Adam Curry, Mickey Hoogendyke, Amsterdam Visa Complications
Adam Curry reports from Amsterdam, Netherlands, following a travel complication involving his wife, Mickey Hoogendyke. Hoogendyke was denied re-entry to the United States due to a technical visa issue and a pending green card application. Curry details the bureaucratic hurdles involving U.S. Customs and Immigration Services and Secretary Janet Napolitano, noting he expects to remain in Europe for at least two weeks while an immigration lawyer attempts to expedite the paperwork.
amsterdam· mickey hoogendyke· visa· green card· janet napolitano· airbnb· immigration lawyer
00:00 Hey there, hot boy. Come pick up my bags! in the old town of Gitmo Nation Lowlands. In the morning everybody, I'm Adam Curry and still from Northern Silicon Valley where i remain not going to Belize either...I am John C DeVore. Yeah that's right everybody surprise surprise a show where I am in Amsterdam The Netherlands wait a minute yeah surprise surprise
00:48 So you want to discuss this happenstance? Yeah, I think we should because I only arrived in the hotel let's see three hours ago after flying all night setting up the studio doing whatever prep I could. I mean I did some prep in between the flight from Austin to Atlanta and Atlanta to Amsterdam So here's what is going on people. My lovely wife, the lovely Miss Mickey has a technical issue with her visa and was not allowed to re-enter into United States when she was due to return last Sunday all very dramatic and traumatic. Aren't you married to the woman? Yes I am but her green card that's a process that takes a couple months and it hasn't come in yet
01:38 and so she literally cannot come in until some new paperwork is arranged. Now, mind you she'd already been gone for two weeks running around Europe and it will take at minimum two more weeks for Janet Napolitano's crew who run the United States Customs Immigration Services to get an approval to the embassy in Amsterdam, and of course I've spoken to consul generals ambassadors etc. And they could just put a stamp they'd do it they love too but they have no say in that matter they have to wait until Janet Napolitano's people approved then they can give her a stamp right and then you don't care about you know they do not...
02:28 The Dutch Consul General who's in California, who we know. He is really frustrated! He is like this is the worst they can't do anything ever since 9-11 it's crazy so I am going to be in Europe for at least the next two weeks We are hoping to get home before Christmas and New Years and of course cover your ears honey I don't want her here Of course if things really go bad then it could be three months but... Hey, it could happen. Go to Paris for New Year's! Paris for New Years is supposed to be a really great... Yeah and you know what? You know what so cool as we have just cash rolling all out of our ass John? We're gonna go to Paris in Vienna and stay at a bed and break... Well your going with Airbnb I understand this saves money right? This is exactly what were doing
03:20 Right now we're in a hotel because I just wanted to make sure it could get in, get set up and have some Wi-Fi. And tomorrow we're going to go find an Airbnb here in Amsterdam at least until we figure out what the timeline is... It's crazy! What time is it here Mickey? Well I don't know what time it is. What time is it here? 6 30 in the evening? Yeah I'm like I slept In the past 76 hours I've slept two. Yeah, that's gonna make for a great show! And of course... Fine thank you and i had to get an immigration lawyer Alan Klein now these guys they got a great scam going all right I can get this done for ya I need $2300 check to me fifteen hundred fifty dollars checked at Department of Homeland Security for the expedited service
04:17 Need $250 check to am PTP. Don't ask what that is Okay, I'll do whatever you tell me to so this isn't this is gonna be a weird weird Christmas But at least we're together and and I did a pretty good job bringing all the additional clothes Mickey wanted Me to bring that was the most important you're sitting there half naked yourself though Yeah No, I have three up so You know unlike packing and usually Mickey does all the packing which is great And so now I have to do and not to think, and like concentrate, concentrate. And then you know, and then I'm like okay weigh the suitcase, 55 pounds what's gonna go? Hmm...I guess my stuff. Yeah! You can always buy stuff over there.
05:06 It's just so you don't have which though. I'm looking at Airbnb now, so you can get a place for Still not dirty. Not cheap You're talking if for something that's reasonable your least 100 bucks a night. I mean this is not yeah That's and that's right Yeah What about getting out of town there must be cheaper places in Rotterdam? Well we do what so we do have some friends with so we can probably you know bum off some people and stuff Yeah, I'm gonna go to Rotterdam. Hello is this on? Rotterdam Rotterdam gorgeous We're Amsterdamers we don't hang out in Rotterdam This is not correct is like five minute drive and give me a break five minutes No no it's like 40-minute Drive without traffic. It's not a five-minute drive
05:55 and it's Amsterdam people don't hang out in Rotterdam. You completely misunderstand how this works. Anyway, so we'll have a... I think it will be good for the show that we'll have a nice kind of European flair Yeah well you'd be breeding new European news. I'm just saying Rotterdam is 25 to 33% cheaper Alright alright stop it! This not a good idea Not going to Rotterdam. But anyway, so the good news is the rig works you know I brought the mobile set, the small mobile set because i couldn't have like the full on Hot Pockets Mobile Tour this is the rig that usually take just on a weekend but it sounds like its doing okay knock-on wood and we'll just have our show as regular
06:51 and it'll be you know we'll have some adventures I think, I guess. You will! I won't but it's a little frustrating that you know you have this here's a sunny apaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh That is really... We're kind of expecting that to happen John sound card is kind of on the fritz yeah it's like it is this machine has a... But its kind of like your Freddie Mercury? You're like well here's Galileo Galileo Here's what's bothering me. I have this really funny one-liner and then the thing goes dead, I had to hit that button again. It always gonna be on the punchline. By the way... I've been hilarious! And you haven't heard a word of it? No no, exactly
07:39 But anyway, I would just go on so let me just say it's rather frustrating to have to go through this experience and there is absolutely no No two ways about these people. They've got their rules these little Gestapo Nazis And you're gonna adhere to them and You know, you could have a million stamps and paperworks and letters from the Queen and whatever you're not getting unless you do it by their rules and There is not a single diplomat Diplomat mind you who can help no ambassador, you know No consul general. No uncle Don You know Uncle Don's like get a lawyer But the lawyer the lawyers like I can fix this I can do this ninety nine point nine percent Yes, sure. Yeah talker hand is there? There's a little town called the new ward Laverda yeah
08:35 Mickey he doesn't get it does he? Entire home! He's looking at Airbnb. No we're not gonna go to Leovardo There is an entire home, it's a giant house for $77 This is not good idea I'm not liking this all It's alright, we'll figure it out. We're gonna be on the lam, hiding from the man! You and McMacAfee? Yeah, it's exactly the same thing except that we haven't been arrested yet Where is Haushen in Mir Nahi? I don't know...I don't know...we're not going there. Wherever it is, we are not going there. So let me tell you- Holy crap! Wait wait wait stop just one more last thing One more house?!
09:28 It's on Tippie Island, it is uninhabited. It is an entire house for $66. Where is this? Tippee Island In Holland? Yeah, uninhabited Tippie Island is what it says. Tippie island? And then it says Dronten. Dronte! Dronte yeah okay Yeah, Mickey's you know. Oh wait wait I'm sorry. I'm sorry John. I misread this it's teepees. It was teepee. John um... John, ixnay on the elpeh you know? It's like yeah okay. I'm not helping anymore. He's been freaking out for a week and you know it's like we need a little peace and calm. Okay just trying to help oh boy so we will obviously have the European tour
10:19 or something like that. We're gonna do a... Hot Pockets! Here we have an option to go visit Mr Oil who has been very kind to hook us up on the island of Tenerife as John fixes his sound card which would be, which is an option for sure and it's certainly a lot cheaper than Amsterdam and uh... there's a we have an invitation to vienna let me look at airbnb vietnam so let me tell you what's in the news here in holland how about that about some logic is not going somewhere but it actually start this show well the show is starting so uh... as they got on the plane by the way
