Originally Posted by
AAJetMan
An unofficial, very unreliable and seemingly paranoid source advised me that if I go to Pakistan then my subsequent international immigration procedures will become complicated due to security concerns.
Would a visit to Karachi, Pakistan -- in the context of a year with a RTW (AONE4) ticket along with several international trips aside from and included in the AONE4 (Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Hong Kong, UAE, S. Korea, England, S. Africa, Poland, Italy, etc) -- set some sort of flag in the immigration database that could make my subsequent int'l travel less smooth?
I'd really like to go visit a friend in Karachi, but don't want to create immigration problems for myself. I am a US citizen. I have quit my job to do this travel. (Might not being employed be another possibility for alert???)
It won't cause much serious issue. The most likely issue will be some US airline-retained security contractor asks more questions about why you went somewhere and what you did there. Hundreds of thousands of US citizens visit Pakistan every year or two and then travel the world with no more issue than they would have if not having gone to Pakistan.
"Why did you go to Pakistan?"
"For the same resident the President of the United States went there before becoming President."