Originally Posted by
pandaperth
Update on my first entry to the US using my new visa
- Quite painless
- Was directed to use a kiosk and scan my visa page (not my passport information page)\
- The machine gave me a docket directing me to a cbp oficer (presumably because this was my first entry on my new passport)
- cbp officer took my photo, scanned my fingerprints
- also asked a few questions - none concerning the 'evil' country I had visited (Sudan)
So all in all, it was an easy experience and no much different from a normal 'esta' entry
My visa interview and first entry by air was also painless. However, I then proceeded by land into Canada and on my return, I was pulled over for a secondary and had to wait for hours before an agent revisited my itinerary to Sudan. In the end it was pretty much the same questions that were asked at the visa interview but the wait was horrible.