As a married couple with different citizenships, should we pass through US immigration together or separately?

9/1/2022 9:45:00 PM

You can use either line. I’ve been repeatedly told to use the US citizens’ line with my wife, who is not a US citizen. In the past, I was told to use the US citizens’ line with my then girlfriend, who was not a US citizen and with whom I did not live. She didn’t even live in the same country where I lived at the time.

Whichever line you choose, you should go together if you live together, since family members living at the same address are supposed to submit a joint customs declaration.

1/14/2015 6:16:05 PM

The fact that you’re newlywed is irrelevant. What is important is that you are one family travelling together.

I’ve been in exact this situation before. I am an American citizen and my wife is not. Whenever we fly to the USA, we’d go through the immigration together – through the lanes for “Non-US passports”. We give two passports together – mine and hers (with the visa). The agent usually checks her details first, get her fingerprint scan, then quickly scans my passport, says something like “Welcome home” – and we’re in.

That said, last time we flew to the USA was about a year ago. Furthermore, different airports may have different policies regarding this. We usually fly to BOS (Boston Logan) and once to New York (JFK).

I do think though that you should be fine going together, but make sure to go via the “non-US passports” lanes.

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