SunDrop
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Traveled with my fiance and K2 daughter. There was no wait for the first immigration line, and the "directing person" sent all 3 of us through the visitors' line (not USCs). He took our brown packets, asked what my relationship to Ry is (duh!?) and after fingerprinting and photographing me (daughter is only 10, so no biometrics) sent Ry down the "hall" to wait for us. We were accompanied to secondary processing where we waited about 30 minutes.
The IO was going through our envelopes within sight and ear-shot of us, so when she went to throw the envelope away, I asked her if I could keep one as a memento which she thought was hilarious and then scared all heck out of me saying to her colleague "Hmm, it says there's a letter and I don't see it. If it's not here, we have a problem.." When I'd received the courier envie, the declaration I had to sign at the embassy for the K2 and the permission letter from my daughter's father were just loose in the envelope. I approached the IO and told her this, she said "I can see you're nervous, but just go sit down."
10 heart in throat minutes later, she called us up with our stamped I-94s and passports, asked when we're getting married, reminded me we have 30 days. It turned out that she was referring to a letter referenced in the medical (about my daughter's anxiety) and that it wasn't an issue. So with a bit of banter and her declaring that "the two of you are hilarious, and you and your fiance make a lovely couple!" she sent us on our merry way.
The 1 is only because of the grumpiness of the first guy and the 2nd IO scaring the proverbial outta me within earshot! lol
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Port of Entry Member Review #14735
Entry Date: 2010-07-09