Visa row for Native American lacrosse team
13th July 2010
Next time, use MasterCard.
The 23-man squad, plus families and supporters, want to travel on traditional Haudenosaunee – or Iroquois – passports which represent six nations of indigenous North Americans.
However, the UK has said the passport is not an internationally recognised travel document.
It is understood the US authorities are also refusing to recognise the document.
Yeah, they might be Muslim terrorists (They’re everywhere! They’re everywhere!) or something. Government Rule #1: Never pass up an opportunity to inconvenience somebody for no good reason.
July 13th, 2010 at 14:13
The last few times I went through Canada my car was searched after they had me sitting in their parking lot for almost two hours. In the meantime they’re waving through countless vehicles after a perfunctory glance at their papers. I’m thinking it’s my handsome, masculine appearance that’s got them worried – they’re not used to that anymore.
(I’m only half joking here, because I remember going through some Iron curtain country borders, when the Soviet Union was still around, and the intimidation factor was considerably higher.)