Margaret

mrraveltay <> wrote in message news:<1AmLb.7475$>...
    > Margaret wrote:
    >
    > Yeah, like a paid receipt for a return car ride would stop someone from
    > immigrating.

I'm not saying it wouldn't have prevented them from immigrating. I
was pointing out how the taxi driver was trying to help them out. It
was after that that the customs officer said he didn't need to see the
receipt and let them go. Their luggage was never checked either.


    > > It does cost a fair amount I agree however my daughters were quite
    > > pleased with the service. They said the car they got taken in was
    > > very nice and the driver there and back was great. They got taken
    > > straight to the door of the airport and then the guy told them where
    > > to meet him on their arrival back to the airport. When a U.S. custom
    > > officer was giving my daughters a bit of a hard time at 3 am (grilling
    > > them on my status here in the U.S.) when he wanted to make sure they
    > > weren't planning on remaining in the U.S., the driver spoke up, pulled
    > > out the receipt and said to the officer that he had the receipt
    > > showing they had paid up and what time he was to be there at the
    > > airport on their way home.
    >
    > Yeah, like a paid receipt for a return car ride would stop someone from
    > immigrating.

I'm not saying it wouldn't have prevented them from immigrating. I
was pointing out how the taxi driver was trying to help them out. It
was after that the customs officer said he didn't need to see the
receipt and let them go. Their luggage was never checked either.