New IR5 entry process

[bacondreamer 3]

My wife's parents are arriving in the US in two months on IR5.  When I brought my wife over a few years ago, she was given a packet with all her documents that needs to be presented when she arrived at her POE.  However this does not appears to be the case anymore, has anyone done a IR5 entry recently and can share what the process was?  Is there still a separate waiting area to turn in the documents?  Or is everything now all automated and digitized they'll just enter like any other international traveler without the extra wait time?

[payxibka 10,045]

29 minutes ago, bacondreamer said:

My wife's parents are arriving in the US in two months on IR5.  When I brought my wife over a few years ago, she was given a packet with all her documents that needs to be presented when she arrived at her POE.  However this does not appears to be the case anymore, has anyone done a IR5 entry recently and can share what the process was?  Is there still a separate waiting area to turn in the documents?  Or is everything now all automated and digitized they'll just enter like any other international traveler without the extra wait time?

Electronic packet has been about 3 years now.  Likely will be sent to secondary.   An immigrant entry is an immigrant entry regardless of class

Edited July 28, 2021 by payxibka

[Lil bear 4,247]

1 hour ago, bacondreamer said:

My wife's parents are arriving in the US in two months on IR5.  When I brought my wife over a few years ago, she was given a packet with all her documents that needs to be presented when she arrived at her POE.  However this does not appears to be the case anymore, has anyone done a IR5 entry recently and can share what the process was?  Is there still a separate waiting area to turn in the documents?  Or is everything now all automated and digitized they'll just enter like any other international traveler without the extra wait time?

What your wife hand carried  over and passed to CBP is now done electronically. All the immigrants need is their passport containing their visa. They present for inspection just as she did. They may or may not be sent to the secondary inspection desk .. we weren’t.. our entry was processed at one of the regular CBP booths

[bacondreamer 3]

Awesome, thanks for the info.  Yeah it's been about 5 years since my wife came here so didn't realize that all changed.