This is going to sound dumb but I’ve always wondered why border security guards that are tasked with stamping your passport ask you why you’re coming into the country and if you’re coming in for tourism where in the country are you going.
I don’t mean in a visa interview I just mean a random question or two when you arrive in the airport and before they stamp your passport. I would understand if it’s for government statistics regarding tourism from different countries but it seems like a security reason.
The thing that I don’t understand is you could literally just lie. No one who is smuggling drugs will admit that they are, they’ll just lie and say tourism and in the face of no follow ups eg asking for evidence like travel itineraries or tickets purchased for tourist attractions or hotel room bookings then it all just seems completely pointless.
They say why have you come to Austria, I say tourism, they say where are you visiting, I say the Christmas markets in Vienna and they just stamp my passport and let me in, but all of what I’ve said could be true or it all could just be a lie, so why ask at all? Anyway thanks in advance, I’m sure they’ll be a good reason 😊
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r/NoStupidQuestions This is going to sound dumb but I’ve always wondered why border security guards that are tasked with stamping your passport ask you why you’re coming into the country and if you’re coming in for tourism where in the country are you going. I don’t mean in a visa interview I just mean a random question or two when you arrive in the airport and before they stamp your passport. I would understand if it’s for government statistics regarding tourism from different countries but it seems like a security reason. The thing that I don’t understand is you could literally just lie. No one who is smuggling drugs will admit that they are, they’ll just lie and say tourism and in the face of no follow ups eg asking for evidence like travel itineraries or tickets purchased for tourist attractions or hotel room bookings then it all just seems completely pointless. They say why have you come to Austria, I say tourism, they say where are you visiting, I say the Christmas markets in Vienna and they just stamp my passport and let me in, but all of what I’ve said could be true or it all could just be a lie, so why ask at all? Anyway thanks in advance, I’m sure they’ll be a good reason 😊 submitted by /u/Right-Equivalent-465 [link] [comments]
This is going to sound dumb but I’ve always wondered why border security guards that are tasked with stamping your passport ask you why you’re coming into the country and if you’re coming in for tourism where in the country are you going.
I don’t mean in a visa interview I just mean a random question or two when you arrive in the airport and before they stamp your passport. I would understand if it’s for government statistics regarding tourism from different countries but it seems like a security reason.
The thing that I don’t understand is you could literally just lie. No one who is smuggling drugs will admit that they are, they’ll just lie and say tourism and in the face of no follow ups eg asking for evidence like travel itineraries or tickets purchased for tourist attractions or hotel room bookings then it all just seems completely pointless.
They say why have you come to Austria, I say tourism, they say where are you visiting, I say the Christmas markets in Vienna and they just stamp my passport and let me in, but all of what I’ve said could be true or it all could just be a lie, so why ask at all? Anyway thanks in advance, I’m sure they’ll be a good reason 😊
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