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Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / May 2005What happens at POE?
I have my interview on June 15, 2005. I will be making flight reservations as soon as they have returned my passport to me. 1) Does anyone know how long it takes for them to return the passport, so long as they have accepted me? 2) Upon entry at the POE, how long does it take for you to clear immigration and get through the doors into the US?! (I am flying hopefully into a fairly regular airport - Baltimore) Welcome to comments and advice... > I have my interview on June 15, 2005. I will be making flight > reservations as soon as they have returned my passport to me. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Welcome to comments and advice... One day. It is returned to you by overnight post which you will pay for at the Consulate. As long as it takes. No one can make that determination. Lots depends on the number of persons that have to be processed at secondary. If there is more than one plane and several immigrations on those plans it could take up to an hour. They will tell you to go to secondary and take your brown envelope and passport. You will sit until called to the desk. The envelope will be opened. You'll be asked a few questions and while answering they will be looking at the contents and stamping away. Your passport will be stamped and an I-94 affixed to it stating your visa type and length of authorized stay. Then you will be free to go.  SignatureI'm not an attorney. This disclaimer is valid in NYS! > I have my interview on June 15, 2005. I will be making flight > reservations as soon as they have returned my passport to me. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Welcome to comments and advice... It should take two days only but, there have been instances where it's taken four or five days. Baltimore is, indeed, a fairly regular airport, (it's my local airport). :D The time it takes you to get through immigration depends on how many other flights have arrived at the same time as yours. On top of that, you will have to be fingerprinted and photographed before you move onto secondary inspection, (this is where they look at your paperwork). Back when I came through with my visa I was there for over an hour and that was prior to the fingerprinting/piccy taking. You could be through faster or it might be longer - it all depends on so many different things. Remember to smile - they're a nice bunch of IOs there. ;) Good luck with your interview. > It should take two days only but, there have been instances where it's > taken four or five days. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Good luck with your interview. Don't forget that how soon you get off the plane can affect how long it takes, too! Mark was the last person off his plane once it landed at Dulles, and was on the last shuttle to the main terminal. There were two other planes that arrived around the same time as his did, and somehow they all got ahead of him, too. Even though his flight arrived 20 minutes early, it took him two hours to get through immigration. It was the longest two hours of my life, waiting for him to walk through those doors! And coincidentally, this happened exactly two years ago today. :) ~ Jenney > Don't forget that how soon you get off the plane can affect how long > it takes, too! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > ~ Jenney I was one of the first off the plane when I arrived at BWI, (we'd been upgraded to first class on our way home after getting my visa) and we still had to wait for bloody ages! I swear that they went through all the more 'complicated' cases in secondary inspection first - it certainly seemed like it as we were just about the last people out of there. > I was one of the first off the plane when I arrived at BWI, (we'd been > upgraded to first class on our way home after getting my visa) and we [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > secondary inspection first - it certainly seemed like it as we were > just about the last people out of there. Thanks for the advice, looks like I will tell my husband about an hour. You are right we have been waiting for this moment for months now, CR1 this and I864 that - it is like the last hour will be the longest! BWI is my local too - have you been in MD long? When did you emigrate? Have you applied for citizenship? > Thanks for the advice, looks like I will tell my husband about an > hour. You are right we have been waiting for this moment for months > now, CR1 this and I864 that - it is like the last hour will be the > longest! BWI is my local too - have you been in MD long? When did you > emigrate? Have you applied for citizenship? Check yer PMs! :D > It should take two days only but, there have been instances where it's > taken four or five days. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Good luck with your interview. Baltimore is one of the nicest US airports I've been to. Unfortuately it doesn't truely represent what Baltimore and Maryland in general is..........a total s h i t h o l e > Baltimore is one of the nicest US airports I've been to. Unfortuately > it doesn't truely represent what Baltimore and Maryland in general > is..........a total s h i t h o l e Careful what you say please leedspaddy... Certain parts of Baltimore might not be to everyones taste, but I believe Maryland on the whole to be a great state and great location in the USA to live. Where do you live? > I have my interview on June 15, 2005. I will be making flight > reservations as soon as they have returned my passport to me. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Welcome to comments and advice... Approx an hour. I would strongly recommend self lubing. It makes the anal probing far less uncomfortable. > I have my interview on June 15, 2005. I will be making flight > reservations as soon as they have returned my passport to me. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Welcome to comments and advice... I went through LAX on a K1 VISA 4 weeks ago. Once I got to the official, it took me about 15 mins. He literally ripped the brown envelope in given by the embassy. He flipped through the bundle of papers twice, asked a couple of questions which I guess were just checking that my answers correlated to those in the paperwork, stamped my passport, reminded me that I needed to marry within 90 days - and all without smiling once!!! Minty |
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