POE Review

[minnew 4]

America!!! I'm baaaack!

It's been a while since there was a review for Portal, they did an excellent job today! I write this from an undisclosed location in ND First off! The Canadian side did a great job dealing with the exportation of my engagement ring (I had to pay a $300 deposit almost a year ago to temporary import it). Too bad the deposit it has to be mailed to a U.S. address in CAD funds *sigh*

There were probably about 3 or 4 cars ahead of me at 2:30 in the afternoon. As I got closer to the booth the customs officers inside kept on looking at me and my car...they were probably like...omg how did she fit all that stuff in her car? Anyways so I pulled up the booth and it was a young guy, I think he's inspected me before. Asks me how I am, I hand over all my paperwork, and he says "You have alot of paperwork here". I said yes its for a fiance visa. He jokes and says "Oh the guys inside will have alot of work to do" and smirks. He says.."Looks like you have everything with you..." Smirks again. I respond um yes and then some! Asks the standard questions, did not ask for my packing list and instructed me to pull over and park to the right and go inside. I was greeted immediately by a very polite and professional middle aged man and he asked me to start filling out the import paper for my car. The computer he was at wouldn't work so he had to move. Asked me when I was getting married, asked if their was a K-2, and one woman CBP asked me why I waited so long to cross with the K-1. I said in order to plan a wedding and give family and friendsnotice, plus save up some $$$. He had me sit down for approximately 20 minutes while he worked on the computer. A male CBP came over and they talked about how long the I-94 is good for, the middle aged man I was greeted by wasn't sure about how long to make it for, his coworker was saying "well make it for 90 days, I think thats how long K1s are good for, its also been a while since I have done one",( I wanted to say...look at the manual!!) it had also been a long time for the first officer whom greeted me.

Took my fingerprints, paid the I-94 fee and was on my way, he peeked at my car to make sure the VIN # matched. I noticed on my I-94 it says MULTIPLE ENTRY. I said to him "K-1's are ONE-TIME entry"? He said "Oh thats just the way the computer prints them out" I basically said oh okay well I don't plan on going back to Canada and re-entering until after filing an adjustment and getting AP anyways.

Sooo...Should I be worried that the I-94 says MULTIPLE ENTRY? I am just curious if it will cause problems when I AOS, or if the right visa class was put into the SAVE system? I guess I am being paranoid...I've read on VJ some people having to go to correct their class of entry due to mistake at POE.

[Rhiannercakes 14]

Sounds like you had a really nice entry.

At least they didn't get frustrated since they havn't done a K-1 in a while.

How come you had to import and export your engagement ring, I've never really heard of something like that before.

Thanks for the review.

Edited September 22, 2009 by Rhiann

[Danu 19]

Sounds like you had a really nice entry.

At least they didn't get frustrated since they havn't done a K-1 in a while.

How come you had to import and export your engagement ring, I've never really heard of something like that before.

Thanks for the review.

I will have to export mine again, they made Wes declare it and pay on it when he brought it up here. Not everyone gets questioned about the rings, quite a few people have never had to declare it, but unfortunately, we were not one of them

I'm glad everything went well for your POE, you're almost there now!

Edited September 22, 2009 by Danu

[Inky 1,110]

my I-94 has multi entry on it as well but it is dated to run out in november. Wouldnt worry to much on it.

[Bern. 3]

Yeah, they would LIKE you to declare your ring. Most don't. But you really should, they could take it away...and the horrors continue.

CONGRATSSS MINNEWW.

[Carlawarla 1]

Congratulations on a successful POE minnew! Welcome to the U.S. It's nice to hear about such nice experiences crossing!

[Lisa and Ian 7]

America!!! I'm baaaack!

It's been a while since there was a review for Portal, they did an excellent job today! I write this from an undisclosed location in ND First off! The Canadian side did a great job dealing with the exportation of my engagement ring (I had to pay a $300 deposit almost a year ago to temporary import it). Too bad the deposit it has to be mailed to a U.S. address in CAD funds *sigh*

There were probably about 3 or 4 cars ahead of me at 2:30 in the afternoon. As I got closer to the booth the customs officers inside kept on looking at me and my car...they were probably like...omg how did she fit all that stuff in her car? Anyways so I pulled up the booth and it was a young guy, I think he's inspected me before. Asks me how I am, I hand over all my paperwork, and he says "You have alot of paperwork here". I said yes its for a fiance visa. He jokes and says "Oh the guys inside will have alot of work to do" and smirks. He says.."Looks like you have everything with you..." Smirks again. I respond um yes and then some! Asks the standard questions, did not ask for my packing list and instructed me to pull over and park to the right and go inside. I was greeted immediately by a very polite and professional middle aged man and he asked me to start filling out the import paper for my car. The computer he was at wouldn't work so he had to move. Asked me when I was getting married, asked if their was a K-2, and one woman CBP asked me why I waited so long to cross with the K-1. I said in order to plan a wedding and give family and friendsnotice, plus save up some $$$. He had me sit down for approximately 20 minutes while he worked on the computer. A male CBP came over and they talked about how long the I-94 is good for, the middle aged man I was greeted by wasn't sure about how long to make it for, his coworker was saying "well make it for 90 days, I think thats how long K1s are good for, its also been a while since I have done one",( I wanted to say...look at the manual!!) it had also been a long time for the first officer whom greeted me.

Took my fingerprints, paid the I-94 fee and was on my way, he peeked at my car to make sure the VIN # matched. I noticed on my I-94 it says MULTIPLE ENTRY. I said to him "K-1's are ONE-TIME entry"? He said "Oh thats just the way the computer prints them out" I basically said oh okay well I don't plan on going back to Canada and re-entering until after filing an adjustment and getting AP anyways.

Sooo...Should I be worried that the I-94 says MULTIPLE ENTRY? I am just curious if it will cause problems when I AOS, or if the right visa class was put into the SAVE system? I guess I am being paranoid...I've read on VJ some people having to go to correct their class of entry due to mistake at POE.

Welcome to America!

[Krikit 1,164]

I agree. Don't worry about the multiple entry on the I-94. It won't affect your AOS.

Your POE people sound so nice and friendly. I'm glad you got them. Welcome!

[JillA 2]

Congrats on a smooth crossing!!

[trailmix 77]

Yay for North Dakota

Congrats minnew

[SonoranSongbird 3]

That's where we crossed, too. I was impressed that they took the time to read the instructions and figure out how to handle it properly. A lot of VJ'ers who crossed various different places shortly before us did not have as positive an experience.

Congratulations and welcome home! Have an amazing wedding!

[hapycloud 0]

CONGRATS!!! Glad to hear everything went smoothly

Edited September 22, 2009 by hapycloud

[Arabella 4]

How much is the I-94 fee?

I missed that there was such a fee somehow.

Edited September 22, 2009 by Arabella

[Peachey 10]

I think it's 6$.

[Dan and Ali 3]

Glad to hear your entry went well!