(upbeat music) - Hi there. My name is Luke and in this video we're going to talk about immigration questions. That means what might the immigration officer ask you when you arrive in another country when you travel abroad. And how do you answer those questions? Let's get started. (upbeat music) You've got your arrival card. It's been filled out. You've got your passport. You've got your visa and your passport. You step up. You're in the yellow line. The person who's there, the officer, the immigration
officer says, "Next!" Okay, you step forward and then he or she might say, "Passport and arrival card, please." And when you want to give
something to someone else you should say, "Here you
are" or "Here you go." "Here you are." "Here you go." Sometimes we say "Here it is." We'll talk about that in a moment so "Here you are", "Here you go." Maybe they'll ask you
to look into the camera. "Please look into the camera." Not every country does that. Not every port of arrival does that, but you may need to take picture. So they'll say, "Please face the camera." Or "Please turn to the camera." Or, they might say, "Please place your thumb
on the fingerprint reader." Thumb, place it on the fingerprint reader. And if you want to say yes, if you want to say something, you can say, "Okay, sure. Okay." or "Sure." Next they might ask you
a couple of questions. So what questions? Number one, "What is the purpose of your visit?" For this one you don't
want to say too much. You can say, "Visiting family." "Visiting friends." Tourism, business, whatever it may be. Generally, keep it simple unless they ask some follow up questions. So if you say, "Business" they might say, "What kind of business?" Then you could say, "I'm attending a three-day
conference in Las Vegas." "I have a flight from here to Las Vegas." "And then after the conference," "I am going to travel to
another city to visit a friend." If it's visiting friends, then you would maybe have to say, "I'm gonna be staying with my friend" "in Chicago for three weeks." or "I'm going to stay with my
friend in Chicago for a week" "and then I'm going to go to Seattle," "and I'm going to go to San Francisco." "What is your friend's
address in Chicago?" or "What is the address of
your hotel in Las Vegas?" What is the address? Now you should've
probably written that down on the arrival card, but sometimes they will ask this question, or maybe you forgot to write it down so they might need to ask you. If they ask you that, you have it on your phone, you might show it them your phone and say, "Here it is." Or, you have it on a piece of a paper. You might say, "Here you go." or "Here it is." Or, if you really don't have
it written down anywhere, you might have to tell them. "Oh, it's blah, blah, blah." If you don't know you can say, "I'm sorry. I forgot to write it down." If you know the name of the hotel, you can say, "I'm staying
at the Marriott Hotel" "in Las Vegas but I can't
remember the address" "and I forgot to write it down." They'll say, "Okay." Probably. Or they might say, "Go
back to your coun--" No, they won't say that. "How long do you plan to stay?" "In the United States? How long?" Then you can just say the length of time. You can say, "I'm leaving on the 19th." Or, "I'm staying for three
weeks and leaving on the 19th." But then they might ask, "Do you have a return ticket?" So you could say, "Yes,
here's the itinerary." So then you can show them
that you have a confirmation from that airline that
you have booked a flight. "Yes, I have booked a return ticket." Or, "Yes, I booked a ticket
out to another country." "I've booked another ticket to maybe..." Whatever. Germany or Canada or anything. "What is your profession?" That means, what is your job? What do you do? Now if you're a student, then you don't have a profession, but you can say, "I'm a student." "I'm a student and I'm just
visiting my friend in Chicago." They say, "What is your profession?" and you have a job, you should says your job. "I'm a doctor." "I'm a teacher." "I'm a..." "an engineer." Whatever is it. Then you might have to
give more detail about it. But hopefully not. "Do you have any other
acquaintances in the United States?" That means, do you know anyone
else in the United States? So if they ask you this and you don't, just say, "Nope." or, "No." or, "I don't." If you do you could say,
"Yes I have a friend" "who lives in Florida." Then you can say, "But I'm
not going to be visiting her." Or they'll ask you. "Are you going to visit
your friend in Florida?" "No I'm not." or, "Yes I am." "I am planning to visit
my friend in Florida." "Do you plan to work during your stay?" "Are you planning to
work while you are here?" Now this is a silly question, right? But it is pretty common. If you're on a tourist visa, and you have no plan to work, you should just clearly say, "No." "No." "Do you plan to work?" "No, I don't." "Are you planning to work?" "No, I'm not. I'm not." If you're on a business trip, it's a little different. You could say, "Well, I
will be attending meetings" "and attending the conference" "in Las Vegas." You can say what you'll be doing at the conference but you're not going to be working in the same way. And those really are the questions that they might ask you. Other questions are really uncommon. In fact, some of the questions
I mentioned are uncommon. So if you fill out your
arrival card carefully, then you shouldn't need to
answer too many questions. And they may just ask you
something simple like, "What's the purpose of your visit?" "How long are you going to stay here?" "What is the duration of your trip?" or maybe, "Do you plan to
work while you're here" "in the United States?" or whatever country you may be going to. I one time was able to go into the country without a visa, to go to the ATM to get money to pay for the visa. I won't mention the country. I don't want to slam it, but I said, "Oh I don't
have... US dollars." "I thought I could use the local currency to pay for the visa on arrival." Visa on arrival means you
get the visa when you arrive. They said, "No you have
to use US dollars." So I said, "Okay. How
do I get US dollars?" They said, "Oh, you need to
go to the ATM at the bank." I said, "How do I go to the bank?" And they said, "Oh, you
can go in. Just go in." "And come back." (laughs) So I did. I went in, I got money, and then I exchanged it for US dollars. Then I came back, and then I said, "Hey I'm back." And they said, "Oh, great." And then I paid for my visa, and they let me go in the
country without a visa. Very strange. Very interesting. Okay, guys. Well hopefully you found this video useful especially if you're going to be visiting other countries
in the near future. Remember these questions
are pretty simple, and the answers are pretty simple too. Thanks for watching. And I'll see you... Next time. (upbeat music)
