif:
All true. Worse if you're going to Australia. Aussie immigration officials are the most strict in the world, they could deny you entry for sneezing too hard lol. Even Australians are denied entry into their country without cogent reasons. Crazy country.

justwise:


You don't seems to know much, all the points the op raised are valid.

business4all:
Taken from different experiences of nairalanders that were turned back to Nigeria from port of entries.

1. Showing up at a port of entry different from what your stated in your visa application form. You will have to do a lot of explaining why you do that if its your first entry with the visa. people have been deported for that same reason.

2. Not having a return ticket back to your home country. this can be construed as having no plan to return to your country and you are immediately sent back before you are allowed to enter.

3. Not traveling with money. It was so embarrassing when i read a personal report of a nairalander how he was send back because he traveled with no kobo in his pocket hoping to arrived in the hand of a relation waiting to pick him up. He was only showing them mastercard as his only proof of fund that he had money in it. Unfortunately he was deported from the spot.

4. Going with excessive luggage making it look as if you are relocating. you stated that you are visiting for seven days but your luggage show otherwise that you have come to stayput. A nairaland had that as one of the reason he was deported. They did not trust him that he will leave their country because of his excess lauggage.

5. Going with your credential. it saddened my heart when i read a report of a girl by his nairalander brother how she was sent back from the port of entry simply because her credentials were found in her luggage. this gave her away as a immigrant going to look for a job as against going to visit or for tourism. For a student visa, that is understandable.

6. Having your destination country phone number on your phone while you stated that you do not know or have any relation in the country. This can arouse scrutiny to an extent of deporting you. I read how someone's phone was collected at the port of entry and the official look through it only to find a local phone number of the country when the traveler stated that he did not have any contact in the country.

7. Not going with the documents that confirm the purpose of your trip.
A nairalander was going for a program. He was asked to produce documents proof of the program. He didn't have it and he wanted to show them the soft copies of the documents maybe from his tablet or whatever. He was asked why didn't he have them on paper. He was not given any chance to show the soft copies until he was deported.

8. Going to give birth when you did not declare it during your visa interview. This is seriously frowned at. many heavily pregnant women have been sent back for that reason. If you scale through because your pregnancy is still not visible enough and you go to give birth, it will affect your next visa application negatively.

9. Using the visa for the first time for a purpose other than what it was issued for. You will need a lot of explaining to do as to why you change the purpose of use of the visa if you will no[img][/img] ort be deported.

10. Saying a different thing from what you filled in your visa application form. this could be dangerous.


so, you can add yours or your port of entry experience so we learn.

richard870:
Nice one op, but all the afforementioned only apply to non-immigrant visa holders.