" ... Tourists have a visa and a specific time limit. ..."
" ... a Tourist, someone who just wants to visit ... "Great and good. Their
is, a time limit on Visas.
Yet NO ONE, is Tracking that. HERE !So, it is entirely possible, that someone, 'attaches' themselves, to a legit person/group/family, then once here, they disappear. Because NO ONE KNOWS, where they are, or how long they are to be here, or even bothers to check !
Again 40+ years ago, coming from France to the UK on a boat. In line to show passport. (3 'foreigners', met on the boat and decided to explore together, one Canadian, one from Calif, and me). The Canadian had his passport stamped 3 months, the person from Calf was stamped 1 month, I was stamped 4 months. It was a, 'visa', not needed ahead of time to get into the UK, just granted, upon entry, (Like Most of the Countries) AND, it ALL depended on how much money we showed to the passport official we had on us, as to how long the, 'visa' was good for.
As we were boarding a train to Great Yarmouth, the Calf fellow was lamenting about how he only got one month. I told him don't worry, they don't have a clue where we are, and if we overstay, they still won't have a clue, because when we leave, they do Not check a Passport, and the next Country won't even bother to look, how long you stayed in the previous country.
Then one night, were leaving the Pub, just a bit 'taxed with the beer', only a 6+ block walk to the rented rooms we had. A Constable stopped us. (Well perhaps we were a bit loud, singing and laughing), he said: 'Yur all Yanks ain't yer", when we explained 2 of were, one was not, he said: 'it's don't matrer", then, Demanded our ID's, and where we were staying, and how long our 'visas' were for. Ya Think, he 'teletyped' some official to check ????
(I think they did)
So, 40+ years ago, it was done.
Yet TODAY, in this Country, it, can't, be done ???????"Visa Overstays"The
US Homeland Security, has NO information on that.
Last info to Congress was 22 YEARS ago.
https://www.facebook.com/askrocco/videos/10153756162167716/Yet, YET, just 6 years ago, a Video Company from the UK, who had a long history of filming National Dog Events, (Their history started when, FILM, was used first, then digital). They all had their papers in order. They all had, 'work' visas. They were allowed to leave the UK. YET, when they got to Mpls., they were held in confinement, and NOT ALLOWED, in the Country. (Because someone forgot to dot a 'i' and cross a, 'T') They had to, Forfeit, their tickets from Mpls to Bismark ND, and back again, and take the Next flight back to the UK.
Yet, it is Perfectly all right to, bring potential TERRORISTS, into this Country, Give them a,
'Visa Waver', and
PAY THEIR WAY !