Welcome to the US embassy

The embassy is actually large in size. And is HEAVILY and FREAKISHLY guarded with watchtowers and ammunition. Very unsettling.

P.S: prejudice people inside.

@Mark…thats scary…i got asked the same question as soon as the montreal – NY border opened the car door to take the keys

#3 Zweiz: Question, you mentioned that you have been visiting US the past 35 years. Do you have any of your old passports or visas? It will be a good idea to make copies and if they stop you again to ask them and express your concern or at least to prove to the news media about racial profiling which is against human rights and US laws. You are always welcome like any one else.

NS: thank you for the advice. I do speak with confidence. but that doesn’t help. I asked customs why they are doing this to me, and the lady said you need to ask the embassy when you get back home. No one will give me an answer.. I suppose its because when I applied for a visa I told them that I dont work and when she said where do you get the income from and I said family funds… just like most Kuwaities…
Its funny, one should not be honest.
My daughter goes in and out just fine. Its just me..
I was told that I have to go to the inspection office (CBP office)each time I land and leave. I don’t have a choice and no one will give me an answer. mind you when I applied for a visa it took them almost 4 weeks to stamp it and I was furious then. I have fair complexion and you wont know I”m a kuwaiti nor does my accent show.. yet I dont know why I’m being treated as such.. It does make me think twice before I go again. I hope my daughter doesn’t need me to go there again and I don’t get sick for their medical attention.

If I have always been treated like this then i wouldnt mind.. But to start treating me like someone with a criminal background out of nowhere and I’m just a single mom with no interest in anything that the americans do, except to make sure my kid is doing fine and do some shopping is what is bothersome.

They were interrogating an indian muslim guy with a beard and a poor palestinian guy that had arrived from Saudi holding a valid green card.. its like we were the Usama bin Laden’s..
I appreciate your help.. thank you : ))))

The embassy compound was a gift from the Kuwaiti Government. The Ambassador often states her gratitude to Kuwait and the Kuwaiti people during her speeches.

As many diplomats live on the embassy grounds, the designers tried to make it feel like home. There is a large, open grass area in the middle, lots of trees, walkways, and fountains. KOC’s Ahmadi area was probably a similar approach way-back.

I think (although I don’t know 100%) that the tank is at the entrance to the embassy as a reminder that the US fought side-by side with Kuwait. Next time I’m there, I’m going to ask about its story.

With what has transpired at other US embassies around the world, the security is a necessary precaution. (You haven’t really seen security in Kuwait, however, until you’ve visited Arifjan which takes hours to get into and lots of searches.) I have been perturbed that the embassy security guards are Indian or Filipino; Some take their job too seriously and (in the past) acted very unwelcoming to Americans who enter.

That has changed since Mrs. Jones took charge. She has done a lot to make the embassy a friendlier place and from what I have heard from friends – that extends to visas also. Mrs. Jones’ husband is the US Ambassador to the UAE.

ABOUT THE TANK:

the tank is a captured Iraqi T-62 Soviet tank. As many of you may choose not to remember, but Iraq DID invade Kuwait in August 2, 1990 and THAT tank was one of the many thousand tanks that invaded Kuwait.

The US was the leader of the Coalition Forces that helped liberate Kuwait. The captured Iraqi tank is a symbol of victory and alliance to Kuwait by the US.

The tank does not WORK and has been out of service years ago. It is just a symbol, a statue and nothing else.

@ 13. Desertsky . . . interesting.

That’s very common even on US bases in the states to have decommisioned planes, tanks and such on display like that.. Normal by American standards, not meant to be menacing..

I have to admit, my time at the embassy wasn’t a pleasent one.

I was the first person to get to the embassy, the first person to get my number, but they didn’t call me up first. They called #2, then #3, #4, #9, #6, #8, #13, #16, and finally #1.

I complained but they told me to sit down and wait for my turn. Pretty retarded seeing as I was #1.

It was bad enough I had to wait outside the embassy for over an hour, but then walking in first, then having to wait another hour is just wasting time.

Zweiz,,, It does make me feel sorry for any country who hire people in these positions are not well trained or highly educated to run such sensitive job for US as well any country.

Trust me if you read some people blogs especially foreign hired teachers which led me to come to this country of our stupid Middle Eastern people whom always treat foreigners/ blondi with trust and high respect and I used to voice my concern why we pay them more since we speak both languages and why they get paid for extra time and we don’t.

I recall writing some articles also in the https://www.osratimag.com/nov09/–1982 and to tell you the truth WE as Arab to Arab have no respect or passion to each other. So, don’t take a hard look to what you are facing. You sound a Kuwaiti from your writing. What you need to do then talk to your Kuwaiti Embassy in US and start writing to them from now, also you can write the attorney general of the state or the airport you land in by telling them:

“I know that I’m not a USA citizen, but I have a concern to find out that why every time I land at this airport (—-) I get picked up selectively and I heard others been treated in the same manner. I do understand that you have to profile people for security purpose, why don’t you learn from Israel ( because they always get consulted by them) at least to do such the minute you give the visa and when the individual purchase their ticket to avoid the humiliation and discrimination which is against human rights. Besides, what is wrong with your system? Don’t you keep records of visitors to know who is who?”

I hope this does help. Trust me I have been traveling all my life and I never carry a thing for the custom to waste my time. Last time this June I was picked up going from Tampa to California, then they called a woman to check me by touching, even though I look like French with short hair cut,,,etc. I told her: What is wrong with your machine didn’t like my body not wearing a bra (I had mastectomy), because we heard a lot about the new machines for security at the airports showing all you’re internal. She apologized, I told her don’t at least I felt important and good to see where my tax money goes (which it is an insult to them).

SO, take things as fun and an experience. I always tell the “American”: I grew up with the Mission Impossible shows and you mean to tell me our security is still lacking.

• By the way, I hope someone hidden behind these electronic walls is reading,, then we pass our concern indirectly.

You said:” Its funny, one should not be honest.” Really true, but I’m not willing to be a lair in this age to satisfy idiots

NS are you spamming?!

#26 TweeZ, why do you think I’m spamming?!

I think I understand you well because I said: I hope some one behind this electronic wall is reading,,,

May be you should know that all computers are run and censored, and what I meant if they read our comments, may be will save many travelers the humiliation of what you read in the above comments.

You think also the US Embassy doesn’t have special people to check what is written in each country……The old fashion way was called spy’s, today is called smart tech installed with each machine.

Dont feel too bad guys. That is just how things are. I was born and raised in Kuwait to Indian parents. I look very Indian and held an Indian passport. When I was a college student in the states, the rudest people I met were the people at the embassy in Kuwait, followed by the custom officers in the US. They are still utterly rude to me and treat me like crap as soon as they see me. I now hold a US passport, but I am still the “wrong skin color”. I always get randomly checked. Only once did I mention that I work for the government , and then they got a little easier on me. They just do it for the safety of the American people. Dont take it too personal. People in Kuwait can tell the difference between Kuwaiti, Lebanese, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Philipino, etc. In the US, there is “white” , “black”, “brown”, etc. I am a christian Indian, so my name doesnt at all sound ethnic, so I am sure it is my skin color that flags me, but I am used to it now. It isnt like I was treated any better in Kuwait by Kuwaitis. Indians get the worst of both sides. lol.