Hi Guest Tom & thanks for your input.

You mentioned

"but I do not believe that having political opinions is in itself a bar to visa issuance."

That may not be the case now but I do remember Ewan MacColl, was it the late 70's, having a hard time entering the US to tour & being married to an American who was part of the act, too. I do believe it was very much politcial & that we will start to see this happening again (if in fact it ahsn't already started) in the near future as long as the government is in republican hands. For our own safety of course. "Them folkies are dangerous folk, ya know. You're right at that J. Edgar".

Barry