Q: i feel so bad for my bestfriend.. i just hate seeing her sad.. i really need help on this please.. my friend is a canadian citizen and goes back and forth from canada, u.s. and the philippines.. and never overstays.. just today she was on her way to the u.s. for fun. not for business but just to go tour around l.a. and vegas.. her relatives support her and they are the ones paying for her ticket and they all have good jobs. some relatives paying are registered nurses, a doctor and a commissioner.. Question One: why was she was declined to go to the u.s.? (she has the ticket going but she doesn't have her ticket going back, but she always gets one going back but not just at the same time) Question Two: Can they judge her from her job? because she doesn't have any job/ income. they have a family business in the Philippines and her relatives or friend usually pays for her ticket.. and they said she cant go in because she is depending on other people to get her ticket.. Question Three: If she shows proof of return to Canada will they let her in? They treated her in a rude way too. She was just asking for the time because she went early to the airport she was going to eat breakfast before flying.. and she said the man told her why she was in such a cheerful mood because i knew how excited she was to go to vegas. and when they took her in the customs she told me that the man said to her when she saw her looking at the time to see if she could still catch breakfast "there's no sense in looking at the time cause you're not flying anywhere" Question Four: can she file a complain on them for being rude to her? and last question: they told her after to get a tourist visa (i wish they couldve just said it in a nice way..) Will she not be able to go to the u.s once she gets a tourist visa? thank you so much in advance for helping!
A: No one can tell you exactly why your friend was refused entry into the US: none of us were there, and her story to you might not be entirely accurate. Nonetheless, any country can refuse entry to anyone who would normally be admissible without a visa if they have reason to believe he or she might be intending to overstay, to work, to study, or to do anything else that visa-free entry forbids. Remember, when you write that your friend travels often and never overstays, that could mean that every time she enters the US she stays for six months. There aren't many people who can afford to do that. If she was advised to get a visa, she should go and do so: that will allow her to explain in detail to a consular officer how and why she can travel so often and so freely: having an actual return ticket is generally meaningless; anyone can buy a two-way ticket and not use the other half. What she really needs is a true story about how she can afford to travel so much. And no, there would be no point in filing a complaint. Her not liking what happened to her doesn't mean that it wasn't justified.