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I know the urban myth, but I have travelled to the US dozens of times over the last 20+ years, have had a couple of different types of US visa, been on the TSA

I know the urban myth, but I have travelled to the US dozens of times over the last 20+ years, have had a couple of different types of US visa, been on the TSA precheck and Global Entry programmes so I have filled in a lot of visa and immigration forms and that's not ever been a question on any form I've had to fill out. Edit to add: Here's the I-94W form which people normally tell this story about https://i.stack.imgur.com/NhlML.jpg https://i.stack.imgur.com/NhlML.jpg The second question is the one which asks whether you are a convicted terrorist or nazi war criminal but it doesn't ask whether you're planning anything.

giraffe_lady 3y ago
I don't know about currently but they were on the ESTA form, if you were traveling from a visa waiver country. I guess it's possible that you don't see them if you're on a "real" visa instead of a waived one? And my information isn't up to date so they may have removed them. But it's absolutely not myth, those questions were real.
- seanhunter 3y ago
  Rereading it I think it is dumber than I previously gave it credit for. I guess I always shut off my brain and just saw "blah blah nazi Germany" and checked no.
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carlosjobim 3y ago
It absolutely is not a myth. I've had to fill in forms along with all other passengers with that question and other similar questions, when traveling to countries such as Australia.
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ktosobcy 3y ago
I applied for a US visa about a decade ago and was faced with the question (it literally blew my mind, I probably still have a screenshot of it somewhere) and this year my SO was filling this electronic visa and he faced something similar afair...
ceejayoz 3y ago
N-400 asks something along these lines. It doesn't say planning; it's broader, really. Any membership in an organization that wants the US to be a single-party state counts. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/n-400.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/n-4... Part 12, question 10-11: "Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way associated (either directly or indirectly) with: The Communist Party?; Any other totalitarian party?; A terrorist organization? Have you EVER advocated (either directly or indirectly) the overthrow of any government by force or violence?" Ironically, most of our political leadership doesn't qualify to become a US citizen; they've almost all advocated for the overthrow of Iraq's government by force. I'd imagine in practice some governments are more equal than others here...

giraffe_lady 3y ago

I don't know about currently but they were on the ESTA form, if you were traveling from a visa waiver country. I guess it's possible that you don't see them if you're on a "real" visa instead of a waived one? And my information isn't up to date so they may have removed them. But it's absolutely not myth, those questions were real.

seanhunter 3y ago
Rereading it I think it is dumber than I previously gave it credit for. I guess I always shut off my brain and just saw "blah blah nazi Germany" and checked no.

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carlosjobim 3y ago

It absolutely is not a myth. I've had to fill in forms along with all other passengers with that question and other similar questions, when traveling to countries such as Australia.

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ktosobcy 3y ago

I applied for a US visa about a decade ago and was faced with the question (it literally blew my mind, I probably still have a screenshot of it somewhere) and this year my SO was filling this electronic visa and he faced something similar afair...

ceejayoz 3y ago

N-400 asks something along these lines. It doesn't say planning; it's broader, really. Any membership in an organization that wants the US to be a single-party state counts. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/n-400.pdf https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/n-4... Part 12, question 10-11: "Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way associated (either directly or indirectly) with: The Communist Party?; Any other totalitarian party?; A terrorist organization? Have you EVER advocated (either directly or indirectly) the overthrow of any government by force or violence?" Ironically, most of our political leadership doesn't qualify to become a US citizen; they've almost all advocated for the overthrow of Iraq's government by force. I'd imagine in practice some governments are more equal than others here...