Originally Posted by
scottsinct
I reentered the US yesterday at DFW airport with my girlfriend. We had traveled together the entire trip and approached the booth together, as we have done in the past. The officer was friendly about it, but said that in the future, since we aren't married, we have to come up separately. But he said this time he wouldn't send one of us back, so as not to "embarrass" us.
Is this a rule/law? I feel like it would be easier for the officer to talk to us both together, since we did the whole trip together, had purchases for the two of us, etc. And two single people traveling would probably make the officer more suspicious, and take longer, especially since we actually did travel as a couple. Is it really that different if you are technically married?
Interesting. I guess it is up to the individual CBP agent.
In Vancouver, going thru US CBP to get on a cruise ship going to Alaska a couple of weeks ago, I sent my GF up first and hung back. The agent asked if we were traveling together, my GF said yes and the agent had me step up. We were asked a couple of questions and were done in just a minute or two.