FAQ tip: Detention

Of course it looks daft to put it here, but if you are coming to visit your bf/gf and you get taken into detention at Heathrow, it is not the end of the world.  But more to the point, trying to make a run for it will not work.  Even if you are scared and in panic, the best policy is to brass it out.  The whole place is secured - even if you can run past when they open the door, they will capture you and matters will be worse.

Of course nobody here would ever dream of such a thing  , so this tip is just advisory only.

 

LOL... Thanks for the tip!  I'm feeling very deterred from the idea!   

Do people actually do that, Garry?!?!

Did somebody just do this?! LOL

I will say I was tempted when I saw the chains coming out of the floor!

Of course nobody from here would ever *dream* of such a thing...   

It is really not the end of the world.   

Of course nobody from here would ever *dream* of such a thing...   

I'm sure if someone did do that they were probably very scared and possibly still are.  Personally, I would tend to have a lot of sympathy in such a situation, but that's just me, I suppose . . .

I'm sure if someone did do that they were probably very scared and possibly still are.  Personally, I would tend to have a lot of sympathy in such a situation, but that's just me, I suppose . . .

Yeah, but if you've ever seen 'Airline', a lot of those IOs were anything but sympathetic.

Yeah, but if you've ever seen 'Airline', a lot of those IOs were anything but sympathetic.

I'm sure not - and I'm also sure for good reason. But they're not posting on an expat forum board.

But they're not posting on an expat forum board.

Sure about that??

Sure about that??

Ahhh, no, actually.  Guess that makes everything ok, then . . .

Ahhh, no, actually.  Guess that makes everything ok, then . . .

 

Thanks for the advice 

Hmmm......great tip.  Up there with not saying you are going to work in bar and not bringing all your possessions including the kitchen sink when you come in as a visitor....



Victoria

Victoria and Garry, you ought to write a Letterman-style Top Ten list of things not to say to an IO!

The thing is that the things to not do are so bloody obvious, I sometimes wonder whether the people who do them should be allowed out on their own, let alone be granted entry to a foreign country.....


Victoria