Deportation issue - is this true or not?

[cracker jack]

Is it true that some nurses who took the nclex in hong kong are denied entry in the US when they use a tourist visa to enter? they say nclex uses biometric fingerprint scanning which shows up in the immigration at the port of entry. is this really true? do you know someone who had a direct experience on this? or is this just an urban legend? on the other hand, are there people you know who were able to enter the US on a tourist visa despite having taken the nclex in hong kong? thanks!

[mangar]

I have a nursing school batchmate who left last month to wait for her NCLEX ATT and take NCLEX in Texas. She said she was held by immigration after taking her biometrics. She doesnt really know what they saw in their computers but they asked her lots of questions like did she come to the US to take the NCLEX and work. She was then taken to a holding room and two immigration officers questioned her again and even opening 7 inspection all her bag contents. My friend made a bad move in bringing with review CDs for NCLEX and her Philippine nursing license card and they found that too. She said she was really panicking and stummering to answer their questions. She said she pretended she doesnt speak english very well and played dumb and the officers eventually let her go. She was even given 6 months stay.

I guess we'll just have to be very careful in how we answer immigration. Also never bring any nursing materials of any kind, books, cds, licenses, and any documents pertaining to nursing. I think its safer to mail by courier all our nursing documents to an address in the US rather risk being questioned by immigration.

Regards to all.