Traveling to the USA

[midge and isi 8]

Just wondering

-Did your USA fiance travel with the beneficiary when entering the country on their (any) visa?

-Did the petitioner go through the immigration line for non-US people with you? or did they go through the US line and wait for you? What was the immigrations officers response to going through the non-US line?

-Personally did you want them to travel with you or meet you at the POE?

Just Wondering...

Thanks!

[Otto 83]

Karin came by herself - but it is up to you guys.

More often than not - the foreign fiancé/spouse can go through the US Citizen/US Resident Line (with their US Citizen spouse/fiancé, or on their own). Best advice is to ask an officer which line to go in and he/she will pretty much always direct you to the Citizen/Resident line.

[Krikit 1,165]

My husband flew up to get me and we both crossed the border together. I was bringing my car with me (my belongings followed later with the movers) and so we drove it down together. At the POE, the CBP processed my visa (K-1) and car importation with him beside me and the officers were very pleasant. I appreciated my husband coming with me. It helped to share the pain of leaving and eased the burden of the transition.

[JeremyR 8]

There's no hard and fast rule that says you must go through one lane or the other (although I'm sure a minority of CBP agents may be bossy about it and send people back simply because they can).

When I came through Chicago O'Hare, I went through the USC/LPR line (on my own) simply because I was directed to by the agent organising people - she sent quite a few of us (mostly VWP passengers) over to the USC lanes because there was a backlog in the non-citizen lanes and the USC lanes were mostly empty. So, they are flexible to an extent.

[Matt & Bing 56]

I asked which line at Detroit and we were told to go through the visitors line together. Just ask someone when you get into the immigration area.

Detroit gets an A+ from me - Very organized and courteous.

Edited August 19, 2009 by Matt & Bing

[rin and john 71]

I travelled with Rin from Bangkok to Los Angeles (POE). We asked the immigration officer standing there directing traffic and he sent us thru the US Citizen line.