Originally Posted by
poisson
I haven't been through customs in about 5 years, but I remember the passport control in CDG being a piece of cake. I think the agent took one glance at my passport and let me go.
Coming back to the US was a lot worse. I can't remember if I was asked any questions. Do the CBP agents commonly ask questions to US citizens?
One thing I do hate is having to collect my bag, recheck it, and go back through security. I guess security in non-US airports isn't good enough for CBP/TSA standards.
Now that we have GE there haven't been any questions from CBP agents but then again I don't remember a lot of questions in recent years before. I think once or twice we were asked how long had we been out of the country but in thirty years of International travel I've never had any real issues or a search of my luggage. Had one agent get cute about a London Fog trench coat, as if I was smuggling one coat at a time into the US, and one question where I got my Japanese made watch but that been about it over the years. Oh yeah.....my favorite was the agent who asked me what state was I born in and I said Washington, DC. He launched into this geography/history lesson about DC not being a state. Whatever.......
