Timeline for Can you "withdraw your application to enter" in the USA without a permanent black mark on your record, even in air travel?
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| Apr 8, 2020 at 0:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/1247675625088913408 | ||
| Apr 7, 2020 at 19:26 | answer | added | averell | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 20:19 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | "...isn't unreasonable or suspicious in my view." In your view, certainly. I'm talking about the immigration agency's view. | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 20:17 | comment | added | naiveai | @NateEldredge Refusing to let a stranger search possibly the most intimate thing you own (something that most people don't allow their SOs access to!) isn't unreasonable or suspicious in my view. In any case, I was asking whether leaving without a blemish is possible, but it seems not. If someone posts it as an answer that'll be the end of it. | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 18:58 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | Looking at it from the opposite point of view, wouldn't it be kind of remiss of the immigration agency to not keep a record of their interactions with a visitor, especially when it's something unusual or potentially suspicious? And likewise, wouldn't it be remiss not to consider all past records when making a future decision? | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 16:18 | comment | added | Giacomo Catenazzi | Look online (or ask here), on how large companies organize travels on foreign countries (not only US, e.g. US companies in china). In short: use a old plain phone (and computer). Use cloud (the problem is a rogue employee, not the system in general) | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 16:09 | comment | added | phoog | @user56513 the alien cannot withdraw the application unilaterally, however; CBP consent is required (8 USC 1225(a)(4)). Certainly, if the agents have reasonable suspicion of a crime, they are unlikely to accept the withdrawal. Even absent such suspicion, if things get contentious (which they probably already have if the device is being inspected), the withdrawal may be refused. | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 16:02 | comment | added | phoog | It's possible that your electronic device would be searched by customs inspectors, whom you would not encounter until after having been admitted by an immigration officer. In such circumstances, you would not be allowed to withdraw your application to enter, but you would also not be denied admission based on the result of the search, having already been admitted. In practice, though, it seems that the cases that have come into controversy involve people whose devices have been searched during secondary immigration inspection. | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 16:00 | comment | added | Hilmar | While it's theoretically possible that your phone gets searched the likelihood is vanishingly small unless there is a reason to search you | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 15:09 | comment | added | Augustine of Hippo | Yes you can withdraw your application. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_application_for_admission . However the Form I-275 becomes part of the alien's immigration record, potentially affecting future attempts to be admitted to the United States or apply for visas. | |
| Mar 26, 2020 at 14:55 | history | edited | naiveai | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 26, 2020 at 14:47 | history | asked | naiveai | CC BY-SA 4.0 |