Email order bride - POE

[C-ma'am 684]

I think all this thread proves is that there is no 'set' way immigration POEs are done. Different airports clearly have different ways of organizing their immigration lines.

The best advice would be to research your particular POE via the reports on this site. Take most notice of the recent entries as clearly things change. And be prepared for it still to be completely different for you on the day itself as individual immigration officers sometimes do things differently.

The USC spouse should be prepared for a long wait but be there on time just in case there is no long wait.

Edited to add: And as per the original OP's question. A long wait does not indicate that the person going through immigration is being questioned or held longer than 'normal' or that there is any issue about their entry. It can simply be the time it takes to process through the long queues and systems.

Yes, and even at the same POE, the experience can be different. While we all follow the same steps to come through POE, each petition, each interview and each entry is unique. At POE there are always other factors, not related to the visa itself, that may make it faster or slower. let's not forget that K1 holders are not the only people coming through inspection and you never know what may going on at the airport/border/sea-port that day.

[Sekhvaruli 74]

OK, let me add then my port of entry was Washington DC, Dulles.