Tourist feel unwelcome
This is a very real problem. My wife and I currently live in Switzerland, but
maintain our condo in SFO. We have offered the use of our condo to Brazillian family, but it can take them 3-4 months to receive a visa. These are
MD's, MBA's, JD's not people who are coming to drive a yellow cab. Several have
been interrogated and received a secondary at immigration. This happened to my brother in law who is a Stanford JD grad, and works for a well known Sao
Paulo firm. Most family have now soured on the US and just visit us in the Canton of Zug. Maybe the US could get some help from Swiss Tourism. I am
never at Swiss immigration for more than 20-30 seconds. Over Christmas the
immigration agent in SFO orderded me to pull my ears forward to make sure
my profile matched my passport photo. I am a citizen, retired air force officer.
I am afraid we are losing money that this country can ill afford. (sorry for formatting
posted on a phone)