Point of Entry guide

[Elora & Rob 15]

does anyone have a quick guide to the point of entry. having trouble finding one?

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/What_to_Expect_At_The_POE

[baron555 934]

does anyone have a quick guide to the point of entry. having trouble finding one?

The POE is where you enter into the US. If a plane lands in the US, that becomes your POE. If you walk or drive across the border, that is your POE. There is no guide needed.

[Gosia & Tito 199]

The POE is where you enter into the US. If a plane lands in the US, that becomes your POE. If you walk or drive across the border, that is your POE. There is no guide needed.

And, Dublin (Ireland) is also a POE

[szemek 12]

Many airports in Canada are also POE's. It's wherever you have to go through the 'immigration' line and hand in your K1 visa and receive a 1-94 paper which says you need to get married or leave the US in 90 days.

Jay-Kay's link provides all you need to know. There isa point on there that doesn't apply to K1 visa's (about being married for 2 years), but the rest is good.

Edited December 13, 2011 by szemek

[Elora & Rob 15]

jay kay thanks so much. new i had seen something like that before just couldn't find it today,

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

jay kay thanks so much. new i had seen something like that before just couldn't find it today,

You are welcome. It is fairly easy and straight forward to pass through immigration and hand over your sealed envelope. Good luck!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

jay kay thanks so much. new i had seen something like that before just couldn't find it today,

People detail exactly what they did at their POE in the POE reviews (sorted by airport). Look at the menu bar and click on POE.

The wiki you were given a link to is a CR1/IR1 procedure.

Basics for K1, but keep in mind each airport could vary slightly.--

1. Get a white I-94 card on the plane or maybe on the airline counter at check-in. Looks like the green one you may have filled out for visa waiver prior to ESTA. Also get a customs form on the plane. Fill both in.
   
2. Get off plane and go line up in immigration hall. Normally you still go through visitor line because you are not a US permanent resident yet.
   
3. Present passport, I-94 card, and envelope (sent to you from the embassy). Tell immigration office you are entering on a K1 visa. Most often you will be escorted to a secondary room. Not a bad sign, it keeps the line moving.
   
4. Wait some more in secondary room chairs until your turn comes up. They open your envelope, may ask a couple of questions, stamp your visa, write on your I-94 the 90 day date by which you should marry, give you the bottom portion of the I-94 and your passport and remind you to marry. DO NOT LEAVE THE ROOM WITHOUT THE I-94. Usually it's stapled in the passport. Check it to see if he wrote K1 on it and got the 90 days correct. That's the only proplems that normally happen at POE and people don't discover the officer's mistakes until much later.
   
5. Go get luggage that has gone round and round while you were processing.
   
6. Walk through customs turning in customs form. (Could have your luggage searched at this point, but probably not. It's random, just like any other time you've visited.)
   
7. If that's your destination, walk out and meet your honey.
   If you have a connecting flight, recheck your luggage and go to your gate. You're done with immigration/POE at this point so nothing more to do when you arrive at destination but get bags and meet honey.