Originally Posted by
GUWonder
What do you mean by “having the wrong name”?
As fassy writes. Same name as someone on the watch list.
Originally Posted by
fassy
I guess he meant, that if by any chance, your name is on a watch-list even though they are looking for a different Mr. Max Jones, you might be detained and questioned for quite some time before it clears up.
But to be honest, this ranges somewhere between an "urban myth" and "can happen in EU or any other country in the world as well". Does it happen? Sure, we have heard anecdotal evidence, but is it common? No.
I'm not sure how common it still is, but a couple of years ago some of the names on the watch list were quite common, specially if you had a middle eastern name. I know at least one college who are refusing any assignments where he has to go to, or pass throughthe US due to a pretty bad experience with the US immigration.