Originally Posted by
TravelinSperry
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?
At most airports there is some officer in the path from any of the booths or the kiosks to the baggage claim area who does look at your slip. But absent some sign or some person I would just proceed from the kiosk toward the baggage claim. If CBP wants to see the slip they will have someone in place to do so. Jumping from the kiosk to a booth with a valid (non-X) slip would be a rather strange thing to do - what would prompt you to do that?