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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello, hello.
Hey, guys.
So, this is from Bisukichi-san.
Okay.
ケビンさん、ヤマさん、こんにちは。
こんにちは。
いつも楽しくポッドキャストを聞いています。
Thank you.
私は今一時帰国中なのですが、6月にアメリカのボストンへ戻る予定です。
Okay.
ただ今回は夫と一緒に帰国しておらず、初めて一人で入国審査を受けるのでかなり不安です。
Okay.
以前、入国審査についての動画を出されていたと思うのですが、もしこれを意識するといいよとか、こういう流れだから大丈夫みたいなコツがあれば、ぜひまた教えてほしいです。
ビザ関係の書類を渡した後、あの瞬間が超不安です。これからも応援しています。
Which city is she going back to?
Boston.
Boston.
Boston.
Boston.
Because in some airports, you don't even have todo the one-on-one questioning time, right?
Like remember in Florida?
Uh-huh.
Y'all two, you guys went through like the machineand the face recognition was the only thing thatyou guys went through.
Like me and Tsuji-san, we had trouble with thefacial recognition so we had to go through likethe person counter.
Right.
But I think y'all two didn't even have to do thequestioning.
Yeah, true.
Right?
Yeah.
So in like some big airports.
So it's changing now.
Yeah.
But like I don't know about Boston though.
I've never been to Boston.
Yeah.
Massachusetts, right?
Boston.
Yeah.
Massachusetts.
Yeah.
Maybe the highest technologied airport maybe?
I don't know.
Yeah.
I mean, I do have the reputation of Boston beingvery like elite.
Yeah.
Well-mannered and you know, rich in history.
I don't know though.
Yeah.
Do you have any tips for that?
Going through like the classic one-on-one shit.
I'm assuming that person is not very fluent inEnglish then.
Right?
You know, I can imagine because you know howrecently women alone traveling into the UnitedStates.
It's very, it's getting very...
Oh.
Kimishi.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Yeah, like the Dekasegi thing is like I hear onsocial media that like women solo.
Wow.
It's kind of like tough.
But I guess, you know, she's married and thehusband's working in America.
I guess if you can show them the document forthat.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I guess it's a different conversation.
But for solo like, you know, solo travelers, justsingle, like not married and just living in Japan,you know, people going into America.
Wow.
It's much harder for women now is what I hear.
I see.
True, like the situation is changing and, youknow, those things are becoming very more strictand strict.
You know, this World Cup is in the United States.
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Yeah.
Some players couldn't even enter the country.
Really?
They went to like...
You know, the airport officers, like they bringpeople into the...
They did like 16 hours of like questionings andeverything.
Wow.
Yeah.
They had to like, you know, the national teamplayers and stuff, some people they had to like,you know, like...
In front of like...
In front of like drugs and stuff?
Yeah, I don't know, whatever.
Like, whatever.
Just like everybody else?
Yeah, yeah.
I thought FIFA gave them sort of like a pass orsomething is what they did, but I guess theydidn't.
I think so.
Wow.
And some players couldn't enter because of thevisas.
Uh-huh.
And that happens to the players, obviously, thenthat's a huge problem because...
Right, right.
Yeah.
Right.
They were kind of invited by the...
Well, not government, but, you know.
Right.
A national sport event.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And what's more difficult for is like thesupporters.
Some of the supporters couldn't enter because theycouldn't get visas.
They bought hotels, they bought tickets, and theybought everything.
But they couldn't enter and just had to return tothe country or something.
And I hear the price is hella expensive as well.
It's crazy.
The ticket price, the hotel price, and the...
Crazy, man.
The train fee as well, did you hear about that?
The train fee?
Usually it's like, I don't know, like several,like 10 bucks or more.
Yeah.
But now it's like a hundred something.
It's crazy.
That's crazy, man.
What the hell?
And then they don't even...
They cannot even enter the country.
That's very unfortunate.
I feel so sad for them.
That's so sad.
Yeah.
It's getting very kibishii.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Why do you host this event?
This is what it is.
But, you know, having your documentation ready,like physical, printed out documentation ready isone good preparation method, I would say.
You know, I remember printing out, even me, youknow, the hotel and the location of the hotel.
I printed it out.
And like the contract information I had with myjimushou.
I see.
And the jimushou and the, for example, if it wasDisney, the Disney-like contract that, you know,my jimushou made, that printed out as well.
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Yeah.
Right.
In case I was brought into like the bishitsu.
Right.
You don't know if your SIM card isn't going towork or not.
I had it prepared, physical documents.
And maybe you're not allowed to use the phone,maybe.
Right, right.
Because, you know, I might be doing stuff, right?
Yeah.
So that was one of the anshin, zai ryo, I wouldsay.
Nice, nice, nice.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And like many times it's, there's always thisquestion that you're asked of, but like there'salways going to be like additional questions thatlike you could never be prepared for, like afollow-up question.
Yeah.
To something that you've answered, right?
Right.
And that's, so it's like, it gets conversationalsometimes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's difficult to predict.
Yeah.
Right.
So true.
The best way is you prepare everything in printedpapers written in English.
Yeah.
Right, right.
And another advice is, it's obvious, but likedon't lie.
Ah, yeah.
Don't lie.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Even if you think that's the easy way.
True.
To get through like the moment right now.
Yeah.
If, if, God forbid, like you're taken to anotherroom.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then your words don't match.
Well, that's a big problem.
Sure.
That's a big problem.
The fact that you lied.
Yeah.
It's a big no-no for them.
It's a bigger problem.
That's a bigger problem.
Yeah.
Like, why did you lie in the first place?
Yeah.
Like, so you must be hiding something.
Like, you must be doing something, you know,illegal or something.
Like, they're going to, you know, suspect that.
And that's like, that's a big negative, you know,start off point.
So like, don't lie.
Yeah.
Don't lie.
Obviously, though.
Obviously.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
So you're okay.
You're all right.
If you have your proper reason to get into, to getinside of the country.
You have proper situations, proper reason.
Yeah.
You're all right.
So just don't lie.
Just, just explain things.
In the best, even if you're, so the worst casescenario is you're taken to the best, right?
In the best, they'll provide you with atranslator.
Oh.
They will.
They got, I think they get you, they give you likea machine where they do like a translation,
and then you can fully communicate from that, Iguess.
Good.
Yeah.
So just, all you need to do is just tell thetruth.
Tell the truth to the best of your ability.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
All right.
Thanks for sitting, guys.
Thank you.
Thank you for that.
All right.
Take care.