Nearly two months after Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan was detained at a New York airport, the US has said that the VIPs visiting the country will have to go through the immigration procedures like everyone else unless they have diplomatic exemption. 

"For VIP arrivals, unless they have some type of, say, diplomatic visa or exemption, everyone would go through the same type of process. We don't want it to be seen as a hassle," John Wagner, Executive Director of US Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations, Admissibility and Passenger Programmes, said. 

"We want people to understand the importance of it, and we are keeping people safe, and it's, we want people to have the confidence that it's safe and secure to come here, and part of those processes is to ensure that," he told reporters here. 

"So we do ask for the public's patience in helping us help them and make sure all those requirements are met," Wagner said when asked about the inconvenience Indian film stars or former Presidents faced at US airports.