Originally Posted by
Redhead
No you're not. You can skip the kiosk anytime you want. If you put in $2,500 in the kiosk, you'll get sent to a person. If you put in $200 you'll just fly by unless they decide to stop you but that is unlikely.
So what is the correct way to do it? We will have four giant bags. I think the "less than one year old" stuff is about $300 and the "I've had this in my foreign home a very long time" stuff is $1500-$2000.
If I put $300 in the kiosk, I don't want to lose GE if I get stopped and such. I do have a page printed that inventories as best I can, all the "older than one year" stuff.
I emailed CBP about this but they auto-response said it would take 2-3 business weeks to get a reply. I am flying next week.