From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 23:56:05 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: How to enter the US without a visa?
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At 10:31 PM 3/26/96 -0800, jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
>This is somewhat off topic for cypherpunks, but alt.forgery is dead, so
>cypherpunks is probably the nearest group.
>
>Suppose (hypothetically) an American resident cypherpunk had a 
>hypothetical friend who is most unlikely to obtain an American visa.
>
>Now the standard way of dealing with situation is for an American
>friend to get a certified birth certificate of someone born in 
>America, concoct some photo ID, send it to the out-of-America friend,
>and then the out-of-America friend comes in through Montego Bay or
>some similar point where there is lots of tourist traffic.

The NYT had an article last year about coming in via the "day boats" to the
Bahamas.  No confrontation with US officials at all.  The publicity may have
caused changes but it might be worth checking out.

Friend gets a round trip tickets from Ft. Lauderdale(?) to the Bahamas.
Meets smugglee in the Bahamas gives him the return half of one ticket (maybe
this could be done via Fedex).  Traveler boards boat back.  Ignores PA
announcement for all non US residents to report to the INS table "A" Deck.

DCF