Chicago O'Hare POE

[summersolstice 0]

I posted this in the "Review" section but I really felt it deserves more attention. We hear so many negative comments about the immigration process that I wanted to share a very positive experience.

As soon as my wife became a citizen, we petitioned her parents and after 6-8 months or so they were finally approved. Since my wife couldn't get time off from work and their English skills and foreign travel experience were either limited or non existent, I went to the Philippines to bring the in-laws back to the US with me. After the typical lengthy flight with long layovers and no sleep we finally arrived in the US.

We entered at Chicago's O'Hare and split into two lines at Immigration - one for US citizens and one for non-citizens. The non-citizen line was very, very long so I prepared myself for a lengthy wait. After a short period in line I presented my passport and the officer asked the reason for my travel. When I replied that I had returned with my in-laws and they were accompanying me, he told me to get them and he'd simply process us all together. He held up my line while I went to get them out of theirs and after a very few questions, he accompanied us all the way through the process, much to the dismay of the US citizens next in line.

The entire process took about 15 minutes and they didn't even look at our bags. I want to say I very much appreciated the help and the kindness of the Immigration official who went far out of his way to make entry easy for us!

[Leenie 15]

There must be some way to submit your nice comments to CBP at O'Hare. I bet they would like that!! Happy you and your family had a good experience