K
Kathrin
Guest
If you travel visa-free to the US, you need to fill out a short immigration form.
Last time (and I did post about this here) that was a bit of a problem for me, since one of the questions is whether I any physical or mental disorder. Being on medication for OCD, but told by a flight attendant that it may cause problems if I answer yes to any of the questions, I finally settled on filling in the German form which phrased it a bit differently (asking about a disability rather than a disorder, which I would say I have not).
I am planning to fly back to the US this summer, and getting a visa would be complicated for different reasons, so I will be using the visa waiver program form again (I can stay for three months then).
This time I called the embassy first and asked the guy on the phone. He said yes, I had to declare that on the form, but should just bring a letter from my doctor that stated that I am not a danger to myself or anybody else, which is what they are really interested in.
Simple enough.
Now, most people seem to tell me that I should just say “no” to that question, because really they are not interested in mild disorders, and I would just make things more complicated for everybody. That there is a difference between lying and not mentioning something that nobody is really interested in. They seem to think I am being OVER-correct.
So I would just like to ask people here, what they think about it?
Kathrin
Last time (and I did post about this here) that was a bit of a problem for me, since one of the questions is whether I any physical or mental disorder. Being on medication for OCD, but told by a flight attendant that it may cause problems if I answer yes to any of the questions, I finally settled on filling in the German form which phrased it a bit differently (asking about a disability rather than a disorder, which I would say I have not).
I am planning to fly back to the US this summer, and getting a visa would be complicated for different reasons, so I will be using the visa waiver program form again (I can stay for three months then).
This time I called the embassy first and asked the guy on the phone. He said yes, I had to declare that on the form, but should just bring a letter from my doctor that stated that I am not a danger to myself or anybody else, which is what they are really interested in.
Simple enough.
Now, most people seem to tell me that I should just say “no” to that question, because really they are not interested in mild disorders, and I would just make things more complicated for everybody. That there is a difference between lying and not mentioning something that nobody is really interested in. They seem to think I am being OVER-correct.
So I would just like to ask people here, what they think about it?
Kathrin
