If you are doing this for not so often, that's fine, but if u r doing this many times, it will be a big problem for you because u r not US citizen, CBP officer has rights to refuse entry, though highly unlikely. They can also put u on a redness list, which means you will need to go to secondary inspection every time.
at some big airpots, secondary inspection can be a very quick process, but at some small airports, it will be a big hassle. expect 2 hours or more.
Also, the experiance of primary inpection officer plays a big role here. If you meet an officer who has no shoulder stripe, that means it's a new officer, you will have high possibility of being put on redness alert list.
I was putting on the list by a new officer, so since then I need to go to secondary everytime.
Originally Posted by
Cheerfulflyer
Hi,
I am wondering if folks had problems coming into US after an international MRun? This Sunday, I was met by a very unfriendly Immigration official at SFO who checked my passport, visa. But I seemed to have set him off after I told him that I was gone only for ONE day to Switzerland and Germany. Have others had any problems with international MRuns especially if you are a resident or citizen of US? What do you say/behave so as not to come off as a potential terrorist or drug smuggler etc, which of course they already assume. How does one avoid the hassle of secondary screening and stupid small talk with Immigration police?