Entering country with USC wife...which line should I go to?

[usmsbow 802]

16 minutes ago, mcdull said:

Ok. Prove me wrong. 

No one arriving by sea or air needs to fill out an I-94 now.

 

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/i-94

 

 

[mcdull 474]

4 minutes ago, usmsbow said:

No one arriving by sea or air needs to fill out an I-94 now.

 

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/international-visitors/i-94

 

 

 

Until you realize parolees need paper i94. 

[usmsbow 802]

4 minutes ago, mcdull said:

 

Until you realize parolees need paper i94. 

 

And do you have anything to support this claim? 

[KeratNY 76]

3 hours ago, TNJ17 said:

You can’t go through USC line because you’re not one. You’re traveling as a family so you’re seeing together but you go through the “other” line.

Then how do you explain several others on this thread accompanying their spouse in the USC line?

[mcdull 474]

5 minutes ago, KeratNY said:

Then how do you explain several others on this thread accompanying their spouse in the USC line?

No explanation needed 

Edited May 16, 2018 by mcdull

[nikkiprs 2]

Entered via Lax twice and Seattle tacoma once with my USC husband all in Us citizen lane and im a b1/b2 visit visa only. Never had problems. I dont know how it will be with AP status

Edited May 16, 2018 by nikkiprs

[KeratNY 76]

2 hours ago, mushroomspore said:

When I was a student and had F1 status, our international adviser told us to absolutely NEVER EVER go into the "US citizen" line at airports. Apparently, a few students from my school did a few years ago and they got into so much trouble. They were sent back to their home country. I can't remember how long they had to wait, but they were allowed to return at some point (I think it was the following semester).

 

Obviously your situation is slightly different because you're in AoS. F1 student visas are non-immigrant. However, even for permanent residents, it is CRUCIAL none of us ever accidentally OR intentionally declare ourselves as US citizens. Some people in this thread have already stated that they've gone through the US citizens line with their spouses and it wasn't a big deal. I personally would make my husband go through the other/visas line with me because I'm very paranoid. So really, YMMV.

I hear ya. Getting in that line is a far cry from stating youre a US Citizen. Its just a line. No documentation or statements would ever make it seem like i'm a USC. But for me the risk is that an ####### IO interprets it in that way, which would be ridiculous but is not out of the realm of possibility. 

[payxibka 10,047]

19 minutes ago, KeratNY said:

Then how do you explain several others on this thread accompanying their spouse in the USC line?

Pre APC

24 minutes ago, usmsbow said:

 

And do you have anything to support this claim? 

CBP website

[payxibka 10,047]

4 minutes ago, nikkiprs said:

Entered via Lax twice and Seattle tacoma once with my USC husband all in Us citizen lane and im a b1/b2 visit visa only. Never had problems. I dont know how it will be with AP status

With the Advent of APC. USC, LPR, VWP, B1/2, D and Canadians go through the same line

[KeratNY 76]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Pre APC

What is APC?

[payxibka 10,047]

Just now, KeratNY said:

What is APC?

Automated Passport Control.  ie the kiosks

[payxibka 10,047]

31 minutes ago, usmsbow said:

 

And do you have anything to support this claim? 

CBP intends to continue to provide a paper Form I-94 to certain classes of aliens, such as certain asylees and parolees, and whenever CBP determines the issuance of a paper form is appropriate.

[KeratNY 76]

47 minutes ago, nikkiprs said:

Entered via Lax twice and Seattle tacoma once with my USC husband all in Us citizen lane and im a b1/b2 visit visa only. Never had problems. I dont know how it will be with AP status

No one ever gave you problems as a Visitor in the US Citizen/Permanent Resident line? That's nice to hear

[MjC772 94]

46 minutes ago, nikkiprs said:

Entered via Lax twice and Seattle tacoma once with my USC husband all in Us citizen lane and im a b1/b2 visit visa only. Never had problems. I dont know how it will be with AP status

Just the opposite for me - arriving in Miami with my wife (tourist visa also) we were specifically told by an official that we could not go to the USC line and had to go to visitor line. Later at FLL, we went to visitor line and, fortunately, an officer saw my US passport and moved us to the front (of the visitor line).  

[KeratNY 76]

3 hours ago, mushroomspore said:

When I was a student and had F1 status, our international adviser told us to absolutely NEVER EVER go into the "US citizen" line at airports. Apparently, a few students from my school did a few years ago and they got into so much trouble. They were sent back to their home country. I can't remember how long they had to wait, but they were allowed to return at some point (I think it was the following semester).

 

Actually, thinking about this a little more and it can't be right. The line is a combined US Citizen/Permanent Resident line, so no one would ever accuse someone of seeking to be a US citizen in a combined line. Your larger point, though, about the risk of appearances, is noted