Question about Customs

[Jax]

Hello,

My DH and I leave tomorrow night for WDW.

On previous trips, my DH and I had to go through Customs seperately since we were common-law and not married.

I am not sure what to do this time. DH and I got married last summer and since neither of us changed our names we haven't updated our passports.

I am not sure whether we go through customs together or not. We are married now however when we filled out our passports we were only common-law.

Any suggestions?

 

[binky1]

You can go through together - I assume that you're living at the same address?? Whenever we travel with my MIL (who doesn't live with us) they usually take us through as a family.

It doesn't matter that your passports are in different names - if you were from Quebec and married, they would be in different names....

Have a great trip!!

 

[Jax]

Thanks for your resposnse.

I just never know.

Before we were married we trying going through together since we lived at the same address but they wouldn't let us.

I just wanted to make sure they wouldn't have issues with the fact that our passports say we are commonlaw but we are now married.

 

[yxe dad]

Go together, I think the customs officer you had last time was having a bad day! I've travelled about 20 times to the US in the last 5 years and have always gone through customs as a group. Most times were with friends and 3 times were with my girlfriend and have never been told that we have to go through seperately.

 

[abirdd]

Some customs agents take their job VERY seriously, and prefer to have people clear one at a time... Annoying, but what can you do.

The majority allow you to clear together, and you should have no trouble! In fact, when you return to Canada - you'll only need to fill out one declaration form, since it's "one per family"!

Enjoy your vacation!!