Russ16
AH fanatic
Like a lot of folks here I’m not slow to criticize our bureaucrats for making things harder than they need to be. So to be fair I think it’s important to share when I have a good experience.
I needed a couple of 4457 forms completed for some upcoming trips. I called the CBP office at Dulles and they told me their hours and said come out any time. Being a pessimist I planned on spending a long time waiting and having some confusion.
So I showed up at Dulles yesterday afternoon, upon arrival I saw there was a line of people wait g for Global Entry interviews. A uniformed officer saw my gun case and “you’re not here for Global Entry are you” after I shook my head h directed me to a phone and told me to pick it up and wait for an answer. I told the lady what I needed and she said have a seat.
Not 2 minutes late a guy came out and asked if I was there for the firearms. Then asked if I was flying out today. He took me back to the room looked at my forms looked at the serial numbers and said go back out and have a seat. Less than 5 minutes later he came out with the stamped forms and said “enjoy your trip”.
Total time in prom parking to leaving the airport less than 30 minutes. I paid the minimum fee on leaving the parking lot.
Not that anybody needs to care about my experience and no bet some of you are saying “so what” but I feel pretty strongly that if I’m going to publicly criticize when people do things wrong I should also publicly acknowledge when they do a good job.
I needed a couple of 4457 forms completed for some upcoming trips. I called the CBP office at Dulles and they told me their hours and said come out any time. Being a pessimist I planned on spending a long time waiting and having some confusion.
So I showed up at Dulles yesterday afternoon, upon arrival I saw there was a line of people wait g for Global Entry interviews. A uniformed officer saw my gun case and “you’re not here for Global Entry are you” after I shook my head h directed me to a phone and told me to pick it up and wait for an answer. I told the lady what I needed and she said have a seat.
Not 2 minutes late a guy came out and asked if I was there for the firearms. Then asked if I was flying out today. He took me back to the room looked at my forms looked at the serial numbers and said go back out and have a seat. Less than 5 minutes later he came out with the stamped forms and said “enjoy your trip”.
Total time in prom parking to leaving the airport less than 30 minutes. I paid the minimum fee on leaving the parking lot.
Not that anybody needs to care about my experience and no bet some of you are saying “so what” but I feel pretty strongly that if I’m going to publicly criticize when people do things wrong I should also publicly acknowledge when they do a good job.
