Lynkali
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The British Airways flight from London (UK) to San Diego is always a nice way of getting to the Southern California area, and San Diego is a pretty easy POE for K-1 (or any other visa), it turns out. Certainly nothing bad to report, just a bit of a wait until all the regular non-visa passengers had been cleared out.
Arrived at 6:40 p.m. on the flight direct from London, and went through the normal customs area. Entered the "visitors" line but eventually the US citizens line had cleared and all the visitors were processed by the same officers. Got to the main window, did fingerprints and passport control, then the officer took the sealed packet, called over a security guard, said "here's another visa package". Was led by the guard back to the back of the hall to sit on some benches until most of the normal arrivals had cleared out. Waited about 10-15 minutes, then a lady came and asked to verify the local address (that's IT, no questions about fiancée or relationship or marriage or anything else!). There were 3-4 other visa people, probably student and possibly another K-1/CR-1. More waiting (10-15 minutes again), then the lady brought back passport and said "you're good to go!". Then exited normally through the luggage/customs area.
Total wait time was about 40-50 minutes from when the plane landed -- walked out into the airport at 7:45 from the 6:40 arrival!
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Port of Entry Member Review #15518
Entry Date: 2013-09-13