SuperSixZero
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My wife and I are returning to the USA from Israel to visit my parents in Boston for the winter holidays. We live in Israel. I hold dual citizenship, she only has Israeli citizenship. She does have 10-year B-1 tourist visa to the USA, that expires in 10 years. We were wed in the USA on our summer vacation to my family this year. We have the marriage certificate with the apostille certification. We have a life in Israel and have every tie you can think off, I have school and work and she owns a spa. We do not intend to stay in the USA after this vacation obviously and definitely have return tickets. Our stay is only 2 weeks.
My questions: What is the best option for an easy experience at boarder control since we are married? Since I don't want her to have a bad experience. Should I stand in line with her? Should I bring her to the returning US citizen line? Should I stand with her in the non-citizen line?
She had secondary check questioning at border control last summer because she spent a few months traveling in the US a year or two back. She only spent 3 weeks this past summer in the US, this was even when she explained in this secondary check that we were engaged. Neither they nor us ever brought up anything about any 'immigration intent', despite the secondary-check officer being a Boston Irish jackass.
Big bad US Border Control and Immigration institution does a good job of messing with people's heads for no real reason, whether they have citizenship or not. Posting this at her request since Hebrew blogs about the US are fairy tales.
My questions: What is the best option for an easy experience at boarder control since we are married? Since I don't want her to have a bad experience. Should I stand in line with her? Should I bring her to the returning US citizen line? Should I stand with her in the non-citizen line?
She had secondary check questioning at border control last summer because she spent a few months traveling in the US a year or two back. She only spent 3 weeks this past summer in the US, this was even when she explained in this secondary check that we were engaged. Neither they nor us ever brought up anything about any 'immigration intent', despite the secondary-check officer being a Boston Irish jackass.
Big bad US Border Control and Immigration institution does a good job of messing with people's heads for no real reason, whether they have citizenship or not. Posting this at her request since Hebrew blogs about the US are fairy tales.