LGT FLC ON INITIAL DSCNT DISCOVERS LOW FUEL CONDITION. FAILS TO INFORM ATC IN A TIMELY MANNER.

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ON A RELATIVELY SHORT 2 HR FLT TO A BUSY METROPLEX ARPT; REQUIRED FUEL WAS UPLIFTED. LAST LEG AND SHORT FLT TO VMC; CAPT DID NOT MAKE FUEL CHKS. MANY VECTORS WERE RECEIVED DURING FLT. ON DSCNT; WORKLOAD WAS HIGH; ARRANGING CREW CHANGE; CUSTOMS CLRING; ASSIGNED GATE ETC; WHEN FE NOTICED FUEL WAS VERY MINIMAL. CAPT WAS NOT CONCERNED; I EXPRESSED I WAS NOT THAT CONCERNED; THINKING OF OUR USUAL ARR RTE TO HOME ARPT. VECTORS CONTINUED WITH SPD ASSIGNMENTS. UPON REACHING FIX WHERE APCH TYPE WAS ASSIGNED AND NOT WHAT I EXPECTED; CAPT ACCEPTED VECTOR FOR APCH WITH NO MENTION TO ATC OF LOW FUEL. I NOW ANXIOUSLY EXPRESSED MY CONCERN TO CAPT WITH FE AGREEING. APCH FREQ VERY BUSY. CAPT FINALLY ADVISED OF LOW FUEL STATUS; REQUIRED PRIORITY HANDLING; ATC ACKNOWLEDGED TELLING US TO EXPECT NEW RWY WHICH WAS CLOSER AND HANDED US OFF TO NEXT CTLR. WE'RE NOW FLYING OVER THE ARPT HDG AWAY; ATC GIVES US SEQUENCE; I TOLD CAPT I WAS VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND THIS WASN'T GOING TO WORK. WE WERE NOT RECEIVING PRIORITY. KNOWING THAT WE DIDN'T INFORM THIS CTLR OF SIT; I TOLD CAPT. CAPT SAID ATC KNEW. I THOUGHT FIRST CTLR FAILED TO INFORM SECOND CTLR. I MENTIONED THIS TO CAPT AS WE CONTINUED FLYING AWAY FROM ARPT; WE'RE NOT RECEIVING PRIORITY AND I'M GETTING VERY ANXIOUS. BREAK IN FREQ FINALLY ALLOWS CAPT AGAIN TO STATE LOW FUEL REQUESTING VECTOR DIRECTLY TO ARPT. ATC COMPLIES WITH HDG; CLRING US FOR VISUAL; REROUTING ACFT WE CUT IN FRONT OF A 360 DEG TURN AND ACFT WE'RE FOLLOWING A GAR BECAUSE WE WERE TOO CLOSE IN TRAIL. I MADE A NORMAL LNDG WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT EXCEPT MY SHAKY LEGS. FUEL WAS LOWEST I'VE EVER LANDED WITH; WELL BELOW MY PERSONAL MINIMUMS. FO'S; WITH CREW MEMBERS I FLY WITH; ARE DISCOURAGED FROM STRAINING HIS NECK TO LOOK AT PANEL AS CAPT AND FE ARE CAPABLE. HOWEVER; THIS INCIDENT PROVES THAT WRONG AND I WILL NOW LOOK!