"We have investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong" - US Immigration

My dad was a prosecutor for the immigration department and left to become an immigration defense attorney because of how shitty the department is.

Just yesterday, a friend of mine was denied an USA tourist visa. Dude just wanted to have a vacation with his family.

Hey Charlie, You should find out who specifically was not doing their job using the freedom of information act you could get them to release the documents and find out the person/people behind the visa rejections. Then as part of your lawsuit require the settlement to include having the person/people terminated who were behind this situation, as just one form of relief (the second and main one being financial). Furthermore, have US Imigration blacklist them from any future government positions on the grounds they violated their oath of office, failed to perform the duties of their position fairly and without bias, as well as maliciously chose to reject a VISA request without reasonable cause... You can then sue the employee for intentionally acting in bad faith while performing the duties of their job. Since they used bias and acted outside the scope of the their position, they then are no longer subject to the protection of the government, and would as such not be able to receive protections normally afforded government employees. While the government does have laws that protect them from paying out in a lawsuit, they usually do not invoke those rights, epecially in the event of an egregious mistake or a widely publicized/viewed situation. As a way to save face, they will often offer money. The point being they will usually use money to make a case go away. Without a law forcing financial compensation, they typically leverage that into giving a lesser amount. Hopefully this helps and good luck!

"Florida man sues US immigration over professional video games" sounds like a real Florida man headline.

Florida man vs the government. They don't stand a chance

I was born in TX but my parents are from Mexico. Years ago, My parents applied to get residency through me. We had an interview at the Immigration office and my god, was it a sad sight. Seeing and hearing alot of families cry cause they were denied put me in this really weird scared state of mind that i hadn't felt before in my life. We had to do 2 interviews. One for my dad and one for my mom. My dad's interview felt like a straight up interrogation. My mom's was actually the complete opposite. My mom's interviewer was this really nice American guy who spoke perfect spanish. We didn't even need our translator for her interview

Charlie found corruption in a government. I found water on sea.

Imagine how corrupt you must be when even EA sends someone to convince them that they’re legitimate

US Immigration denied my husbands green card application. We had gotten married a year prior, owned a shared bank account, lived together in the same apartment, had sufficient documentation of us being together; as well as had favorable expedited service since I am in the military. We spent 1.3 thousand dollars for the applications, waited 6 months; just to be denied all because “they looked suspicious”. Later down the line I made acquaintances with an individual who worked for USCIS who shared with me that he had denied applications before all because “they looked ugly and gross”. Lost all respect, there’s a reason that immigration lawyers are a thing.

“You are under an esport group called moist… nah you can’t go through… oh ur under a esport team that isn’t moist… ok ur good”

I work in a law firm that only takes immigration cases and there is constant problems and confusion with U.S immigration laws and regulations, that shit happens all the time but there is always a solution. Sometimes its just a judge that doesn’t want to deal with the case or just does not give a shit. Usually a good lawyer or paralegal can find a solution

My wife has been an immigration paralegal for years. In most cases, when you let the department of state know you're suing them, they reverse almost immediately.

MoistCritikal vs US Immigration (The Series): Episode 1: I don't get this mad often Episode 2: You've never seen me this mad Episode 3: I'm suing US immigration

It's finally time for Charlie to fulfill his destiny as a Florida man

As an international student with a partner who’s been dealing with disability checks I can relate. The levels of ridiculousness and absolute lack of competent assistance we’ve ran into and still run into is insane.

When my husband and I had to sit down for his marriage green card interview (where a complete stranger decides if we actually love each other) the immigration interviewer told me flat out I must be lying because "No one is nervous when they come in here, so you must be lying" Really? Not one person was nervous about a complete stranger determining their entire future in this country?

gg to that immigration officer. He single handedly fuelled government frustration in about a million people

i love you charlie. your anger at the broken system suits you very well and you speak about it very eloquently despite being so upset which is such a valuable skill

That's an unacceptable level of immunity

My dad is actually a federal lawyer and he said to me once “the government literally has been designed to encourage laziness”

I cannot fucking believe you won't get an ounce of compensation even if you win the suit. Holy shit that is the most disgusting thing I've ever heard

This sounds like a really good team, would you consider picking them up if they perform well in the tournament?

I could listen to you talk for ages mate,your verry intelligent and verry quick on the insults and at making your point,you crack me up man ,keep it up.

Charlie vs US immigration is insane

12:58 Have you considered a ‘Congressional Inquiry’? By contacting your Congressman they have the power to force them to answer for themselves. This makes gov employees shit themselves whenever a Congressional hits their desk. And it is free. Just send the complaint in to your representative. They do not always investigate but they may with this one.

To perform at a LAN like that after the ordeal they've been through is unreal

As an Aussie wanting to tour the States someday, this isn't surprising, since US Customs are very bizarrely antagonistic towards us. Back in 1992, one of my aunts(auntie-1, age 36) was living in Tampa Bay and she convinced another one of my aunts(auntie-2, age 17) to travel across the globe to house-sit while auntie-1 had to travel to New York for business. Turns out that auntie-2's tourist visa papers were improperly filled out and getting prematurely evicted, and auntie-1 was supposedly an accomplice in one of the Meddelin cartel's last coke runs to NYC, and getting auntie-2 detained at Honolulu airport, missing her connecting flight back to Sydney. Auntie-2's passport was covered in persona-non-grata stamps and blacklisted from ever setting foot on US soil ever again. And Auntie-1 got kicked out a year later after Miami PD found an ounce of cocaine in her bra. So even if I wanted to apply for a tourist visa, It'd be outweighed by the heavy family baggage and fail the moment it's looked at. IF it ever gets looked at.

do. not. settle. put that shit in front of a jury. PLEASE

HELL YEAH BROTHER. IM NOT A BIG FAN OF THE GOVERNMENT!!!!

9:44 never felt so afraid of Charlie. Holy moly that guy is turning to a super Saiyan soon.

Keep us updated

You KNOW shits real when Charlie has ACTUAL EMOTIONS in his voice

Remember guys moist isnt suicidal. If he gets sick at all or starts dying during this time we know who did this.

How did you play together before, when they were in Australia? I’ve never been denied an ESTA for over 10 years but they are always difficult even when you are standing there in front of the officer with your return ticket.

I used to work on foreign ships that would come into ports along Houston/Galveston/Corpus Christi, etc. Some of the immigration agents were super cool, didn't have an issue with us going on board to do maintenance while they were checking the crews' paperwork. Other ones would point at us before we could even ask if it's ok and scream at us to stay down here until they were done and had exited the ship. Other times they would come back on board and stop us and check our gear, which I am fine with, but what they would do is they want to see the circuit board we took off the ship and check it's serial number on the repair paperwork vs. the hardware want a full explanation of what we did on board what equipment we repaired, one time made us go back on board and open up the panels and show and explain what we did, the ships master wasn't going to allow this and that's where the Mexican standoff happened. The ship's owners in France were back the ship's master, and the immigration/customs guy was getting backing from his office, and we were sitting there for 6 hours before an immigration supervisor finally put a stop to this. When our company submitted the bill they refused to pay for us standing around on the dock, so our company paid us but they lost the extra 6 hours.

As a US Citizen, I got my SENTRI denied because my voice quivered the slightest bit and they thought my dad was trying to get me to smuggle dr*gs across the border. The person interviewing me also gave me shit because I didn’t know my deceased maternal grandmothers birthdate (whom passed before my birth) Appeal also instantly rejected. Good luck Charlie, I hope you win.

"The system is broken when the innocent suffer the same as the guilty."

the team be playing SO WELL

2:38 WTFFFFFF???? Do they have a personal grudge or something?!

My boss is a professor and very highly regarded in our field. She had to go to Japan for a conference and also meet with the CEO of our huge Japanese company. She actually got detained on the way back to the US. We were freaking out and trying to figure why. It was because they thought it was strange that a white woman with a Canadian passport was coming from Japan to the US. She brought every single document that was listed in the US immigration website and the guys at the LAX airport told her that these are not the correct ones, and he had never heard of her work visa before. She showed him the website where he got the information, and even asked what the correct documents were. This apparently pissed him off and started yelling at her and detained her in a secluded room "for having an attitude". We had the lawyers and HR from both Japan and US AND the Canadian embassy call this one random low-life to confirm her identity. Still wouldn't let her go. 6 hours after she missed her flight, they let her go because her documents suddenly became ok. Not sure if it took him that long to cool off or what, but if that guy had just googled ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE, everything would have been cleared within 10 minutes.

"The government is corrupt" *shocked Pikachu face*

Holy shoot this is wild, can’t wait to see what comes out of this. Hope you guys come out on top after everything 🎉

I feel you man, a few years ago when my mom was at the last part of getting her residency, the agent said she was not getting her visa, then came 4 months of calling every day, only to be told to pound sand, it took a letter from my senator then in less than 24 hours her visa was printed, no graphology no nothing

US immigration almost cost my former band around $30,000 because they stretched out their reply for over a month beyond the legal response time. We are from a small EU country and none of us have any kind of criminal record. It was a once in a lifetime touring opportunity that we took a bank loan for. US immigration didn't even give us the $160 per person fee back and they said that they didn't have to. It broke me personally and I don't think I mentally recovered from that even now, almost 10 years later. I feel like you are standing up to them for my musician friends and me personally. Good luck and thank you Charlie, you're a good guy.

I didn't have "One of my favorite KZfaqrs sues the United States Government" on my 2024 Bingo card, but I'm here for it.

I hope it all works out 😕

They need more people that can push this with more cases to prove a point.

Immigrant here. I’ve been dealing with US immigration for 16 years. Though I legally live in the US with a profitable business and paying taxes like everybody else, I still don’t have a stable status. I’m constantly getting bugged my the immigration system, and every time I enter the U.S., I’m taken to “the small room” for a 2 hours wait and interrogation. All I can say is the system is corrupt and a joke. Charlie described it very well. The workers simply have no incentive to do their job properly. And they’re not liable for any wrong decisions they make.

my wife is from Brazil. Been working through this garbage for 7 years of our marriage

Broxah from TL had issues with his visa and playing in the USA from EU in the early of 2020 (before march)

Can you consider the costs as loss brought forward or is the tax benefits it offers not worth it?

"They didn't think they were as highly ranked as we said" I'm losing it over that judgment sounding like "We don't think your gamer score is high enough to come into our country"

Twenty, thirty years ago, it was the government saying, "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." Well, it sounds like too many agencies fear a lot of things. I support the idea of holding the government entities accountable.

8:20 that is just sad to hear. I'm a Swede and our loose immigration policy destroys the whole country imo

The Satchmo!!!! Oh god I can’t stop laughing at the misuse of the word 💀

Sue them good Charlie

The craziest part of this whole thing is that they could get into Canada, but not America. Canadian immigration isn't a cake walk.

millions of people comes to USA yearly without visa and they allow them to get in

Thats great i wish i could sue too been trying to get my parent here since i turned 21 and i am 24 now still doing forms waiting and hoping and praying im sure there's a lot more like me but hey who cares right. I hope you win that lawsuit.

charlie went from playing flash games to suing the world's most powerful government. truly a JRPG-level power progression

You're a hero man. US immigration refuses to make my wife legal and I tried like 15 times over the 6 years we've been married. It's good to see someone fighting back.

This is the wildest thing I’ve seen on my feed😭

Curious as there is no visa if you are Australian and traveling to the USA for visit or business for less than 90 days. Why were they applying for a Visa?

it's kind of crazy. I'm a 911 dispatcher and if i mess up a call or make a promise our center/responders cant keep I personally can be sued as well as our center. I'm a bit shocked to hear they hold no penalties for their work. Our government encourages laziness and corrupt behavior.

Yeah, it basically amounts to "you cannot sue the U.S. Government without the permission of the U.S. Government." This is what happens when the government is designed to change with the times, but the people in charge have spent decades ensuring it doesn't change with the times.

As someone who was refused social financial aid for months and had to fight to in the end being accepted, this quote at 4:31 ''souless androids that do not want to be there and do not want to do their job at all'' is so relatable, feels like a universal social service experience

3:19 another amazing quote

Give em hell. As a foreign doctor who wanted to come to the US for clinical rotations, they rejected my visa twice, potentially delaying and hurting my career aspirations for pursuing medicine in the US.

"sir here's the most undeniable evidence you've ever seen" immigration officer: *spongebob burning paper meme* edit: no way 1.5k in half a day damn

That's just disappointing to hear and I honestly hope that you get all the money lost.

I plan to write an academic law paper on esports and immigration treatment compared to other sports. Id love to know what case law you guys are utilizing.

I know the feeling. They rejected my partner from coming to the US from Spain durning Christmas and now is Banned from ever applying for an ESTA again. All because they assumed she was going to stay forever even though she had a return ticket and could’ve contacted everyone she knew for proof. They never even tried to contact me or my family. It was the end of some assholes shift too so I guess he wanted to go home early by ruining someone else’s life. I don’t have the money or power to do anything though, so I can’t even have her come home to me…

Can’t wait for this to be a required court case in the AP US Government curriculum. “Moist v. immigration” has a nice ring to it

Lawsuit tierlist when?

Stayed for the good FPS gameplay. Greetings from Xan BTW.

That Agent needs to get their ass fired. Absolutely deplorable at their job

If EA is on your side against someone, they have done something VERY wrong

dealing with similar issues with trying to get my girlfriend into the US. it is super frustrating. I wish the best of luck to you Charles

Let me tell you a story. I am originally from Ukraine. In 2015 I enlisted in US Army through MAVNI program which granted citizenship for service. I was supposed to be naturalized in basic. In the end of AIT (next level of training) after they fed me promises 1000 times I sat on a chair in some military hall and said I'm not moving. And refused to move unless they gave me some clarity. After several more people joined me the guy left, made a couple of phone calls. He said everything was ready. All the packets were done. We were all naturalized NEXT DAY. At my first duty station I met a couple of guys that were waiting for naturalization for over three years. Also, when we went to San Antonio USCIS I was amazed how unorganized and trashy it was. Piles and piles of folders everywhere- in a hallway, on the floor. Sue them, sue them good. Those people do some crazy shit sometimes. Oh, and my entire clearance packet was miraculously "lost" on it's electronic way from Germany to Ft Meade! Both offices just pointed fingers at each other. Wtf.

Imagine that one specific agent was being paid off by one of the opposing teams That would be legendary lore

We want an update

My dad worked for the federal government for 20 years as a database engineer. Most of his coworkers did absolutely nothing and made over $110k a year. It seems to be a common practice according to the comment section.

I came back from Japan, and the officer grilled me as I was coming back despite the fact I have a US passport. My friends were waiting for me so we could all go back to my friend’s apartment and fucking eat. We were on the plane for 10 hours….. that whole grilling took like 30 minutes. I started crying because I was so tired and just wanted to leave, the agent in the booth next to me looked at my passport and grilled the guy in my booth saying all he had to do was check it and ask if I brought anything illegal back and let me go. He was pissed, their supervisor actually had to come and let me go to my friends.

Give 'em hell, Charlie. Their processes are so broken I needed to write my congressman to get basic appointments for my wife's visa. And after that I spent months calling immigration because their website couldn't find our case number to pay her immigrant fee. They're held to no standard and hurt good people

Godspeed to you and your team

This is going to be a great movie

I wonder if that agent knows what he's started, or if he's just casually sitting at home right now not knowing he's the reason some white-shirted guy on the internet is suing US Immigration.

The fact that the US government can just say, "Yup, we are responsible. Yup, this is on us and nobody else. No, we will not reimburse you" is absolutely criminal. If there is no consequences, why would they ever fix the problem?

This is super confusing?? Are you saying their ESTA's were denied, or they were denied at POE? Yes, getting ESTA denied is very hard, but ESTA is 1. Not a visa (it's a visa waiver) and 2. Does not guarantee entry into the US. I myself (Australian) got stopped by CBP when I entered the US for 87 days with an ESTA and was interrogated. I don't know much about this situation and esports, but I imagine if they were turned away at the POE, then it's for valid reasons. I assume they are making money doing esports/it's their job. You can't enter the US on an ESTA and earn money. Hell, I know of someone who got turned away cause they were gonna dog sit for a friend. If you are making any form of income while in the states, they won't let you in on an ESTA. They'd need specific work visas.

I have a quick question if someone could please answer it. Can Charlie just rehire the old team after this is all over or is that out of the question? I’m not familiar with any of these process and I don’t know if that’s possible, can some give me answer please? Thank you.

I'll be looking forward to teaching my kids about the best supreme court cases, such as Miranda V. Arizona Marbury V. Madison Brown V. Board of Education *Moistcritikal V. Immigration*

I’m convinced the person who gave Charlie such a hard time at US Immigration had to be a Sneako sub or something

Im chilean so I travel to the USA with the ESTA visa as well. The only times I have heard of someone getting their esta denied has been because they have traveled to cuba or any other no-flight country recently. Thankfully I have never had any issues, but after reading so many bad experiences in this comment section I doubt I will be coming back to the US for holidays any time soon. Such a shame what happened to you guys!

Hey I’m a bit out of the loop, but can someone plz explain what happened to where it is now “not moist”?

My wife’s mother was repeatedly denied a visitor visa. Breaks my heart to know that she will never be able to visit our home and experience the place her grandchildren live. Thank you for taking on this fight. We will be watching and cheering for you.

Wife is from Colombia. We got married and filed for permanent residence. We did everything right but had to send in my 2021 taxes through the mail so it hadn't been finished yet (over a year later). Bc USCIS needed my taxes from that year they REJECTED our application. I sent in all the paperwork showing I'd submitted the paperwork and was just waiting on the IRS to complete their job but nothing. We had to refile and jump through about a million hoops to get her accepted. It was a nightmare. Every lawyer I talked to told me that immigration basically looks for any reason possible to reject you. But hey if she came over illegally she'd be fine and I wouldn't have paid thousands in fees. It's broken.

So... when's your new channel "Friendlycharlies" launching?

2 said were going there to do a tournament for cash prizes and the 3rd dude was like just going over to play a gaming tournament and hope to win it !!! unless the other 2 didn't claim it as a business trip like it is !!!

I'm glad you're suing them. I used to work at a Chinese restaurant and the owner asked me for some help reading one of the forms for a visa application. She said this was her 5th year trying to get her mother to the U.S. because every time they submitted the application, immigration side gave them a "please wait" notice and then without fail, at the end of every year, tell them their visa application has expired due to not being finished on time, and that they would need to apply again. The application process they were doing was NOT cheap either. It was heartbreaking to see how corrupt it is. Hardworking people following the laws to immigrate here are punished by this corrupt agency of our government. Does that not just create more incentive for illegal immigration? And my God, I hope her mother didn't pass away before finally getting to live with her daughter and her family. I couldn't imagine the feeling.