Help!! Bad airport experience~~!!

[hellonew 0]

My friends dad who has a green card was stopped while travaling. He doesnt speak english, and was asked how much money he was traveling with. The customs agent took him to another room and they counted his money, he had 10,800$, 800$ over the legal limit. They made him sign a paper and told him to catch his flight. Does anyone know what paper this is, and whatreprecussions if any would there be on his green card status?

[payxibka 10,047]

could simply be form 4790 Report of International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-prior/f4790--2002.pdf

[Dan J 277]

My friends dad who has a green card was stopped while travaling. He doesnt speak english, and was asked how much money he was traveling with. The customs agent took him to another room and they counted his money, he had 10,800$, 800$ over the legal limit. They made him sign a paper and told him to catch his flight. Does anyone know what paper this is, and whatreprecussions if any would there be on his green card status?

There is no legal limit on how much money you can bring through customs. However, all amounts of $10,000 or more have to be reported. The paper he signed was probably related to that.

It will not have any effect on his green card status.

[Ban Hammer 13,643]

i'm still trying to figure out how this is a "bad airport experience"

overall, it sounded like things went pretty well, all things considered.

[Ling Ling 22]

I'd heard that there were sensors in Customs that (based on the metallic inserts in money) could tell

when you're bringing in large quantities of cash. That's why I try to travel with an enterouge...give each of them

$9K and there's no problem

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

My friends dad who has a green card was stopped while travaling. He doesnt speak english, and was asked how much money he was traveling with. The customs agent took him to another room and they counted his money, he had 10,800$, 800$ over the legal limit. They made him sign a paper and told him to catch his flight. Does anyone know what paper this is, and whatreprecussions if any would there be on his green card status?

good thing they didn't keep it and claim he was a drug dealer