CMJuilland
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I entered the country on a K1-visa. My flight arrived between 7 and 7.30pm from Iceland, and we were shuttled to the terminal in no time. What took the longest time from then on out was standing in the visitors' line (as an ESTA user traveling under the VWP before, I just wasn't used to that anymore...). There were only two counters open for us, so I thought I was in for a pretty long wait. Luckily though, they opened up two more after some time, which made the line move faster. When it was my turn, I showed the IO my passport opened at the visa page and handed him the orange envelope given to me by the embassy. He looked at the visa and asked when the wedding was. I mentioned the date, and he proceeded looking through the documents in the envelope. He nodded, scrabbled about our documents some more, and finally took my passport to stamp it. Before doing so, he scanned my fingerprints, and while I was getting the stamp, he said, "welcome to the United States. You understand though that if you don't get married by August 22, you'll be on a plane out." He wasn't joking or anything, and I was a bit taken aback. I said, "yes sir", and as soon as I had my passport back, I proceeded to baggage claim, where I got my bags back immediately. I thought that customs might be a problem because of the five bags I was carrying, but when I reached it, the officers were just standing there waiving me through. The whole deal took maybe 1 to 1.5 hours, which is not bad at all. I'm glad to be here now!
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Port of Entry Member Review #16375
Entry Date: 2017-05-25