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stay together during POE? - USC and GC holder

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slangofoil   50

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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I swear I've heard/seen people say that families should stay together when traveling and going through immigration, but I'm just looking for clarification.

My husband (GC holder) and I (USC) are going on a trip to Ireland in a couple of weeks, and I'm wondering about when we come back. Do we go up to the immigration counter together, and hand over our passports together? If so, presuming they have different lines for USCs and GC holders, which line do we choose?

This may be a non-issue since I think our POE (Shannon, IRL) has consolidated everyone into one line, but this would still be useful for any other POEs we go through in the future.

Thanks!

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I'm the USC petitioner.

Timeline:

10/06/2005 Met in Ireland while I was on a study abroad

03/15/2010 K-1 NOA1

05/27/2010 K-1 NOA2

09/10/2010 K-1 Interview

09/22/2010 POE

10/01/2010 Wedding

10/27/2010 AOS/EAD/AP NOA1s

12/22/2010 EAD/AP Approved

04/05/2011 AOS Approved - no interview

04/09/2011 Green Card received

01/24/2013 ROC NOA1

06/28/2013 ROC Approved - no interview

07/05/2013 10-year Green Card received

08/19/2014 N-400 NOA

12/06/2014 N-400 Interview

01/09/2014 Naturalization ceremony

My husband is now a US Citizen! Our journey is over!

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Inky Grand Master

Inky   1,111

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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No you travel together you pass through customs together. There is no line for GC holders. If you are traveling with someone you always pass through customs with that person/people.

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Your I-129f was approved in 5 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 67 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

AOS was approved in 2 months and 8 days without interview.

ROC was approved in 3 months and 2 days without interview.

I am a Citizen of the United States of America. 04/16/13

la2011 Enthusiast

la2011   5

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
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You always stay together at customs. Custom officers even ask at times, "are you traveling alone" or "who are you traveling with". It would strike them as odd if a married couple was not clearing customs together...

I've heard such great things about Ireland and my husband and I are thinking of making it our next vacation in 2012. Fingers crossed it pans out :dance: .

Have a wonderful time! :luv:

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Mama mia Contributor

Mama mia   9

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Tanzania
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My sister (GC holder) and I (USC) POE'ed JFK last year and they had a gc line and USC and since we were traveling together, the TSA agent told us to go together thru the USC line. No issues, no questions asked. Recvd a stamp in my US passport and she showed her gc and got a stamp in her Tanzanian passport and we were on our way.

By the way, the GC holders line was very very long while the USC line was hardly a 2-3 minute wait.

Jan 1999- F1 to USA

June 2006- AOS thru D.O.R.A.

Dec 2009- Oath. Finally a U.S Citizen

I am proud to be Tanzamerican!

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J&N* Rising Star

J&N*   68

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Egypt
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From what I know (I could be stand corrected) there are 2 lines, residents and tourists. You both go to the residents together off course.

K1 Timeline
03/08/10 - I-129F packet sent to VSC
07/07/10 - Interview Date - APPROVED!
10/28/10 - POE @ Chicago
11/21/10 - Marriage

AOS, AP, EAD.
01/18/11 - AOS, AP, EAD packet sent
03/07/2011 - Biometrics appointment
03/29/2011 - AOS, AP and EAD approved (After 2.5 months)
04/04/2011 - Green card in hand[/size]

ROC
02/12/2013 - ROC packet sent
02/21/2013 - NOA1 Received
03/09/2013 - Biometrics appointment
06/19/2013 - ROC APPROVED!

N-400 Naturalization

06/20/2014 - N-400 Packet sent

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08/04/2014 - Biometrics

02/19/2015 - Interview

03/26/2015 - Oath Ceremony
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Brother Hesekiel Mentor

Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Parties traveling together stay together. That's true.

Since you are not a US citizen, you should not go into a line reserved for US citizens only, whereas it's okay for your husband to join you in the "other" line. Oftentimes you can ask a CBP officer directing traffic which would overrule any sign posted.

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

 
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