If you have $10,000 in cash per family member when leaving the United States or entering the country from abroad, you must declare it to customs.
On the 10th, an immigrant family traveling to Ethiopia via Dulles International Airport in Virginia was confiscated with $27,330 in cash at the airport.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection (hereinafter referred to as the Customs Administration) said in a press release that “a family of five did not report while departing for a flight to Ethiopia.” “Therefore, 27,330 The dollar was confiscated and $830 of that was returned.” The family missed their flight to Ethiopia because of this and had to book a flight to the next day.
His father, an Ethiopian-born American citizen, had $8,000 in cash at the time, and his eldest son also had $8,000. The remaining $11,000 was found in carry-on bags the family carried on the plane. Customs officials later searched for checked-in baggage, but no cash was found here.
U.S. law does not limit the amount of cash a traveler can bring when entering or leaving the United States, but if the amount of cash is more than $10,000, it must be reported. In this case, the declared amount is per family, not per person, if the family travels together.
“Travelers can bring any cash to or from the United States, but federal law requires them to fill out a simple form for carrying more than $10,000,” said Daniel Escobedo, Washington, DC airport director at Customs, in a press release. said.
Shin Seung-cheol, president of Top Travel Agency, said, “Even among Koreans, there are cases in which money is confiscated while carrying more than $10,000. I recommend that you do,” he said.
Joanne Hans, president of travel agency Joanne Hans, said, “Requiring that people carry more than $10,000 and declare when entering and leaving is a measure to prevent illegal money from leaking or flowing in. “If you carry more than $10,000, you are required to declare it to customs,” he said.
On the other hand, in Korea, the standard for reporting $10,000 is individual, not family.
Lee Yoon-gyu, head of the Washington branch of Korean Air, said, “In regard to foreign exchange export, in the United States, it is $10,000 per family, whereas in Korea, if it is more than $10,000 per person, it is required to report it.”