From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 24-Jun-14 11:49, Nobody wrote:   
   > On Tue, 24 Jun 2014 09:28:04 -0500, Stephen Sprunk   
   >  wrote:   
   >> On 23-Jun-14 22:17, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>> Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
      
   Please trim your quotes to just the part you're replying to.   
      
   >>>> There are indeed exceptions.  A former coworker from Canada   
   >>>> kept getting hassled during business trips to the US and was   
   >>>> eventually denied entry.   
   >>>   
   >>> Why?   
   >>   
   >> He was visiting the US often enough and/or for long enough that   
   >> they suspected his visits were "work" rather than "business   
   >> meetings" as he claimed.  Those are very different under   
   >> immigration law; the latter is okay under a tourist visa (or visa   
   >> waiver), but the former is not.   
   >   
   > Though if he was a permanent resident of Canada or a citizen, there   
   > are "applicable" rules under NAFTA to cover that... but the devil as   
   > always is in the details of his situation!   
      
   The final decision to admit or deny someone at the border rests with the   
   immigration officer, period, even if the traveler already has a visa.   
      
   NAFTA did result in new visa types, but IIRC they're for temporary   
   workers--not a category he was applying for admission under since he   
   wasn't going to "work" in the US.  And I'm not sure he could apply for   
   that at the port of entry anyway, as he could a tourist visa.   
      
   So, we got him an immigrant visa and green card; that way it doesn't   
   matter if the officer thinks he's going to "work" in the US because   
   that's now legal for him.  Of course, he doesn't want to "work" here at   
   all, much less immigrate, but it makes the officers happy.   
      
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