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The one thing I'm taking home from that letter is this: the embassy called him back to say that they had found the problem. They said that if he came
by Mithaldu 13y ago
The one thing I'm taking home from that letter is this:
the embassy called him back to say that they had found
the problem. They said that if he came in, they would fix
it. Instead of fixing it, they stamped CANCELED across
his student visa without explaining what was wrong, and
refused to answer any questions as to why.
In short: The american embassy has no compunctions whatsoever to lie to citizens of other countries.
For me as citizen of another country, this means that i will need to treat anything any representative of the US-american government says, no matter how high, or more importantly, low they are on the totem pole, is highly subject and likely a lie.
- betterunix 13y agoNothing special here -- law enforcement agencies in the USA are allowed to lie to people like this as well. There is a reason defense attorneys here keep telling people that if they are ever arrested they should say nothing until a lawyer is present. Somewhere on Youtube there is a video where a former cop describes how he once told some kid that he should write an apology letter to the family he stole from, and the cop would deliver it; that "apology letter" was presented as evidence in court, as a confession. Trickery is a matter of course for the US government, at basically every level.
- piqufoh 13y agoThis part is breathtakingly bad, but also largely subjective - we may never know what they really said...
- johnyzee 13y agoIf only we had records...
- balabaster 13y ago1). LOL 2). They did fix it - they stamped cancelled on a visa the guy (allegedly) shouldn't have. Fixed. Seems to me, that's the American way, no? :P