How long did customs take when you entered on K-1?

[beaner0500 0]

Hi all... Since most people reading this forum are already in the States I'm wondering if you can tell me how long it took you to clear customs when you entered on your K-1. Nigel is flying in on Wednesday and I want to bring my family to the airport with me to greet him but don't know how long he'll be so I can't really tell them when to get there. I assume it'll take him longer than usual to get through customs since he'll have paperwork for them to check, fill out, etc. He's flying into Washington Dulles but feedback from any airport experience would be great.

Thanks,

Christine

[Not Available 0]

I drove to the US but I am sure it must take the same amount of time. We were about 20/30 mins give or take.

[Euro 3]

I entered with the "Brown envelope" twice, first time, K3 20/30 minutes philly was busy that day!!

2nd time CR1 Chicago, 5 minutes

add the normal "standing in line time"

[stinger157 0]

Hi all... Since most people reading this forum are already in the States I'm wondering if you can tell me how long it took you to clear customs when you entered on your K-1. Nigel is flying in on Wednesday and I want to bring my family to the airport with me to greet him but don't know how long he'll be so I can't really tell them when to get there. I assume it'll take him longer than usual to get through customs since he'll have paperwork for them to check, fill out, etc. He's flying into Washington Dulles but feedback from any airport experience would be great.

Thanks,

Christine

I came into the United States over Cincinnati. The time through immigrations was 5 minutes (I had to correct something on my sheet, that is why it took so long). Then another 10 to 15 to pick up my luggage.

[sxdx79 0]

It depends on how long the line is, we waited almost 2 hours in NY, it was a busy day

[pink_cloud 0]

I entered through Newark and it took about 30 mins. The first customs officer was chatting me up saying how cute I was (ridiculous since I was entering on a fiance visa) so he took his merry time and then I had to sit in another place and wait for immigration officers to process my paperwork. The luggage took longer than the immigration paperwork.

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

About 30 minutes for my wife in JFK. I flew with her but didn't go through immigration with her. If I had to do it over I would have asked to go along.

[Neonred 3,564]

Three hours in Atlanta, and I was with her for the entire time. I was fuming but kept my mouth shut. They made a few announcements telling everyone else that was unhappy that it normally takes 3 to 4 hours to get through at Atlanta. Avoid Atlanta at all cost.

[wherezdabearz 0]

About 15 mins longer than usual - Seattle

[rainraindown 0]

about an hour waiting in line at immigration

and about another hour in the waiting room, i could see my envelope at the bottom of a huge stack, it was pretty terribly organized. not to mention there was a crazy lady trying to smuggle children into mexico or something screaming about her rights and all the employees kept stopping their work to see what was going on.

[silvanski 1]

Three hours in Atlanta, and I was with her for the entire time. I was fuming but kept my mouth shut. They made a few announcements telling everyone else that was unhappy that it normally takes 3 to 4 hours to get through at Atlanta. Avoid Atlanta at all cost.

Yup, gotta have a lot of patience there.

[sharky 2]

15-20 mins in JFK (NYC)..... it was all very painless and I got the temp EAD stamp. However your bags are still left on the conveyor belt (anyone could take them) and I nearly lost one when I finally got to retreive them after immigration.

Still after reading the other posts here.........I'm so glad that I went through JFK... hours in immigration!!! what a nightmare

[mercuryroad 0]

Arrived in Miami.....took about 15-20 minutes. It was very early in the morning and there was hardly anyone around. It took us 5 minutes longer because my fiance filled in some forms incorrectly.

[DeanoTPS 0]

I crossed at Ambassador Bridge in Detroit on June 8th, and it took about an hour. I got their right before a shift change, so nobody wanted to deal with anything that took more than a couple minutes. The officer who worked on mine was very nice, but had never done a K-1 before so I think it took a little longer than usual.

It was the beginning of a 22 hour trip, so 1 hour didn't make a big difference.

[CWR 0]

I flew into Portland, OR and it took 5-10 minutes (almost faster than before on Visa Waiver )