Originally Posted by
IverTheCat
After clearing passport control and going through baggage reclaim, everyone then had to queue to surrender their customs form. Nothing new there.
What I found different was that instead of just simply surrendering it, you actually had to offer the form and passport to the customs officer, who then did a mini-interview.
Is this normal? At LAX you simply hand over the form and that's it - no mini-interview.
The mini-interviews can happen anywhere but seem to happen more regularly at DFW in my experience. Returning from Colombia to ATL or MIA raises nary an eyebrow (and not a single question) but DFW Customs loves extensive mini-interviews when traveling from much less "exotic" origins.