Rinara
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Unfortunately my flight was delayed abut 30 minutes which resulted in us landing at the same time as another very large flight. As we taxied in, our captain came on the intercom and said "If you look out the left windows you'll see a plane with about 500 passengers who will all want to get through customs before you. Good luck!"
So, it took over an hour for me to get from my plane through the first customs check where I handed over my passport and sealed envelope(s) and chest x-ray CD. He took my photo, fingerprints, and then led me through to Secondary, where I had to wait for about 30 minutes for them to finish with a few other travellers - mostly ones with incorrect visas or suspicious travel activity. Finally the officer got round to going though my papers, which he flicked through, put my details into the system, then called me up to the desk and told me I had 90 days to get married and adjust my status, and wished me luck!
He didn't ask any questions at all. He even gave me back the CD of my x-ray and told me they didn't need it at all.
My only issue was once I was let out to go pick up my bag I had to spend some time trying to locate it, as the baggage handler moved it to a holding area because it looked like it was abandoned. She said she was about to come ask in Secondary if someone owned it!
Once I got my bag, I had to line up again to go through another "Secondary" check of my passport, (again, no questions, just checking that my face matched my passport) and then I was free!
All-in-all, a very smooth, if slow, process.
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Port of Entry Member Review #15993
Entry Date: 2015-09-23