Monday, February 16, 2004

US immigration officials' goof-up lands Indian in jail

siliconindia: "An Indian software engineer in the US who went to prison for no fault of his was released after a harrowing 21 days when American immigration authorities realised they had goofed up.

Hyderabad man Rayan Babu Yellina was detained for 21 days in El Paso, Texas.

His passport was valid till April 27, 2018, but officers of the Department of Homeland Security at El Paso reportedly said no country issues passports that have a 20-year validity and charged him with unauthorisedly altering the date."

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