Visiting USA as a German with Iranian parents
I've been invited by a company to a release event of a new game next month in the USA which I'd like to go there. I was born in Germany, have the German citizenship and a German passport (just ordered) which should allow me to apply for the Visa Waiver Program, but I am afraid I'll be rejected as soon as I land in America and sent back to Germany because of
- My name, which does not sound much German
- The fact that my parents were born in Iran
Are my concerns justified? What could happen when I arrive?
Best Answer
There is a recent, unfortunate case where a large family of British Muslims, all (it seems) holding UK passports and all having been issued ESTA online, were denied boarding at the airport at the request of the US Government. Their recourse is limited. Appeal against arbitrary decisions of power-mad semi-secret agencies is difficult.
(The recent agitation in the USA about prohibiting persons on the secret no-fly list from purchasing guns is not all, or perhaps not even mostly, about "gun control", but also to highlight the arbitrary and often careless assembly of this list.)
That said, your odds are excellent about not being interfered with once you have the ESTA clearance: that is the norm.
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