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Hubby landed at Dulles Airport at 8.40 am, was in line around 9.15 am and came out around 10.25 am! The customs line was long and it took him some time, but he was not pulled into a room etc. -- all was very straightforward and quick once he made it to the end of the line!
He told me that the officer was very friendly and started joking around with him as soon as my husband handed his sealed envelopes to him. They were thick ones and we did not know what they contained until the officer opened them up.
The officer said, "Come on man, you are killing me, you are suppose to make it easy on me, what is up with these thick envelopes?" and laughed.
Then he opened everything up and to my husband's surprise, the envelopes contained my front loading handiwork! Ha! Pages and pages of our chats, all the photos -- so the Officer looked at the pics and said:
"Oh wow, so tell me about this...how did this happen?"
My hubby answered and then they had what seemed like a causal convo.
"Oh, I see that your wife is not Indian, what does your family think of that?"
Hubby answered the same way he did when we were at his interview. He behaved like he always does with people he meets, respectful, chilled and smiles and laughs, talks, but does not joke around.
That is it!
The office then said, Welcome to the United States and when my hubby asked if he would get the papers back, the Officer said, "oh no you don't get them back."
He was treated with respect and the officer was friendly and relaxed. Love how he was welcomed HOME!
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Port of Entry Member Review #16452
Entry Date: 2017-10-14