From: Dillon Pyron on
[Default] Thus spake Ari Silverstein <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com>:

>On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:17:26 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:
>
>> On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
>>>documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
>>>not.
>>
>> Is that true of crew members as well?
>
>Absolutely.

Several years ago we did an inspection of the Carnival Paradise, but
were delayed about an hour because ICE was doing a complete crew
documents check. These are surprise checks. There's some sort of
visa you're supposed to get that's intended for seamen who will not be
in port for more than a certain limited amount of time. They can't
actually leave the port area.
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- dillon I am not invalid

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March 1998 - June 2010
What a dog. What a dog!

From: Ari Silverstein, C.T.A. on
On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:25:35 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:

> [Default] Thus spake Ari Silverstein <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com>:
>
>>On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:17:26 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
>>>>documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
>>>>not.
>>>
>>> Is that true of crew members as well?
>>
>>Absolutely.
>
> Several years ago we did an inspection of the Carnival Paradise, but
> were delayed about an hour because ICE was doing a complete crew
> documents check. These are surprise checks. There's some sort of
> visa you're supposed to get that's intended for seamen who will not be
> in port for more than a certain limited amount of time.

It's a non-immigrating visa.

> They can't
> actually leave the port area.

Really? Cruise line restriction or visa restriction? What if they have
a valid passport?
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From: Dillon Pyron on
[Default] Thus spake "Ari Silverstein, C.T.A."
<AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com>:

>On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:25:35 -0500, Dillon Pyron wrote:
>
>> [Default] Thus spake Ari Silverstein <AriSilverstein(a)yahoo.com>:
>>
>>>On Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:17:26 -0700, Jack Hamilton wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2 Jul 2010 19:40:55 GMT, Charles <fort(a)his.com.remove.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Good point. They would not even let him board the ship without
>>>>>documentation good for all the ports whether he got off at the ports or
>>>>>not.
>>>>
>>>> Is that true of crew members as well?
>>>
>>>Absolutely.
>>
>> Several years ago we did an inspection of the Carnival Paradise, but
>> were delayed about an hour because ICE was doing a complete crew
>> documents check. These are surprise checks. There's some sort of
>> visa you're supposed to get that's intended for seamen who will not be
>> in port for more than a certain limited amount of time.
>
>It's a non-immigrating visa.

Not exactly. There are many, many non-immigrating visas that don't
permit one to legally "work" in the US.

>
>> They can't
>> actually leave the port area.
>
>Really? Cruise line restriction or visa restriction? What if they have
>a valid passport?

Depends on where they're from. Visa waiver country? No problem, but
then they don't need one in the first place, so the question is moot.

Pakistan, correct. In theory they can't get past security. Practice
is a different story.
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- dillon I am not invalid

Toby (Tri-Umph That's the Sweet Truth)
March 1998 - June 2010
What a dog. What a dog!