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T.Sophia

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #15 on: 28 November 2023, 12:15:16 pm »
The same thing happened to a few of my friends. Adultwork sends the girls id information's  to the Home Office, and the Home Office gives them to the American border agency. We don't know where else the Home Office gives

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #16 on: 28 November 2023, 12:30:55 pm »
If they had advertised on Eros for previous trips it's likely that their passport details are on record; I've been over since then, but I wasn't working. There's definitely something odd going on though; there is no such thing as a 'working visa' for prostitutes - prostitution is illegal in the US?

If you've never been before I wouldn't worry, assumimg you're planning a holiday. If you're planning to work, leave putting up ads until you arrive and be sensible about what you pack, wipe your phone first and think about how you'll explain/deal with the cash when you're coming back. You can back your phone up and put it back together again once you get there :)

when you say wipe your phone do you mean just delete the internet history and any files of your escorting photos, or ease all contents and settings as in resetting it thats how its called on the iphone
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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #17 on: 28 November 2023, 01:00:48 pm »
The same thing happened to a few of my friends. Adultwork sends the girls id information's  to the Home Office, and the Home Office gives them to the American border agency. We don't know where else the Home Office gives


I’ve never heard such a ridiculous statement ever (and I’ve heard quite a few ones lately).
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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #18 on: 28 November 2023, 01:10:43 pm »
when you say wipe your phone do you mean just delete the internet history and any files of your escorting photos, or ease all contents and settings as in resetting it thats how its called on the iphone

I have no idea what iphones do (and I care even less since the day I give Apple money is the day hell freezes over).

I meant clearing all browsing history/bookmarks and relevant contact numbers from my phone and removing all email accounts linked with work; this was almost ten years ago so now I'd probably just back it up to Google and completely reset it (then put it all back when I got there). That's my personal phone; I just took a spare handset as a work phone with nothing in it at all.

I’ve never heard such a ridiculous statement ever (and I’ve heard quite a few ones lately).

Yeah, there's been a few belters on here (one about AW being in cahoots with HMRC springs to mind), but that's going to be tough to beat.

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #19 on: 28 November 2023, 01:35:49 pm »

I’ve never heard such a ridiculous statement ever (and I’ve heard quite a few ones lately).

i agree. there's absolutely no way aw shares our personal info with the home office or anyone for that matter. no matter how much you hate aw, thats a pretty baseless argument. they would get in big trouble if they did that
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T.Sophia

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #20 on: 28 November 2023, 01:50:56 pm »
i agree. there's absolutely no way aw shares our personal info with the home office or anyone for that matter. no matter how much you hate aw, thats a pretty baseless argument. they would get in big trouble if they did that
My friends did not have any online profiles other than AW, and they said that their AW profiles appeared as soon as they scanned their passports. Even if it is not the Home Office, AW shares your passport information with the governments. There's no other way

On their terms and conditions, its written that they can share your info with authorities
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« Reply #21 on: 28 November 2023, 01:55:19 pm »
My friend goes to America all the time. It will be an unrelated issue. They can deny access for a number of factors, open tickets, destination and God knows what else.
AW have nothing to do with it or my friend wouldn’t be able to go.

ana30

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #22 on: 28 November 2023, 02:01:50 pm »
i agree. there's absolutely no way aw shares our personal info with the home office or anyone for that matter. no matter how much you hate aw, thats a pretty baseless argument. they would get in big trouble if they did that

Yep, plenty of foreign ladies on AW touring the UK (I assume many on "holidays" without work visas), AW would be considered as "facilitating work for illegals and benefiting from it"  (or something in the lines) so the last place they want to deal with would be the home office! Eros guide got raided by homeland security some years ago for that exact reason.
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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #23 on: 28 November 2023, 02:02:05 pm »
Ive been to us 7 times since 2016 (holiday not work) ive never had an issue. The only terrifying thing is lying if they ask you what your job is

T.Sophia

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #24 on: 28 November 2023, 02:10:02 pm »
Yep, plenty of foreign ladies on AW touring the UK (I assume many on "holidays" without work visas), AW would be considered as "facilitating work for illegals and benefiting from it"  (or something in the lines) so the last place they want to deal with would be the home office! Eros guide got raided by homeland security some years ago for that exact reason.
I understand you don't want to believe such a horrible thing but unfortunately they shared our details. It's not good to disinform people just because you don't want to believe it. The Home Office hasn't used these against us yet but US has.

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #25 on: 28 November 2023, 02:23:48 pm »
And it's not good to post hearsay and speculation without any hard facts or proof, so we're going to stop doing it now.

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #26 on: 28 November 2023, 02:31:28 pm »
My friends did not have any online profiles other than AW, and they said that their AW profiles appeared as soon as they scanned their passports. Even if it is not the Home Office, AW shares your passport information with the governments. There's no other way

Passports have an electronic chip, when a passport gets scanned by US border their screen gets filled with data, a combination of what your chip is giving them plus the info they already have from other trips you've made to the US, all that info is way way more important than your AW profile. They want to make sure you're not a terrorist, a fake passport, wanted by the FBI, been deported before etc... There's nothing such as "your AW profile popping up on their screen". There's million of reasons why your friends could have gotten stopped on the border and none of them have nothing to do necessarily with AW.

On their terms and conditions, its written that they can share your info with authorities

That's normal, all sex work directories share info with authorities, when a police crime investigation, a case of trafficking etc...and police will request a subpoena (which is a good thing). let's say a sex worker dissapears after an outcall, she's found murdered and there's a police investigation, the police once they find out she's on AW they will ask for AW messages between her and the last client. It's pretty common and a good thing for everybody. In any case if you're so concerned just email AW and ask them "who are you sharing my information with please include all agencies", they should be able to respond (I'm actually tempted to do that myself now lol!)
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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #27 on: 28 November 2023, 02:34:58 pm »
My friends did not have any online profiles other than AW, and they said that their AW profiles appeared as soon as they scanned their passports. Even if it is not the Home Office, AW shares your passport information with the governments. There's no other way

On their terms and conditions, its written that they can share your info with authorities

I have no idea what AW do or do not do as we are not behind the scenes with them but if they scanned your friends passports and out pops a link to AW then they are on the system for some reason and could it be that they had suspicions and some face recognition brings up the same face on the passport as the advert ( if your friends show their face on any sex adverts) either way they must be down as sex workers with American authorities now.

T.Sophia

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #28 on: 28 November 2023, 03:11:22 pm »
If there is even the slightest evidence supporting the claim, it is no longer speculation. I did not start this topic. They show their AW profiles at the border and send the girls back

ana30

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Re: Being stopped going into US
« Reply #29 on: 28 November 2023, 03:23:40 pm »
Hey ladies I’m new here. Just joined  :)

I’ve looked over the posts and I can’t see anything about this subject.

I used to be quite active on Twitter and a few of the girls there said they had been stopped entering the US. One was detailed at the airport, questioned about why she was there and sent back to the Uk.

She was showed her AW profile and website and was told they knew she was an escort and was there to work. Therefore she needed a working Visa.

Has anyone else heard of this or had experience themselves?

Hi Suzy, nobody is rebutting your claims, many women travelling alone have been stopped and border officers gone through their phones, email, laptop etc.. then turned them back once they found out they were sex workers. Yes it happens and we all know someone. That doesn’t necessarily mean that AW is sharing your data with the home office. Also: because it’s not first hand information please  take with a pinch of salt what people write on Twitter.
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