Does anyone know if at Washington DC airport, you have to go through immigration first before retrieving your luggage or is the other way round. My finance will be arriving at Washington DC airport and I am concerned if she is delayed at immigration, her luggage might get lost.


Dez+addis

You always go through immigration before getting luggage at a US POE.

If she is delayed for a long time at immigration she should go to the carousel to see if the luggage has been set to the side. If not she shuld go to the information/airline ticket counter and they will take her to where unclaimed baggage would be.

I went through immigration, was instructed to pick up my luggage and then went to secondary inspection with my luggage.