Originally Posted by
NoEvitaLover
My nephew was just denied access to Argentina/Buenos Aires this AM.
US Citizen, no Police issues anywhere or ever, cash in his pocket and return ticket.
The only problem was he knew the name but not the address of the Hotel he was staying in, and didn't know the name of the college my daughter is attending down there.
He was going down to meet my sister and visit my daughter for a 2 week vacation.
They gave him no explanation, just put him on the first plane out.
Really looks like they were just screwing with an American because they had nothing else to do at 1:30 AM
Is there any recourse for something like this or is he just SOL?
Not any meaningful, material recourse, unfortunately -- although it may be possible to fix things for a future visit to decrease odds of a repeat denial.
What was his routing into the country?
Just out of curiosity, what is the apparent ethnic and/or religious background(s) of your nephew?
He had proof of reciprocity payment to show the Argentine migration authorities?
I can say for sure that Argentine passport control asks more questions of US citizens now than was the case even four years ago or so. And they've jumped on the paranoia bandwagon of fingerprint and digital photo capture of foreign visitors.