[throwaway729562]

> Generally how suspicions you look is proportional to how much flack you receive.

Definitely come with a cleanly shaved face. People with long beard are hassled much more often at US borders/airports for some reason.

(observed even with my own experience from about 100 US visits)

[hansvm]

There's a bit of a cultural stigma against most beard styles for some reason. Back when I was delivering pizza I found that it made a $0.50 difference in the average tip to be clean shaven.

[tomcam]

It’s not your beard, it’s their dyslexia. They are confusing you with throwaway725962, who is on the terrorist watchlist.