What should we expect at the airport when landed with spouse on cr1 visa

[mico1989Athens 0]

hello dear community we are close to the finish line and i hope everyone gets good news.

can you please clarify my doubts about arriving to usa with my spouse who has cr1 visa on passport?

 

1 - i am us citizen, do i need to wait with her in the non-us citizen lane at the airport?

2 - besides the passport with cr1 visa, do we need to have any other documents ready? 

3 - we don't have any medical reports, it was sent to embassy online, do we need to have them to enter to usa?

4 - i hear there is a uscis fee to pay, do we pay it before arriving to the usa?

 

thank you in advance for anyone who can help with these questions

[OldUser 8,554]

36 minutes ago, mico1989Athens said:

hello dear community we are close to the finish line and i hope everyone gets good news.

can you please clarify my doubts about arriving to usa with my spouse who has cr1 visa on passport?

 

1 - i am us citizen, do i need to wait with her in the non-us citizen lane at the airport?

You need to enter the US before your spouse. I'd go to the window together.

37 minutes ago, mico1989Athens said:

 

4 - i hear there is a uscis fee to pay, do we pay it before arriving to the usa?

 

thank you in advance for anyone who can help with these questions

You can pay it before or after. The sooner you pay, the quicker your wife will receive GC.

[JeanneAdil 6,796]

JFK lets us stand in US citizen line but just ask the people who will be waiting to direct all the international flights that seem to arrive at the same time

 

No idea of other airports so i suggest you post the US POE airport

Edited March 28 by JeanneAdil

[pushbrk 13,319]

Pay the fee online ASAP.  Ask when you get to the POE, but stay together, so it is clear she is not entering before you.

[Tesco 91]

It was a very simple process. We went to the first officer together, then sent to secondary inspection. Less then 5 minutes later, was called up and asked for a mobile number. Passport handed back with two stamps, then left the airport seeing no one else.

[mico1989Athens 0]

On 3/28/2025 at 12:54 PM, OldUser said:

You need to enter the US before your spouse. I'd go to the window together.

You can pay it before or after. The sooner you pay, the quicker your wife will receive GC.

thank you, how do we pay this? can you please explain? do we need her passport to be delivered before paying? are we paying it online with credit card?

On 3/28/2025 at 7:18 PM, pushbrk said:

Pay the fee online ASAP.  Ask when you get to the POE, but stay together, so it is clear she is not entering before you.

my spouse didn't get the passport from embassy yet, can we still pay? 

where do we pay it? is it online?

thank you!!

[pushbrk 13,319]

5 hours ago, mico1989Athens said:

thank you, how do we pay this? can you please explain? do we need her passport to be delivered before paying? are we paying it online with credit card?

my spouse didn't get the passport from embassy yet, can we still pay? 

where do we pay it? is it online?

thank you!!

No.  Best to pay as soon as she has the visa in hand.  Green card production does not begin until both the fee is paid and she enters the USA.  You want the entry to be the final step, not the fee payment, if possible.  Yes, you pay online.

Edited Tuesday at 10:06 PM by pushbrk