Originally Posted by RobertS975

Had my GE interview last week... the agent perused his computer screen, and then made some comment about speeding tickets. Now I haven't had a speeding ticket in a real long time, so naturally I asked "When was that?"

"1994", he replied. I mustered up lots of willpower and refrained from saying something very disrespectful.

I asked some questions about what is disqualifying... any felony conviction ever, and any misdemeanor in the last 10 years. I made a comment that anyone with a conviction history and a valid passport gets through the regular lines without difficulty, so I didn't understand the big deal. And he basically agreed, saying that he didn't make the rules.

I then asked something non-GE related that has always puzzled me: "Why do US citizens get their passports stamped on arrival back in their own country?" Many of us run out of pages much quicker because of that. He replied that many people want their passports stamped, but that there was no requirement to stamp a US passport holder on return to the USA.