mugumogu
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I am the US citizen and traveled with my fiancee from Mexico into Houston. We both went into the visitors line. There wasn't that many people there when we got in line, but people from other arriving flights were arriving in line quickly and steadily. We stepped up to the podium together and were asked if we were related. I stated that this is my fiancee and she is here on a fiancee visa. My passport was checked and cleared. The woman told me to wait at the end of the hall. At the end of the hall, there are escalators that go down to baggage claim. If you go down, you can't get back up so I waited at the escalators. I watched and my fiancee was escorted from the podium to an office. I waited about 40 minutes, she came out and was done! All in all the whole thing took about an hour from when we got off the plane to when she came out. She said that there were other people in the office ahead of her so that was a majority of the reason for the wait. Once they got to her, it didn't take long. They asked her when we were getting married, inquired about her previous visa cancellation, and a few other questions. We had a connecting flight, but when we booked this one, we made sure we had at least a 3 hour layover so we still had 2 more hours in Houston before going home. We took the escalators down and our bags were there waiting for us. From there, we went through customs, which only took a few minutes. The bag recheck is right after that so you don't have to wait in line or anything to recheck them. The process was pretty efficient in Houston. Aside from a slight weather delay when leaving Houston, it was a smooth process.
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Port of Entry Member Review #15047
Entry Date: 2011-11-08