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As an additional data point, in 2000, both a fellow traveler and I were asked mathematical questions by US immigration officers in Canada. He answered correctl
by areyousure 10y ago
As an additional data point, in 2000, both a fellow traveler and I were asked mathematical questions by US immigration officers in Canada. He answered correctly, I was unable to do so, but we were both allowed to enter without further investigation. I thought the experience was fine.
I have had less pleasant, aggressive questioning dealing with British immigration when flying into Heathrow as well as Irish immigration when flying out of Heathrow, though in the latter case the proximal cause was my fellow traveler choosing to lie. :(
- TomMarius 10y agoAh, the good old prisoner's dilemma.
- microtherion 10y ago> He answered correctly, I was unable to do so, but we were both allowed to enter without further investigation. It's like that cliché often employed in coding interviews, but immigration officers are more serious about it: They don't need a correct answer, they are interested primarily in observing your answering process.
- huxley 10y agoIt may be a bit dated nowadays, but from travelling through Central America back in the 80s, I made it a habit to never ever use the phrase "fellow traveler" around US border officials: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_traveller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_traveller
- areyousure 10y agoThanks for the reference! I didn't know about that euphemism.