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Those kinds of questions can also be used just to let the border agent evaluate how you answer them. If they sense evasiveness, they may think you are worthy of
by ams6110 8y ago
Those kinds of questions can also be used just to let the border agent evaluate how you answer them. If they sense evasiveness, they may think you are worthy of further screening or searches.
- tonto 8y agoThis is the most likely scenario I think. Border agents will ask very probing questions to try and uncover contradictions in your story
- GordonS 8y agoI remember going through the border at Houston airport several years ago, travelling with some work colleagues, one of which was an 18 year old girl who had never been on a plane before. The border guy was one of the 'little Hitler' types, and gave her a series of rapid fire personal questions about her relationship with her boyfriend back home - his overbearing demeanour and personal nature of the question were completely inappropriate, and my colleague ended up confused, scared and in tears. I travelled to the US several times afterwards, landing in either Houston or Atlanta, and the border crossing was always a horrible experience. Thankfully I haven't had to go for years now. Worth noting that I've travelled to many countries, spread over every continent, and never experienced border guards as nasty and vicious as they are in the US - if anything, they are generally friendly elsewhere!