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A baby was was summoned to the US Embassy for an interview when his grandfather accidentally ticked the purpose of his trip to the States was terrorism .
Factory owner Paul Kenyon, 62, was taking three-month-old Harvey Kenyon-Cairns away on his first foreign holiday with his wife Cathy, 57, his daughter Faye, 27, her partner John Cairns, 31, and their eldest Ava, aged three, to his villa in Orlando, Florida, for a break and made the mistake on the ESTA form needed for entry into the USA.
Paul, who runs his Clingfoil business in Poynton, Cheshire, said: "I had filled in the first five forms all correctly, but it was taking some time.
"I had no idea I had made a mistake on the baby's form until Harvey's travel was refused to the USA.
"I couldn't believe that they couldn't see it was a genuine mistake and that a three-month-old baby would be no harm to anyone.
"Harvey was even summoned down for an interview to the US Embassy. I really couldn't believe it.
'I went down with him and his mum and took him in for the interview, but he can't even speak as he's so young.
"We went down on the Monday and flew on the Thursday, but sadly the Visa didn't come in time, so half of us went and baby Harvey came a couple of days later with his parents and the whole sorry business cost me an extra £3,000.
"Cathy and myself flew with Ava and then Faye and Jon and Harvey flew out on fresh Virgin flights a couple of days later.
"It was a very expensive mistake, but I was hoping the US Embassy would realise that it was just a simple error without us having to jump through all the hoops.
"If you are a terrorist - I suspect you'd not be ticking YES on the ESTA form anyway."
The ESTA question that Paul inadvertently ticked Yes on by mistake asks: 'Do you seek to engage in or have you ever engaged in terrorist activities, espionage, sabotage, or genocide?'
Paul added: "Baby Harvey was good as gold for the interview and never cried once - I thought about taking him along in an orange jumpsuit, but thought better of it.
"They didn't appear to have a sense of humour over it at all and couldn't see the funny side.
"He's obviously never engaged in genocide, or espionage, but he has sabotaged quite a few nappies in his time though I didn't tell them that at the US Embassy.'"
The baby was taken from his home in Poynton, Cheshire, to the US Embassy in London's Grosvenor Square for his interview on a round trip of around 10 hours - the flight time from Manchester to Orlando is nine hours and 30 minutes.
All eligible international travellers who wish to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver programme must apply for authorisation under the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation.
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