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.
As the previous poster said, some airports are setup in a way where you have to present the receipt to an officer before getting to the baggage hall (like ORD). Others - I've only been through TBIT at LAX - don't have anyone (or at least didn't as of a year ago). If you get the X (random or bad fingerprints) or O (declaration), you then have to report to passport control to get a stamp on the receipt to show at the customs exit. If you get the "show receipt at exit", then I would do exactly that unless there's been a change in procedure?