1983-2011 Posted November 19, 2011 Posted November 19, 2011 Got this article from petitiononline Important Information Passport Tearing at Indian Airports....Read it Carefully.!!! Be Careful at the Indian Airports, This is a well organized conspiracy by Indian Immigration, Police, Customs and Air India staff with networking at all the Indian International Airports.. Be careful when ever you give your passport to Immigration/ Customs/Air India staff. The pass port can be easily tampered and can create trouble to you. They have found easy way of making money from NRIs. This is the way it works: At the time of the passenger's departure, if the passenger is not looking at the officer while he is stamping the exit, the officer very cleverly tears away one of the page from the passport. When the passenger leaves the immigration counter, the case is reported on his computer terminal with full details. Now all over India they have got full details of the passenger with Red Flag flashing on the Passport number entered by the departure immigration officer. They have made their money by doing above. On arrival next time, he is interrogated. Subject to the passenger's period of stay abroad, his income and standing etc., the price to get rid of the problem is settled by the Police and Immigration people. If someone argues, his future is spoiled because there are always some innocent fellows who think the honesty is the basis of getting justice in India. Please advise every passenger to be careful at the airport. Whenever they hand over the passport to the counters of Air India, or immigration or the customs, they must be vigilant, should not remove eyes from the passport even if the officer in front tries to divert their attention. Also, please pass this information to all friends, media men and important politicians. Every month 20-30 cases are happening all over India to rob the NRIs the minute he lands. Similar case has happened with Aramco's Arifuddin. He was travelling with his family. They had six passports. They got the visa of America and decided to go via Hyderabad from Jeddah. They reached Hyderabad. Stayed about a month and left for the States. When they reached the States, the page of the American visa on his wife's passport was missing. At the time of departure from Hyderabad it was there, the whole family had to return to Hyderabad helplessly. On arrival at Bombay back, they were caught by the police and now it is over 2 months, they are running after the Police, Immigration officers and the Courts. On going in to details with him, he found out the following: One cannot imagine, neither can believe, that the Indian Immigration dept can play such a nasty game to harass the innocent passengers. All the passengers travelling to & fro India via Bombay and Hyderabad must be aware of this conspiracy. Every month 15 to 20 cases are taking place, at each mentioned airport, of holding the passengers in the crime of tearing away the passport pages. On interviewing some of them, none of them was aware of what had happened. They don't know why, when and who tore away the page from the middle of the passport. One can imagine the sufferings of such people at the hands of the immigration, police and the court procedures in India after that. The number of cases is increasing in the last 2-3 years. People who are arriving at the immigration, they are questioned and their passports are being held and they have to go in interrogation. Obviously, the conspiracy started about 2 to 3 years ago, now the results are coming. Some of the Air India counter staff too is involved in this conspiracy. KINDLY SEND THIS TO AS MANY AS YOUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE WORLD AND ALSO REQUEST THEM TO CHECK THE PASSPORT AT THE CHECKING COUNTERS AND BEFORE LEAVING THE AIRPORT http://www.petitiononline.com/pt747/petition.html
CSK Fan Posted November 19, 2011 Posted November 19, 2011 Doubt something at such a large scale can happen. Almost everyone in different departments, police, etc have to be involved. Plus there is no direct benifit to the person doing it as the NRI might return after years to a different place to a different agent. So the odd of the original person who tore the page ever profiting from it is enormous My guess is, the family in question didnt notice the missing page and is now raising a big hue and cry. Plus making up facts to cover things. Or it is a complete hoax
CSK Fan Posted November 19, 2011 Posted November 19, 2011 Now all over India they have got full details of the passenger with Red Flag flashing on the Passport number entered by the departure immigration officer. They have made their money by doing above. So any time an immigration officer enters false information, he is paid? By who? The goverment? On arrival next time, he is interrogated. Subject to the passenger's period of stay abroad, his income and standing etc., the price to get rid of the problem is settled by the Police and Immigration people. If someone argues, his future is spoiled because there are always some innocent fellows who think the honesty is the basis of getting justice in India. So the claim is that 100% of all police and 100% of all immigration people are corrupt and will fleece the customer even if he returns after years. How is the original person who tore the page benifited? Is there a goverment fund into which the money goes and each immigration official in the country benifits? A retirement bonus? At the time of departure from Hyderabad it was there, the whole family had to return to Hyderabad helplessly. On arrival at Bombay back, they were caught by the police and now it is over 2 months, they are running after the Police, Immigration officers and the Courts. How did he know its the police who did it? Of course they were caught by the police on return because the US goverment refused them entry. I would think US usually detains and officialy deports a person without valid documents. Running after police for what? to find the misisng page? . Every month 15 to 20 cases are taking place, at each mentioned airport, of holding the passengers in the crime of tearing away the passport pages. On interviewing some of them, none of them was aware of what had happened. How did he know about the number of cases reported? Who interviewed those guys? How do the Air India officials ever profit from it? Seems like a hoax to me the only way for this to work is for the entire immigration department of at least those those places mentioned to be in on it. Plus if there are a huge number of such cases being reported from one place (and I am sure such a problem is reported under security issues particularly if people are deported from other countries), big investigations will happen
flamy Posted November 19, 2011 Posted November 19, 2011 My friend had something like this happen. I'll go confirm..
Alchemist Posted November 19, 2011 Posted November 19, 2011 This is old news. This actually happened to someone I know couple of years ago. His US visa page was teared off during immigration. During his visit, he came to know about this and then had to shell out a lot of money to police to get that page back. The poor fellow had to extend his stay in India and miss some classes.
DomainK Posted November 19, 2011 Posted November 19, 2011 The OP is a hoax. A few stray cases might have happened. But it certainly is not happening in an organized way.
retterimp Posted November 20, 2011 Posted November 20, 2011 heard about this long time back. so i always have my eyes above their desk. then they tell me to stand back so i move back for a second and peer over their desk again.
coffee_rules Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 I was let in after a 2 hr delay when I didn't take the old PP which has the OCI visa stamp. I had still taken the OCI card. So, I was told both OCI visa stamp and the OCI card had to be taken. The OCI card has the same details as the OCI stamp. Even after letting in, I had to go to consulate to extend the visa every 15 days , some stupid rule. Had to shell out of couple of 100 $s. But still there are some rules followed and we have to respect that. USA or any other country wouldn't let people inside. Atleast in case of India, they are more human. People (NRIs) expect a grand welcome back home and expect people to bend rules for them and when things are not as expected, they are bitter. But still haven't had problems tearing PP pages. Could be a hoax.
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