wantmygcnow
Volunteer Moderator
I went to Europe for a month with RP+VISA..Had a blast especially in Rome..I entered through detroit on Sunday with my NP + GC. Yes you heard me right, i used my NP. The officer swiped my card & asked me few questions such as what I was doing in Europe & etc how long I went for. I told him a month. He then said looked at my passport & verified my gc information(name, dob etc) and then said "I have to ask you few more questions" and i was like "ok thats fine" and then he asked what I do..etc and my ssn number etc. Then he stamped my passport(no secondary)..I guess he took longer with me than anyone else. I then asked him the reason for asking SSN as they never did or if it was a new process and he said "The only reason is because 2 years ago you applied for a travel document & you put that you lost one and we want to make sure its you."
He said that anytime a document is reported lost to them(be it a US Passport, GC, Travel document), they send everyone to secondary. He said that If I had entered with my RP, then I would've been sent to secondary since that was the kind of passport that was lost.
There was another person on the plane with RTD+GC and they took him to secondary. So the point of this experience is, do whats easy for you. Look don't lie to any officer because you dont want to get caught in lies. During your citizenship time, you have valid claim that officers themselves ask for a NP.
He said that anytime a document is reported lost to them(be it a US Passport, GC, Travel document), they send everyone to secondary. He said that If I had entered with my RP, then I would've been sent to secondary since that was the kind of passport that was lost.
There was another person on the plane with RTD+GC and they took him to secondary. So the point of this experience is, do whats easy for you. Look don't lie to any officer because you dont want to get caught in lies. During your citizenship time, you have valid claim that officers themselves ask for a NP.