Traveling together to usa, which line to stand in? usa citizens or non-citizens?

[kamas 2]

I-131 permission: US Customs: which line to stand in?

For I-485 and I-131 (K1 status):
If the spouse gets approved for I-131 with permission to travel outside USA, then returns to USA, together with the American spouse at the airport, when they are at US customs, can they stand in the line for USA citizens or do they have to go in separate lines? One person has to stand in USA citizen and the non-citizen spouse must stand in non-citizen immigration line?

What if the Non-citizen spouse is alone, can she still stand in the USA citizens line or she has to go to non-citizen line?

What if people are just friends, one US citizen, and then some non citizens, can they all stand in the US citizen line if they travel together? Or they can only stand together if they are family , like fiance, son, sibling?

[JensJrny2Ray 367]

You would stand in the non-citizen line if you are a non-citizen. I travelled alone and had to do that. I am not sure if you are traveling with your US citizen spouse.

[kamas 2]

I know that non-citizen fiance can in fact stand in line for us citizens with the USA citizen spouse, But I don't know about all the other cases or things like those mentioned above.

[HikerMark 5]

The basic rule is:-

1. If you have a green card you go through the same US immigration line as your US citizen spouse. In simple terms as a green card holder you are treated as a US citizen.

2. If you do not have a green card then you have to go through the visitors/non immigrant line and your spouse goes though the citizen line or can go through the non citizen line with you.

[Dave&Roza 748]

At MSP the lines are labeled "visitors" and "USC/LPR". So my wife and I went to the USC/LPR line as I am a USC and she is a LPR. If you are coming on a K-1 by yourself then I would use the visitor line or see if there is someone directing traffic and go into whichever line they direct you to. If coming on a K-1 with your fiancee then I would go to the USC/LPR line with the USC fiancee.

It has been quite a while since I've been thru ORD or JFK or Newark so I do not remember how they label their lines. DEN does it visitor and USC/LPR also. It never was an issue being a USC. At MSP we went to the CBP person together. At DEN the last time, I went to one CBP person and she went to the another as they were only allowing one person at a time to move forward. Just go with the flow. I have found that CBP is much faster than getting your bags and going thru Customs. Last trip took 5 minutes to get thru CBP (this included the wait in line) and took about 60 mintues to get our bags and go thru Customs.

Good luck,

Dave

[Owen_London 65]

When travelling into Houston with my family, I've gone through the US citizen / LPR line just fine on my L1 visa. When travelling alone though, I always go through the visitor line.

[christeen 966]

I would say, that it is slightly different depending n the airport... IF they are a GC holder, they can go through the us citizen/LPR line... If they are enter g for the first time on a K1 they would use the visitor line if traveling alone but can usually (again depending g on airport) go with their spouse through the us/lpr line...

[Zedayn 485]

If you are traveling together with your US citizen fiance/spouse, you can use the citizen's line.