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Hopefully this is the right place to put this question.
A couple of years ago, I accidentally overstayed my time in the United States by 2 days after mis-booking my outbound flight. I then returned to the United States at the end of last year, learned that I'd overstayed after arriving at immigration, and was then sent back to Australia the next day.
The problem now is that I have a "Deported" stamp at the back of my passport.
Does anyone know if this will make it unlikely that I'll be allowed into France? I'll have my outbound flight booked before I arrived, and I think I look like a typical hiker (with hiking poles, sleeping bag, etc), but with the heightened security in France, I'm a little worried that border control might be strict.
I'm guessing no one can offer me a definitive answer to this question, but if anyone has any experience or thoughts, I'd love to hear their input.
Just to clarify my previous post, to lose your passport is not recommended for all the reasons suggested by others.
Furthermore at least with some countries past border activity seems to get transfered between passports. In other words, even if you show up with a new passport, select border authorities know of past violations.
I suspect we will see more digital sharing of this type of information
Hopefully this is the right place to put this question.
A couple of years ago, I accidentally overstayed my time in the United States by 2 days after mis-booking my outbound flight. I then returned to the United States at the end of last year, learned that I'd overstayed after arriving at immigration, and was then sent back to Australia the next day.
The problem now is that I have a "Deported" stamp at the back of my passport.
Does anyone know if this will make it unlikely that I'll be allowed into France? I'll have my outbound flight booked before I arrived, and I think I look like a typical hiker (with hiking poles, sleeping bag, etc), but with the heightened security in France, I'm a little worried that border control might be strict.
I'm guessing no one can offer me a definitive answer to this question, but if anyone has any experience or thoughts, I'd love to hear their input.
This particular topic comes up frequently in the OPED of the Friday Jerusalem Post, always bad stories to try and warn others making the same mistake. It's common for young Israelis to go to America and at times over stay their welcome and hence getting 'red stamped' . Replacing the passport used to be the way to get around this but in one story I recall this young lady did just that, flew to New Zealand for a new adventure and was stopped at the airport and sent back home. Apparently the US and NZ share information and I suspect it goes a lot farther than that. The best thing to do is to contact the country's embassy and check it might save for an unfortunate experience.The real question is: Whose computer is it on? If he got red stamped in the USA, will French border control know? Will they care that you got deported from the USA?
Darn that delayed flight . . .For example we overstayed our time in the schengen area by one month . . .
The French might raise an eyebrow but are probably lenient to a person with a USA "deported" stamp in the passport if there is no legal infraction reported in France (or the EU for that matter).[...]I would probably call the French embassy, get the answer that you are worrying too much, and then replace the passport for good measure.
It might even be considered a badge of honor!The French might raise an eyebrow but are probably lenient to a person with a USA "deported" stamp in the passport if there is no legal infraction reported in France (or the EU for that matter).
First you are correct - it is the "right" place for your question and Yes - you are correct in that it is highly unlikely you will get a definitive answer here - unless we have an immigration lawyer on tap (Hi Kanga!!).Hopefully this is the right place to put this question. The problem now is that I have a "Deported" stamp at the back of my passport.
Does anyone know if this will make it unlikely that I'll be allowed into France? I'll have my outbound flight booked before I arrived, and I think I look like a typical hiker (with hiking poles, sleeping bag, etc), but with the heightened security in France, I'm a little worried that border control might be strict. I'm guessing no one can offer me a definitive answer to this question, but if anyone has any experience or thoughts, I'd love to hear their input.
Trude - very poor and somewhat illegal advice. In fact if Immigration in Australia suspected you had deliberately "lost" your Australian Passport they may choose to not issue you with a replacement. Also given the cost of Australian Passports - somewhere north of $250 AUD its a very expensive process..
My advice to you as an Australian is to lose your passport and get a new one.
A badge of honor is getting booted from the United States?It might even be considered a badge of honor!
Only if you intend not returning any time soon. In fact you can not even transit the US (say via Hawaii) on your way to Canada, if you are prohibited from entering the US.A badge of honor is getting booted from the United States?
Only if you intend not returning any time soon. In fact you can not even transit the US (say via Hawaii) on your way to Canada, if you are prohibited from entering the US.
It was meant as a tongue-in-cheek comment on how other cultures, and arguably the French in particular, view the US. No offence to anyone was meant. Perhaps I should have put a smiley face to make it more clear.A badge of honor is getting booted from the United States?
Thanks for the responses, everyone. I won't choose to lose my passport on purpose, but I am curious as to whether or not my deportation will be in their system. I've done a lot of Googling and haven't found any mention of people being deported from the USA and then having trouble getting into Europe. (Some people seem to have trouble getting into the UK, but that's a problem for another time.)
Would still love to hear anyone's relevant experiences.
Hopefully this is the right place to put this question.
A couple of years ago, I accidentally overstayed my time in the United States by 2 days after mis-booking my outbound flight. I then returned to the United States at the end of last year, learned that I'd overstayed after arriving at immigration, and was then sent back to Australia the next day.
The problem now is that I have a "Deported" stamp at the back of my passport.
Does anyone know if this will make it unlikely that I'll be allowed into France? I'll have my outbound flight booked before I arrived, and I think I look like a typical hiker (with hiking poles, sleeping bag, etc), but with the heightened security in France, I'm a little worried that border control might be strict.
I'm guessing no one can offer me a definitive answer to this question, but if anyone has any experience or thoughts, I'd love to hear their input.
Thanks for the responses, everyone. I won't choose to lose my passport on purpose, but I am curious as to whether or not my deportation will be in their system. I've done a lot of Googling and haven't found any mention of people being deported from the USA and then having trouble getting into Europe. (Some people seem to have trouble getting into the UK, but that's a problem for another time.)
Would still love to hear anyone's relevant experiences.
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