TexPol
Difficulty:  | Review Topic: Port of Entry Review
Was directed to the Non-US Citizen window and wait in line for your turn. There are a few of those counters, but when I came only two of them were opened so I had to stand in line for some time. While standing in line, prepare your passport, the package (envelope) you got from the embassy in your country, form I-94 and custom declaration. The last two of them I got while I was still in the plane, so I filled them in while still flying. Those forms are also available at the airport's desk, be sure to fill them in before you go to the Non-US Citizen's window. If you don't know what to write, there are people to help you. The first immigration officer fingerprinted and photographed me. Then he checked my visa/passport, took the sealed envelope from my consulate and told me to follow him. I went to another room where I had to wait for another immigrant officer. He came after a while and started checking all the documents I gave. He asked me few questions: When did you and your fiance meet? How old is he? Where does he live? and What is his job? Then he chopped my passport and form I-94 which was inside. And that was all. It took about 1.5 hours from the time the plane landed till the moment I got out into the arrival hall. (DFW was my final destination.) I would recommend making an minimum allowance of 2 hours for immigration processing, customs and baggage re-checking for those of you who are planning to have DFW as the POE and then connecting to other domestic flights out of DFW.
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Port of Entry Member Review #14541
Entry Date: 2009-11-03