Rol_P
Difficulty:  | Review Topic: Port of Entry Review
Arrived in to Atlanta and was sent into the visiting foreign nationals line in the International terminal. I told the first agent I was entering for the first time under my IR1 visa. He looked and nodded, took my picture and asked me if I had any alcohol or tobacco that I was bringing in with me, then put my passport in a clear folder and walked me to a secondary (This was basically the World Traveler interview area near the baggage claim door).
I sat and waited until called and the lady there had activated the system and stamped across my visa and a blank page with the entry date and hand written "IR1". She said that the SSN & Green card should arrive in 4 to 6 weeks and that if they don't then to contact a local social office for the SSN & a specific website for the green card to check the status.
I mentioned that I needed to update the address that these needed to be sent to and she said it was no problem and she took that from me and said "Welcome to the United States". By the time that was done, my luggage was on the carousel and it was easy to load a cart up and get to the airport exit.
I spent longer waiting in line and for the first agent and then for the secondary than I did in actually having any kind of contact with the agents. Whole process from getting off the plane and getting out of the airport was no more than 40 minutes.
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Port of Entry Member Review #17257
Entry Date: 2021-09-02