[alextingle]

How could she be so dim? She's a singer and she's going to sing while she's here. Of course they are going to prick up their ears when they hear that.

[ahelwer]

Not her fault. A lot of people make this mistake; a coworker of mine was driving down into the states (from Canada) to run a training course for a company. The customs officials asked him what his business was in the states, and the sentence he replied with happened to contain the word "work."

After ten hours of sitting in a room he was turned back, and we had to fly someone else down to teach the course. Moral: when you're asked why you're visiting a country, do NOT reply with anything that could be (intentionally) misinterpreted as "to find work."

[trickaduu]

More excited and naive really. Main reason was a holiday, going along to sing in a small pub was only an added bonus, non paid.

[etfb]

That's Stockholm Syndrome talking. You're standing up for evil. Be ashamed, and change your tune. Really.

[alextingle]

Gracious no. I'm the last person to stand up for bully-boy customs officials. But in this case a professional singer is coming here to sing. Sorry, but I really, really think they are doing their job correctly for once.