Can Customs & Border Protection confiscate documents when entering US?
I will be traveling soon to the US and I will have in my carry on a couple of personal documents including medical records of a friend who is already in US.
Is there a reasonable chance that Customs & Border Protection will go through the documents and ask questions about them, or, even worse, confiscate them?
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The chance of their going through them is quite low. The chance of their seizing the documents is even lower, unless they decide that the documents are evidence of a crime.
I suppose they would also seize them and destroy them if they are infested with insects.
The documents themselves don't have any monetary value and are not subject to import duties in any event. There would be no reason for CBP to seize them.
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Unless you are already on a watch list as a suspected smuggler, criminal, or terrorist, the chances you will be asked about any papers unrelated to travel (e.g., onward/return ticket) are pretty much zero. Unless mention is made in these records of narcotics or the like, they will be uninterested even if for some reason they decide to look. Having said that, I would certainly make a copy to leave at home, to guard against any other type of misfortune, such as a lost or stolen bag.
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