UNITED STATES immigration authorities are tightening up on one of their more daft so-called security innovations. From Tuesday 4 October all arrivals to that fine country will have to give precise details of their first night”s accommodation. A full address including postal code will be required. And it is no good giving the name Avis at whatever airport you have arrived at, saying you were driving to another state overnight. That will cost the airline ”1,900 and they will have to find you (and one suspects all your party) a seat on the return flight. Holiday makers flying in expecting to take a leisurely cruise back to Southampton the same day on Queen Mary 2 might take note that its address is Pier 92, Hudson River, NY 10014. But they are not night-stopping, the ship gets away that evening. In any event it is very unlikely that the authorities will actually get around to checking every person”s overnight accommodation address but some (probably newspaper) crank will no doubt put down The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500 and get away with it.
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