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Seems I wont be attending the SE. Words fail me!!
What kind of cockamamie outfit are you guys running over there?
Been waiting for my Visa to come through. It normally takes 2-3 days from date of application. My BIL ( the Travel Agent) managed to find an airfare that was about $700 cheaper than normal but I had to pay for it within 7 days to secure it. I did that on wed last week even though my Visa hadn't come through. The last 2-3 times I have applied for a US visa, I haven't had a problem.
This arrived in my emails. I really don't have the words to describe how I am feeling right now.
Here is the email. (I had to cut and paste it and delete some details like my name ,email address, DOB etc)
To Mr (deleted)
I apologise for the delay in processing your application for a visa to visit the USA in May, however I am sure you will understand that, in these troubled times we are required to be diligent in ensuring the safety of both International Travellers and American Citizens.
Following recent events with regards to gun violence in the USA, our current administration has introduced new guidelines that we must follow when dealing with Visa applicants.
A perusal of our records show that, while you are a legitimate firearms owner in your own country (NZ) you do not have the same status in the USA. There is provision for you ask for the Consulate to recognise your NZ FAL which you have done, however in this case we ( The Review Board ) have decided not to recognise your current status as a licensed firearms owner.
With regards to your Visa Application, our enquiries have shown the following:
You are a member of 3 Internet Firearms forums.
On each of these forums you have expressed opinions in opposition regarding the current administrations efforts to introduce legislation to curb Gun Violence in the USA.
You have even gone so far to refer to the current Vice President ( and I quote) ' As an idiot without a brain' when he indicated that there are alternatives to using assault weapons with high capacity magazines for home defense.
You have continually made innapropriate comments about our elected representatives like the respected Senator for California Ms Feinstein, the Minority Leader of the House Ms Pelosi amongst others, despite the fact that they were elected according to the democratic process set in our constitution.
For the above reasons we have declined your application for a Visa and have classed you as an Undesirable Alien for visa purposes under the new protocols set by the State Department in conjunction with Homeland Security.
Should you wish to challenge this classification you may appeal in writing within 14 days and the Review Board will be convened so you may appear in person to present evidence as to why the classification should be changed.
The next scheduled Review Board hearings will be held in July 2013.
For and On behalf of the United States Consul General to New Zealand
Yours Sincerely
A. Bromista
Secretary to the Consul.
To say I am gutted would be an understatement.
Been waiting for my Visa to come through. It normally takes 2-3 days from date of application. My BIL ( the Travel Agent) managed to find an airfare that was about $700 cheaper than normal but I had to pay for it within 7 days to secure it. I did that on wed last week even though my Visa hadn't come through. The last 2-3 times I have applied for a US visa, I haven't had a problem.
This arrived in my emails. I really don't have the words to describe how I am feeling right now.
Here is the email. (I had to cut and paste it and delete some details like my name ,email address, DOB etc)
From the Office of the American Consulate, Auckland, New Zealand.
To Mr (deleted)
I apologise for the delay in processing your application for a visa to visit the USA in May, however I am sure you will understand that, in these troubled times we are required to be diligent in ensuring the safety of both International Travellers and American Citizens.
Following recent events with regards to gun violence in the USA, our current administration has introduced new guidelines that we must follow when dealing with Visa applicants.
A perusal of our records show that, while you are a legitimate firearms owner in your own country (NZ) you do not have the same status in the USA. There is provision for you ask for the Consulate to recognise your NZ FAL which you have done, however in this case we ( The Review Board ) have decided not to recognise your current status as a licensed firearms owner.
With regards to your Visa Application, our enquiries have shown the following:
You are a member of 3 Internet Firearms forums.
On each of these forums you have expressed opinions in opposition regarding the current administrations efforts to introduce legislation to curb Gun Violence in the USA.
You have even gone so far to refer to the current Vice President ( and I quote) ' As an idiot without a brain' when he indicated that there are alternatives to using assault weapons with high capacity magazines for home defense.
You have continually made innapropriate comments about our elected representatives like the respected Senator for California Ms Feinstein, the Minority Leader of the House Ms Pelosi amongst others, despite the fact that they were elected according to the democratic process set in our constitution.
For the above reasons we have declined your application for a Visa and have classed you as an Undesirable Alien for visa purposes under the new protocols set by the State Department in conjunction with Homeland Security.
Should you wish to challenge this classification you may appeal in writing within 14 days and the Review Board will be convened so you may appear in person to present evidence as to why the classification should be changed.
The next scheduled Review Board hearings will be held in July 2013.
For and On behalf of the United States Consul General to New Zealand
Yours Sincerely
A. Bromista
Secretary to the Consul.
To say I am gutted would be an understatement.
Still enjoying the trip of a lifetime and making the best of what I have.....
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NRA Endowment Member
Recoil is how you know primer ignition is complete.
A. Bromista
DUH it is april 1st in NZ
Nicely done
Words of wisdom from Big Chief: Flush twice, it's a long way to the Mess Hall
I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
You are one of them.
Happy belated Easter to you... "He is risen!"
D
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.... now who's bringing the hot wings? :jester:
Every year....
You could probably become a millionaire as a speech writer for our politicians, Alec!
Yep.......hanging around here has totally corrupted the man.
I will fear no evil: For I carry a .308 and not a .270
So are the US members...because every year, a good half dozen + fall for it. I think last years was a fake article about private gun confiscation in NZ?
Still, it was worth a try.
If you hadn't given me a heads up, I'd have told you to just fly into Canada and I'd drive up to the border to pick you up. With 4-wheel drive, circumventing the 'authorities' would have been like taking candy from a baby! :tooth:
― Douglas Adams
Got me "hook, line and sinker." Totally believed it! I guess I must be paranoid! Good one, Alec! That officious-sounding letter had me convinced that you had just been convicted of "thought crime" in the purest, Orwellian sense of the term. Didn't doubt any of it for one minute.
Brain fade is a terrible thing, or, a mind is a terrible thing to lose. Christ!
You had me going escecially about the part where you said the vice president was an idiot! With such turths you simply could not be telling lies!
AKA: Former Founding Member
Bromista is Spanish for jokester............I originally was going to give her full name as Abril ( 'April') Bromista (Jokester') but decided it would be too much of a 'givaway'........
I was curious how they found out about your forum activities...... My b.s. detector is defective! :up:
This should help, it is a honest to God Bull ship to test the detector on.
USS Bull