Newark (EWR) POE Review

[TeamMcGregor 21]

Sorry I'm posting this here, I could not get the link to work on the actual POE Reviews section (kept asking me that I needed to be registered but I was already logged in - can somebody move it to the right section please?)

My POE was June 24. I noticed when I was checking in in Santo Domingo (SDQ) that a couple of other people were traveling with their IV packets as well. So I thought: well, I won't be alone at least.

The one hiccup on our trip was that we couldn't land in EWR for a while because there were thunderstorms and they had stopped all inbound flights. We didn't have enough fuel to circle around in Newark so we had to go to Baltimore to fuel up. Depending on how things went in Newark the pilot said we might have to do Customs there (how? who the hell knows...that was not an international airport)...in the end, just fuel, Baltimore cannot process people coming from an international flight, back to Newark we went after about an hour of fueling up and waiting.

We got to EWR, there were just two lines: visitors and US Citizens/Residents line. So I went to the Visitors line and my husband went to the US Citizens line. I went to Window 10 right away (there was no one in line - we arrived around 5 pm or so), and handed my passport and IV packet to the CBP officer. He was friendly, not overly so but not an a-hole. He called for an escort but since no one came after about 15 seconds he took me to the elevator himself. He said they just needed to take my fingerprint. Another 3 people who were going to secondary inspection joined us in the elevator.

I had been in secondary inspection before once (while on my student visa) so the room wasn't surprising. It's rather big, a few booths for the CBP officers and quite a few chairs. It's to the side of baggage claim. They called two people ahead of me. When I was called, I was asked to sign in two sides of a form, then to put my right index on a pad. I thought it was one of those digital pads, but it was an actual ink pad! So the officer asked me to put my fingerprints on two slots of the same form, gave me a piece of paper towel to clean my finger, and sent me off. No questions at all from anyone.

That was it. Easiest thing ever.

[LoveMyTico 999]

Sorry I'm posting this here, I could not get the link to work on the actual POE Reviews section (kept asking me that I needed to be registered but I was already logged in - can somebody move it to the right section please?)

My POE was June 24. I noticed when I was checking in in Santo Domingo (SDQ) that a couple of other people were traveling with their IV packets as well. So I thought: well, I won't be alone at least.

The one hiccup on our trip was that we couldn't land in EWR for a while because there were thunderstorms and they had stopped all inbound flights. We didn't have enough fuel to circle around in Newark so we had to go to Baltimore to fuel up. Depending on how things went in Newark the pilot said we might have to do Customs there (how? who the hell knows...that was not an international airport)...in the end, just fuel, Baltimore cannot process people coming from an international flight, back to Newark we went after about an hour of fueling up and waiting.

We got to EWR, there were just two lines: visitors and US Citizens/Residents line. So I went to the Visitors line and my husband went to the US Citizens line. I went to Window 10 right away (there was no one in line - we arrived around 5 pm or so), and handed my passport and IV packet to the CBP officer. He was friendly, not overly so but not an a-hole. He called for an escort but since no one came after about 15 seconds he took me to the elevator himself. He said they just needed to take my fingerprint. Another 3 people who were going to secondary inspection joined us in the elevator.

I had been in secondary inspection before once (while on my student visa) so the room wasn't surprising. It's rather big, a few booths for the CBP officers and quite a few chairs. It's to the side of baggage claim. They called two people ahead of me. When I was called, I was asked to sign in two sides of a form, then to put my right index on a pad. I thought it was one of those digital pads, but it was an actual ink pad! So the officer asked me to put my fingerprints on two slots of the same form, gave me a piece of paper towel to clean my finger, and sent me off. No questions at all from anyone.

That was it. Easiest thing ever.

Thanks for the info ! My husband will be coming through Newark. Nice to know that they don't waste time. One thing though.... I think the both of you could have gone through the resident/citizen line. At least that is what my attorney told us !!

Congrats and welcome to the US !

[champi 13]

We just had POE for my mother-in-law on June 21st through EWR. We all went through resident/US citizen line. We landed at 4:45am and my husband and his mom had to wait in that secondary inspection room for 2 hours. There was another family with us who missed their flight because of the 2-hours wait in that room. So I suggest to have plenty of hold-time if you're flying somewhere else from EWR.