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No problems here at all. My fiancee and I went in the normal visitor queue and when it was out turn to be processed the Immigration Officer was very friendly and welcomed me several times to the US. After the usual photo and forefinger prints he advised me to go and get my belongings from the luggage belt and then wait at some seats near the immigration booths to be processed. We were actually forgotten about for about 20 minutes but then the officer came and found us and took us to the immigration and customs office. My fiancee stayed outside the office but was asked to put all our cases through an x-ray machine while I was being processed. As for my actual processing I did nothing but sit in a chair and laugh and joke with the officers behind the counter who were dealing with my and a few other people with special entry visas. I didn't even realise when they handed me my passport back that they had finished and stayed chatting with them for another 5 minutes thinking they were still doing paperwork until they spelled it out that I could go. I said my thanks and left. Nothing was said about my customs form or 5 cases I had brought with me containing over $5000 in possessions (all declared). It was simple, quick and quite frankly a good laugh. 5 Stars to the Tampa immigration crew.
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Port of Entry Member Review #14096
Entry Date: 2008-07-01