happycookie
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When I arrived the “other visas“ line was pretty much empty (2 people ahead of me), so I saw the first officer within 5 minutes. I asked which visa I’m coming in on, and when I replied it was a K1 he asked for the visa package which I handed to him. He did not want the x-rays which I had in a separate sealed envelope.
He took my fingerprints and picture and then explained that he will take me to a separate room for further processing. I told me to take a seat and was it until my name was called. When I got to the room there were only 2 other people there, one was waiting like me and the other one was being chewed out by a immigration officer. For the next couple of minutes I sat there listening to that officer telling the guy “you wasted my time and that of my officers... no you don’t get to talk... it is clear from these messages on your phone that you are trying to commit fraud and that you can’t to work here... You want to play games? No I said you don’t say a thing...†and so on. Then he took him to a different room.
I have to say witnessing that did nothing to calm my nerves.
I then noticed the no cell phone signs so I turned mine off and continued waiting. I was pretty nervous and feeling a bit nauseous from the combination of nerves overtiredness, excitement and airplane food. (Thoughts like “ if I throw up now will they let me in? Or will they Quadranten me?†Went through my head)
The room was filling up and I could see the officers reviewing paperwork and information on computers through the window but no name was called for 40 minutes. Then they finally called my name. I nervously gathered my things and took a der breath mentally preparing myself for any questions. When I got to the window, the guy handed me my passport and said “90 daysâ€
I asked “that’s it?â€
He said yes and pointed to the door I was to exit through.
And that was it.
Kind of anti climactic. I think if I wouldn’t have witnessed the scene of them accusing that first guy it would have been a pretty relaxed waiting time and process. And even though I would have appreciated a full sentence I’m glad it was no hassle or the same questions for the umptienth time.
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Port of Entry Member Review #16941
Entry Date: 2019-07-02