Will U.S airport or border patrol officials ask about my wife?
I plan to travel out of the country with a family member person who doesn't know that I am married (we're both U.S citizens). When we go through U.S custom to scan passports, would the border patrol ask anything about my marriage, like
'Where is your wife?'
or
'Why is she not with you on this trip?'
Do they have access to this information? My wife and I have traveled abroad before so I don't know if the officials have kept a record of our travels together as a couple.
It would be awkward and a disaster since this family member person doesn't know about my marriage yet.
I know my passport doesn't show this information but I wonder if the officials have it their system and might ask.
Best Answer
They asked me that question. After I said he is waiting for me outside they sent me for secondary inspection. Once I went in the private room (without a female officer) I was questioned strictly about my marriage. “Are y’all in an open marriage” “How much older is your husband” “Just trying to figure out why you would be traveling alone” “is this an arranged marriage” and so on. This was at Bush airport in Houston so it may be different elsewhere.
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