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This is the most European question I would have ever imagined.
by cynicalsecurity 3y ago
This is the most European question I would have ever imagined.
- skybrian 3y agoIt's US law. Are there similar European laws?
- Swizec 3y agoThe European attitude is: Am I breaking the law? How do I make sure I’m not? The American attitude is: I’m not breaking the law until someone tells me to stop.
- michaelleland 3y agoThe European (ok, Swedish) attitude is: the authorities are there to enforce the law. The American attitude is: the law is there to support the authorities.
- rrr_oh_man 3y agoSweden until early 2000's maybe
- SoftTalker 3y agoI would say the American attitude is more like "don't ask, don't tell."
- namibj 3y agoYeah, however, the problem with breaking laws around immigration in a place you like is that you won't have to do much to become ineligible for the convenient visa options. As in, get caught by immigration working on a tourist visa, get no tourist visa approved for the next 10~20 years. If you get a visa at all, that is, though I understand merely violating conditions, not breaking normal laws or overstaying has no good reason to get you banned from entry itself.
- zarzavat 3y agoYou can be banned from the US for any reason, or no reason, just because they don’t like the look of your face, or the officer is having a bad day, etc. Regardless of what the law says you don’t have any right to enter the US, regardless of what visa you hold (except perhaps a green card), so be friendly, look wealthy and important, and say the right things.
- bratwurst3000 3y agoFrench people have the us attitude. Germans are geniuses at rule breaking without breaking the law xD
- switch007 3y agoHaha Spain and Italy are like: rules are stupid and there to be broken
- nullderef 3y ago"Más vale pedir perdón que permiso"
- usr1106 3y agoAs a European I expect at least some common sense behind a law. Every time I visited the US I noted a complete absence of common sense.
- saalweachter 3y agoYou only get common sense when everyone agrees with what the goal of the law should be.
- solidsnack9000 3y agoLaws in probably every other country are the same in this regard. If you enter the country and do any work under the wrong visa, it is an improper entry.
- usr1106 3y agoThat's correct. But only when entering the US I have been asked for example: Do intented to engage in illegal activity? That's question seems to violate common sense: No one intending to do so would admit it.
- afiori 3y agoNobody expects you to say "yes, I want to defraud old people" but if evidence comes up that you intended to do illegal stuff they now have a simple case of you lying to the immigration officer. Similarly to how you are supposed to pay taxes on income of illegal activities, if they find stacks of cash in your house it becomes easier to convict you. They are weird laws but have their uses (good or bad)
- solidsnack9000 3y agoA direct question like that is seen to be useful as part of a broader set of questions, due to the emotional effect on the interviewee, depending on the "interviewing technique" that the agency is using.
- hiergiltdiestfu 3y ago