Can a US citizen and a spouse on a visa go through immigration together?
Couples traveling with mixed passport statuses are unsure whether they must separate into different lines or clear airport immigration together. This confusion is compounded by concerns over whether carrying a passport will cause issues when an automatic check-in was previously completed using an ID instead.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Showing passport and visa to border control or checking in normally at the airport.
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Now, the problem is that an automatic check in has been done, using my ID for the boarding pass instead of my passport and I don't know if I will be able to enter the UK if I carry my passport with me as well since I understand the flight management and the border management are two different things.”source ↗
Where this came up
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