Originally Posted by
Majuki
Originally Posted by
TravelinSperry
Perhaps it's better to wait... but where?
At passport control you can walk through to the baggage claim if you get the "show receipt at exit" receipt. If you get the X with "report to passport control" then just flag down a CBP officer. Some airports are setup better for this than others. ORD has a CBP desk after the kiosks where an officer clears you even if you don't get the X. My times at TBIT at LAX I remember thinking I'd really have to swim upstream if I got the X, but it never happened. At other airports: EWR, DFW, SFO there has been a CBP officer by the kiosks helping people use them or get to a booth if they get the X.
But again, if you don't get the X you can normally walk straight to the baggage claim area and just hand the receipt to the CBP officer at the exit of the customs hall. (Non-GE people would hand in the blue customs declaration form.)
This is not what the immigration office told me. I received the slip without the x. But he said I was required to hand it to him (or show it to hom, I don't recall exactly) before proceeding to the baggage area. That's what I'm wondering about. The immigration officer is otherwise engaged at LAX and I'm supposed to walk up to him while he's with someone else? I recall it feeling aggressive on my part when I last did it. Is that the proper way?