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I flew from Hamburg to Washington DC and had a very short layover in Dublin. Up until one day before I flew, I didn't even know that Dublin was a Port of Entry to the U.S. and I was pretty shocked when a friend from visajourney told me about it. I asked at the airport when I checked in, if I will even be able to make it with only 70 min in between my flights. But they couldn't tell me.
When I arrived in Dublin I was thinking that at least I won't have to go through security check again, but I had to. So I was even more stressed and in a hurry.
After the security check I went up to the window of the immigration officer and luckily was the first in line. He took my passport and asked me why I want to go to the U.S. and I told him, I'm coming on a K-1 visa and get married soon. Then I gave him the sealed envelope and he guided me to an area behind a door for secondary screening. He asked me to wait until I get called, so I sat down. There were around seven people waiting and I talked to two of them. They told me, they were already waiting for 45 and 50 min and I was highly concerned to miss my flight. I was the fourth to get called and the officer looked very grumpy and told me in an angry voice that I arrived way too late and that I will probably miss my flight. He added that I literally gave him 5 min to process my case and documents. I apologized and told him I didn't know that Dublin is a POE until the day before. He typed things into his computer without talking to me or looking up once. I already feared he will deny me. After a while he just asked me for my address in the U.S. and kept typing into his computer. I got even more nervous... and then he just gave me my passport back and told me "You are good to go. Run to your gate." And that's it. No questions or anything 😲
I didn't expect it to go so smoothly after all! But I would highly recommend anyone who goes through Dublin and has a layover to have at least 2-3 hours in between their flights. I just had luck that the airport was so empty and the officer so lenient.
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Port of Entry Member Review #17093
Entry Date: 2020-03-11