E-mail from the American Embassy in Oslo.

Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>

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RE: Problems on Detroit Airport, in 2005

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Oslo, Visa <oslovisa@state.gov>	Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:34 AM
To: Erik Ribsskog <eribsskog@gmail.com>
In answer to your question, if you would like more information or to file an inquiry online, please see the attached link to the Department of Homeland Security:  http://www.dhs.gov/xtrvlsec/programs/gc_1169676919316.shtm   "The Department of Homeland Security’s Travel Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP) is a single point of contact for individuals who have inquiries or seek resolution regarding difficulties they experienced during their travel screening at transportation hubs--like airports and train stations--or crossing U.S. borders."   Oslo Visa   From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 5:57 PM To: Oslo, Visa Subject: Re: Problems on Detroit Airport, in 2005 Hi,   thank you very much for your answer!   If I wanted some answers, to the questions that you haven't answered, regarding that there were several peculiar incidents after I was sent back to Europe, who should I contact then you think?   I've overheard, like I've written, that I've been used as a target-guy. I was sent to Oslo, but via Paris, even if there had been written something in my passport. I think that I shouldn't have been sent first to Paris, France, then, from the USA, since it was something that you had written in my passport. What if I had been refused enterance, in France, due to what was written in my passport.   What would have happened then, I guess they would have sent me back to the USA then.   And what with the suitcase, why whould you hold it back, on my way back to Europe, for one extra day, to search it, since it was a lighter in the suitcase.   Who do you think I should contact, if I wondered more on these questions? Thanks in advance for the reply! Yours sincerely,   Erik Ribsskog   On 7/28/08, Oslo, Visa <oslovisa@state.gov> wrote: Thank you for your e-mail.   The annotation written in your passport refers to inadmissability under the Visa Waiver Program (see exact citation below).  If you would like to travel to the United States for business or pleasure in the future, please apply for a visa.  Instructions are available on our website:  http://norway.usembassy.gov/visa_checklist.html   Sincerely, Oslo Visa     [Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR217.4] [Page 441]                      TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY                CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PART 217_VISA WAIVER PROGRAM--Table of Contents Sec. 217.4  Inadmissibility and deportability.     (a) Determinations of inadmissibility. (1) An alien who applies for admission under the provisions of section 217 of the Act, who is determined by an immigration officer not to be eligible for admission under that section or to be inadmissible to the United States under one or more of the grounds of inadmissibility listed in section 212 of the Act (other than for lack of a visa), or who is in possession of and presents fraudulent or counterfeit travel documents, will be refused admission into the United States and removed. Such refusal and removal shall be made at the level of the port director or officer-in-charge, or an officer acting in that capacity, and shall be effected without referral of the alien to an immigration judge for further inquiry, examination, or hearing, except that an alien who presents himself or herself as an applicant for admission under section 217 of the Act, who applies for asylum in the United States must be issued a Form I-863, Notice of Referral to Immigration Judge, for a proceeding in accordance with Sec. 208.2(b)(1) and (2) of this chapter. From: Erik Ribsskog [mailto:eribsskog@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2008 11:25 PM To: Oslo, Visa Subject: Problems on Detroit Airport, in 2005, and with overhearding that I've been used as a 'target-guy'.   Hi,   I'm living in the UK, but since I'm a Norwegian citizen I thought I should contact the American embassy in Oslo.   The reason that I'm contacting you, are some problems with the U.S.immigration officers, when I went on a flight from Frankfurt to Detroit, in 2005.   I was sent back to Europe.   To Oslo via Paris, with the reason that I didn't have a bond in Norway, so then I couldn't go on holiday, in the US.   Later, this year, I've been overhearing, that I've been used as a 'target-guy', in Liverpool, this year. I was wondering, since the American Homeland Security, also withheld my suitcase, one extra day, on my way back from Europe, with the excuse that the suitcase contained a lighter. So I was wondering if the American government, has been using me, as a target-guy, in any way, after the mentioned problems, on Detroit Airport, in 2005. I'll enclose a scan, of what was written in my passport then. I hope you have the chance to answer me on this!   Yours sincerely, Erik Ribsskog

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