tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post115280084481718923..comments2024-03-14T01:32:43.610-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: Visa problems when travelling to the US ?Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1155662848534041612006-08-15T11:27:00.000-06:002006-08-15T11:27:00.000-06:00Mercury News , 4 August 2006As many as a dozen pro...<A HREF="http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/15201375.htm" REL="nofollow">Mercury News</A> , 4 August 2006<BR/><BR/>As many as a dozen prominent Iranian professionals, arriving with valid U.S. visas in the Bay Area to attend an international gathering this weekend, are being detained at the San Francisco International Airport, refused entry by immigration officials and facing deportation.<BR/>...<BR/>``These are intellectuals, prominent people from Iran who have a positive impression of the United States,'' Hormachea said. ``They've never ever been so humiliated and insulted.''<BR/><BR/>Elahe Enssani, a civil engineering professor at San Francisco State University and a graduate of Sharif University, expressed frustration.<BR/><BR/>``It's fine if you don't issue visas,'' she said. ``But why would you issue a visa and then at the airport say it's revoked?''<BR/><BR/>``I'm obviously very disappointed at what my government is doing,'' she said. ``It's sad.'' <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://geomblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/visa-problems-when-travelling-to-us.html#comments" REL="nofollow" TITLE="toby at smartgames dot ca">Toby</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1152860291052773142006-07-14T00:58:00.000-06:002006-07-14T00:58:00.000-06:00Weren't Kayal and Saxena denied visas after their ...Weren't Kayal and Saxena denied visas after their primality test paper came out? <BR/> <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1152803341882609222006-07-13T09:09:00.000-06:002006-07-13T09:09:00.000-06:00I did the Netherlands visa once and it was smooth....I did the Netherlands visa once and it was smooth. I guess it all depends on the consulate. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>KevinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1152801755329526152006-07-13T08:42:00.000-06:002006-07-13T08:42:00.000-06:00I found US visa is not that hard, they check you b...I found US visa is not that hard, they check you but grant the visa in reasonable time.<BR/><BR/>The most troublesome visa is for the Netherlands, they take for ever to process without noticing you after half a year when the conference has been gone already. I will NEVER EVER apply a visa for the Netherlands. <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>YajunYajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07968958315609838131noreply@blogger.com