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Great experience through customs- Just got back!
Hi All,
Just got back from my trip. Flew out of Baltimore and when boarding the plane, there were customs officers checking documents. I showed them my passport and when the officer was looking through it for my visa, I told him I had my AP document (which I had safely put away in my backpack) and if he would like me to pull it out. He said no, just checking, and let me go. Not sure why they were checking on the way out, but they did.
Spent 10 wonderful days in Mexico with the family and warm weather and came back on Sunday.
At the ticket counter in Mexico, the lady asked for my passport and visa first since the reservations were under my name. She took the documents and was looking super intense at her computer and taking a while; I started to get nervous. After a few minutes, she told me our reservations had been screwed up but not to worry she had fixed them and bumped us up a class. Gave us our boarding passes and we went on our way.
We flew into Dulles (I live in DC) on a direct flight. When we got here, we got on the "Citizens/Residents" line since families had to go together as a group. My husband went to the kiosk first, he did his thing and then we were directed to an officer for me. The officer was super nice, asked about our trip, took my fingerprints and picture and told us to go to a separate area for my stamp. We were taken to a waiting area, a different officer took my documents and told us to wait to be called. About 10 minutes later he called us back, gave me my passport and AP document back with a parole stamp for 1 year and told us to show it to an officer on our way out of the waiting area (both documents had the same stamp). I showed my passport to the officer and she told us to have a great day. That is it.
If you are thinking of applying for AP, do it. If you are granted, go. They checked your documents, saw that you are not a threat and want you back. You earned it. I know we are all nervous and scared but it was worth every penny and every nervous moment. There are no guarantees in life but if I had to do it all over again, I would do it in a heartbeat.
Good luck everyone!!!
Just got back from my trip. Flew out of Baltimore and when boarding the plane, there were customs officers checking documents. I showed them my passport and when the officer was looking through it for my visa, I told him I had my AP document (which I had safely put away in my backpack) and if he would like me to pull it out. He said no, just checking, and let me go. Not sure why they were checking on the way out, but they did.
Spent 10 wonderful days in Mexico with the family and warm weather and came back on Sunday.
At the ticket counter in Mexico, the lady asked for my passport and visa first since the reservations were under my name. She took the documents and was looking super intense at her computer and taking a while; I started to get nervous. After a few minutes, she told me our reservations had been screwed up but not to worry she had fixed them and bumped us up a class. Gave us our boarding passes and we went on our way.
We flew into Dulles (I live in DC) on a direct flight. When we got here, we got on the "Citizens/Residents" line since families had to go together as a group. My husband went to the kiosk first, he did his thing and then we were directed to an officer for me. The officer was super nice, asked about our trip, took my fingerprints and picture and told us to go to a separate area for my stamp. We were taken to a waiting area, a different officer took my documents and told us to wait to be called. About 10 minutes later he called us back, gave me my passport and AP document back with a parole stamp for 1 year and told us to show it to an officer on our way out of the waiting area (both documents had the same stamp). I showed my passport to the officer and she told us to have a great day. That is it.
If you are thinking of applying for AP, do it. If you are granted, go. They checked your documents, saw that you are not a threat and want you back. You earned it. I know we are all nervous and scared but it was worth every penny and every nervous moment. There are no guarantees in life but if I had to do it all over again, I would do it in a heartbeat.
Good luck everyone!!!
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