Originally Posted by
Bramble
Threxy - the CRT psych told my partner that a S3 stops you from going to America, whilst I was inpatient in a psych ward. They were detaining me as I was trying to leave.
Originally Posted by
reappear
Yes, I have heard this all before (including from MH professionals when I was in hospital in 2010), yet nobody still seems to be able to explain to me how something that is strictly confidential will flag-up on the US systems
if you don't declare it? Like I said, civil sections are not stored on the UK Police National Computer which can be accessed by the US authorities. Criminal sections, however, are.
And there have been people who have successfully travelled to the US after being sectioned (iirc one Anorexic went to Florida for 2 weeks after once being on a s.3). That bit on mental disorders from the US embassy has been written in assumption that you declare it, but doesn't explain how they find out if you don't declare it.
I'm not being antagonistic BTW, I'm honestly confused about this. The only other explanation I can think of is if there's a marker put on the PNC about your mental health (lets say if you are truly dangerous) or you go and do something stupid in America and they actually investigate your background for the case, as there's very few circumstances authorities can demand access to ones medical record.