Valentijn Driessen traveled to the United States for the Football World Cup and was amazed at what awaited him there. “I’ve never heard that in the Netherlands.”
It really bothers American expert Raymond Mens how reports are being made in Europe about travel to the United States. Horror stories are regularly reported about innocent travelers suddenly being detained for days by immigration authorities. According to him, Valentijn Driessen is proof that this is exaggerated.
“How did it go?”
Valentine is currently in America and he says it was very easy to enter the country. “I was asked: ‘How did things go at customs?’, because PersVeilig had organized a whole meeting via Zooms with all kinds of people from the media who were going here,” he says in the podcast. Kick Off.
He continues: “You were given a very special warning about what you might encounter in America and it was also about customs: very strict customs, long waiting times, they drain your phone, if you are not straight you can be put back on the plane and I don’t know much.”
‘Never heard of it!’
All nonsense, according to Valentijn. “There were many stories going around in the Netherlands, but I have never gotten through customs so quickly. With the help of that app from Raymond Mens. Then your suitcase was immediately ready.”
He’s referring to an app that allows you gets through customs faster. “I received two very normal questions from that lady. Finally she gave my passport back and said: ‘Welcome to the United States, sir.‘I’ve never heard that from the military police in the Netherlands.”
Raymond happy
Raymond is happy that it happened this way and that Valentijn also shares this with the rest of the world. “As Valentijn Driessen confirms in his podcasts: entering the United States today is not difficult, but very easy and fast.”
“That is something different than what many headlines would lead you to expect.”