Hi,
Quick question, My fiancee has now had her interview obtained her visa and we have airline tickets for her arrival. When she arrives at the Point Of Entry here in the states I believe there is more than one line she can pick from at customs. Which line does someone with a K-visa go through? I believe there is regular "customs" and then there is "imigration". Can anyone give me an answer? Please don't respond unless you know for sure.

Thanks

Immigrations.

See also: VJ FAQ: http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k1k2visa-enter.html#5.2

flygi,

There is both Customs and Immigration, and all international arrivees go through both. Immigration first, and then Customs.

Yodrak

In addition, at the immigration stage, unless there is a "new immigrant" line, then then she would get into the Visitor line and not the USC/Legal Permanent Resident one. This is for obvious reasons, at this point she is neither a USC or a Legal Permanent Resident. If she is in doubt, most POE's have roving officers providing crowd/line control. Just have her ask one of them what she should do.

Wouldn't this depend on whether she is traveling with her USC petitioner? Would she take the Visitor line if traveling alone and either line if accompanied by the USC petitioner?

My understanding is it would still be the visitor line, even if the USC is there. The USC would just need to make sure it was ok for them (as a USC) to go through the visitor's line.

Possibly but not necessarily, The OP indicated (at least I interpreted it that way) that the beneficiary was going it alone so that is how I phrased my reply. If travelling with the USC is when I would ask the roving officer's to be sure.

K-1, and K-3 visas are Non-Immigrant visas, but with Immigrant intent, and as such they are carrying a large brown sealed Immigration package, they need to go through immigration line because they are ultimately an immigrant.

If USC petitioner is traveling with the K- visa holder, they too can go through the immigration line with the beneficiary.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty....html#Immigrant