London
3 April 2009, terribly early in the morning
…
— What do you for a living
— I’m a software developer.
— Where?
…
— And where are you staying
— Maida Vale
— That’s a big place.
— I don’t know his real address. I can give you my friends.
…
— And your brother, who you are staying with, how long has he been in London?
— A year or so. But he’s a British citizen. So am I.
— How’s that?
— We were born here.
— What?
He looks at my passport.
— Man, you should have said from the start, I would have asked you fewer questions.
And that’s how I got into London .
Lol… classic! Enjoy yourselves!
by shawn on April 3 2009, 9:15 am #
My last visit through customs at Heathrow was pretty good. It went something like this:
Me: <gives passport and completed landing card to customs officer>
Him: Are you aware that British Citizens do not need to complete a landing card?
Me: Sorry, it’s feels like 4am right now and I wasn’t thinking.
Him: Have you ever entered Great Britain using this passport before?
Me: Yes, of course. <incredulously>
Him: In that case, welcome home sir.
Me: Thanks!
by rishi on April 3 2009, 12:17 pm #
That’s a fail. I thought the first thing they do is look at your passport.
by Eric on April 3 2009, 3:29 pm #
It’s a Canadian passport. If he looked to see where I was born, it’s the UK. Shima was born in Iran. I guess he thought we were totally suspect.
by ramanan on April 3 2009, 4:54 pm #
Dude, you didn’t enter on the UK passport? It’s awesome. Welcome home, man! Welcome home!
by rishi on April 3 2009, 7:25 pm #
Isn’t there a short-cut line for EU citizens?
by Ryan on April 3 2009, 9:46 pm #
That fast track line is only useful if Shima can use it as well. Immigration was actually pretty quick I thought. We had our bags and were waiting outside in like 20 minutes tops i’d say.
by ramanan on April 5 2009, 5:42 am #
any pictures?
by tiff on April 5 2009, 8:20 pm #
I once got this after an overnight flight on no sleep:
Her: Who are you staying with?
Me: My girlfriend.
Her: Where does she live?
Me: She’s in London.
Her: And you live in Toronto?
Me: Yes. She’s emigrating.
Her: But she lives here for now? And she’s a British citizen?
Me: Yes.
Her: And she’s emigrating… what, to be with you?
Me: …Hey!
by Matt on April 8 2009, 4:00 pm #