Am I going to be interviewed for immigration again in the US?
I am just heading to Dallas from Canada right now.
Suddenly wondering about Interview and security check.
I already got security check and USA border interview then visa stamp too.
I will be in DFW Dallas airport for an hour and 10 min.
My question is "Am I going to be interviewed again?"
I would like to know because of limited transit time
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I am just heading to Dallas from Canada right now.
Suddenly wondering about Interview and security check.
I already got security check and USA border interview then visa stamp too.
I will be in DFW Dallas airport for an hour and 10 min.
My question is "Am I going to be interviewed again?"
I would like to know because of limited transit time
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I am just heading to Dallas from Canada right now.
Suddenly wondering about Interview and security check.
I already got security check and USA border interview then visa stamp too.
I will be in DFW Dallas airport for an hour and 10 min.
My question is "Am I going to be interviewed again?"
I would like to know because of limited transit time
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I am just heading to Dallas from Canada right now.
Suddenly wondering about Interview and security check.
I already got security check and USA border interview then visa stamp too.
I will be in DFW Dallas airport for an hour and 10 min.
My question is "Am I going to be interviewed again?"
I would like to know because of limited transit time
visas usa customs-and-immigration transit canada
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When flying from Canada to the US from most Canadian airports, you go through US immigration and customs at the Canadian airport from which you depart. This is called US preclearance and it is the procedure you have described in your question. When you physically arrive in the US on your flight, you will not see immigration again, because you have already gone through immigration and customs. Your flight arrival is treated the same as a domestic arrival. You only need to go directly to your next flight.
The US CBP web site has a list of airports where preclearance is available.
answered 3 hours ago
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Unrelatedly, I was amazed to learn that Abu Dhabi has pre-clearance! Given that, all other routes from asia to Amerkia are non-starters. Great stuff.
– Fattie
2 hours ago
2
@Fattie The government of Abu Dhabi paid to put in preclearance which only serves one airline, Etihad, which happens to be owned by... the government of Abu Dhabi.
– user71659
33 mins ago
@user71659 - fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. Once they build that new terminal it will be even better I guess.
– Fattie
31 mins ago
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In principle you can be “interviewed” for any length of time at the point of entry. Granted, the immigration officers don’t necessarily want to waste their time and resources, but I’ve been questioned by immigration officers at times when I had to rush to connections because of late arrival, and it certainly felt like the questioning was quite time-consuming.
If you start from a pre-cleared airport, then all of this will happen before you can even get to the boarding area. As far as I can see, the only Canadian destinations to DFW are Toronto (Pearson), Montreal and Vancouver, all of which are pre-clearance points of origin. Thus you will arrive at domestic gates without further immigration or other checks, as if you were arriving from a US point of origin. There is a wiki page providing a list of airports with pre-clearance.
The situation will likely be different upon return, unless your point of origin is also a pre-clearance airport. Delays going through immigration can be very long and it’s entirely possible that you may miss your connection as a result of this. IF you have a Canadian passport, some US points of entry (Toronto, Houston, Atlanta and probably others - I don’t have a complete list) have dedicated machines to read passports and automate the immigration process and you can use those to save a considerable amount of time.
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When flying from Canada to the US from most Canadian airports, you go through US immigration and customs at the Canadian airport from which you depart. This is called US preclearance and it is the procedure you have described in your question. When you physically arrive in the US on your flight, you will not see immigration again, because you have already gone through immigration and customs. Your flight arrival is treated the same as a domestic arrival. You only need to go directly to your next flight.
The US CBP web site has a list of airports where preclearance is available.
answered 3 hours ago
Michael HamptonMichael Hampton
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Unrelatedly, I was amazed to learn that Abu Dhabi has pre-clearance! Given that, all other routes from asia to Amerkia are non-starters. Great stuff.
– Fattie
2 hours ago
2
@Fattie The government of Abu Dhabi paid to put in preclearance which only serves one airline, Etihad, which happens to be owned by... the government of Abu Dhabi.
– user71659
33 mins ago
@user71659 - fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. Once they build that new terminal it will be even better I guess.
– Fattie
31 mins ago
add a comment |
When flying from Canada to the US from most Canadian airports, you go through US immigration and customs at the Canadian airport from which you depart. This is called US preclearance and it is the procedure you have described in your question. When you physically arrive in the US on your flight, you will not see immigration again, because you have already gone through immigration and customs. Your flight arrival is treated the same as a domestic arrival. You only need to go directly to your next flight.
The US CBP web site has a list of airports where preclearance is available.
answered 3 hours ago
Michael HamptonMichael Hampton
34.4k278158
1
Unrelatedly, I was amazed to learn that Abu Dhabi has pre-clearance! Given that, all other routes from asia to Amerkia are non-starters. Great stuff.
– Fattie
2 hours ago
2
@Fattie The government of Abu Dhabi paid to put in preclearance which only serves one airline, Etihad, which happens to be owned by... the government of Abu Dhabi.
– user71659
33 mins ago
@user71659 - fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. Once they build that new terminal it will be even better I guess.
– Fattie
31 mins ago
add a comment |
When flying from Canada to the US from most Canadian airports, you go through US immigration and customs at the Canadian airport from which you depart. This is called US preclearance and it is the procedure you have described in your question. When you physically arrive in the US on your flight, you will not see immigration again, because you have already gone through immigration and customs. Your flight arrival is treated the same as a domestic arrival. You only need to go directly to your next flight.
The US CBP web site has a list of airports where preclearance is available.
answered 3 hours ago
Michael HamptonMichael Hampton
34.4k278158
When flying from Canada to the US from most Canadian airports, you go through US immigration and customs at the Canadian airport from which you depart. This is called US preclearance and it is the procedure you have described in your question. When you physically arrive in the US on your flight, you will not see immigration again, because you have already gone through immigration and customs. Your flight arrival is treated the same as a domestic arrival. You only need to go directly to your next flight.
The US CBP web site has a list of airports where preclearance is available.
answered 3 hours ago
Michael HamptonMichael Hampton
34.4k278158
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Michael HamptonMichael Hampton
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answered 3 hours ago
Michael HamptonMichael Hampton
34.4k278158
34.4k278158
1
Unrelatedly, I was amazed to learn that Abu Dhabi has pre-clearance! Given that, all other routes from asia to Amerkia are non-starters. Great stuff.
– Fattie
2 hours ago
2
@Fattie The government of Abu Dhabi paid to put in preclearance which only serves one airline, Etihad, which happens to be owned by... the government of Abu Dhabi.
– user71659
33 mins ago
@user71659 - fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. Once they build that new terminal it will be even better I guess.
– Fattie
31 mins ago
add a comment |
1
Unrelatedly, I was amazed to learn that Abu Dhabi has pre-clearance! Given that, all other routes from asia to Amerkia are non-starters. Great stuff.
– Fattie
2 hours ago
2
@Fattie The government of Abu Dhabi paid to put in preclearance which only serves one airline, Etihad, which happens to be owned by... the government of Abu Dhabi.
– user71659
33 mins ago
@user71659 - fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. Once they build that new terminal it will be even better I guess.
– Fattie
31 mins ago
1
1
Unrelatedly, I was amazed to learn that Abu Dhabi has pre-clearance! Given that, all other routes from asia to Amerkia are non-starters. Great stuff.
– Fattie
2 hours ago
Unrelatedly, I was amazed to learn that Abu Dhabi has pre-clearance! Given that, all other routes from asia to Amerkia are non-starters. Great stuff.
– Fattie
2 hours ago
2
2
@Fattie The government of Abu Dhabi paid to put in preclearance which only serves one airline, Etihad, which happens to be owned by... the government of Abu Dhabi.
– user71659
33 mins ago
@Fattie The government of Abu Dhabi paid to put in preclearance which only serves one airline, Etihad, which happens to be owned by... the government of Abu Dhabi.
– user71659
33 mins ago
@user71659 - fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. Once they build that new terminal it will be even better I guess.
– Fattie
31 mins ago
@user71659 - fantastic stuff. Thanks for the info. Once they build that new terminal it will be even better I guess.
– Fattie
31 mins ago
add a comment |
In principle you can be “interviewed” for any length of time at the point of entry. Granted, the immigration officers don’t necessarily want to waste their time and resources, but I’ve been questioned by immigration officers at times when I had to rush to connections because of late arrival, and it certainly felt like the questioning was quite time-consuming.
If you start from a pre-cleared airport, then all of this will happen before you can even get to the boarding area. As far as I can see, the only Canadian destinations to DFW are Toronto (Pearson), Montreal and Vancouver, all of which are pre-clearance points of origin. Thus you will arrive at domestic gates without further immigration or other checks, as if you were arriving from a US point of origin. There is a wiki page providing a list of airports with pre-clearance.
The situation will likely be different upon return, unless your point of origin is also a pre-clearance airport. Delays going through immigration can be very long and it’s entirely possible that you may miss your connection as a result of this. IF you have a Canadian passport, some US points of entry (Toronto, Houston, Atlanta and probably others - I don’t have a complete list) have dedicated machines to read passports and automate the immigration process and you can use those to save a considerable amount of time.
answered 1 hour ago
ZeroTheHeroZeroTheHero
1614
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In principle you can be “interviewed” for any length of time at the point of entry. Granted, the immigration officers don’t necessarily want to waste their time and resources, but I’ve been questioned by immigration officers at times when I had to rush to connections because of late arrival, and it certainly felt like the questioning was quite time-consuming.
If you start from a pre-cleared airport, then all of this will happen before you can even get to the boarding area. As far as I can see, the only Canadian destinations to DFW are Toronto (Pearson), Montreal and Vancouver, all of which are pre-clearance points of origin. Thus you will arrive at domestic gates without further immigration or other checks, as if you were arriving from a US point of origin. There is a wiki page providing a list of airports with pre-clearance.
The situation will likely be different upon return, unless your point of origin is also a pre-clearance airport. Delays going through immigration can be very long and it’s entirely possible that you may miss your connection as a result of this. IF you have a Canadian passport, some US points of entry (Toronto, Houston, Atlanta and probably others - I don’t have a complete list) have dedicated machines to read passports and automate the immigration process and you can use those to save a considerable amount of time.
answered 1 hour ago
ZeroTheHeroZeroTheHero
1614
add a comment |
In principle you can be “interviewed” for any length of time at the point of entry. Granted, the immigration officers don’t necessarily want to waste their time and resources, but I’ve been questioned by immigration officers at times when I had to rush to connections because of late arrival, and it certainly felt like the questioning was quite time-consuming.
If you start from a pre-cleared airport, then all of this will happen before you can even get to the boarding area. As far as I can see, the only Canadian destinations to DFW are Toronto (Pearson), Montreal and Vancouver, all of which are pre-clearance points of origin. Thus you will arrive at domestic gates without further immigration or other checks, as if you were arriving from a US point of origin. There is a wiki page providing a list of airports with pre-clearance.
The situation will likely be different upon return, unless your point of origin is also a pre-clearance airport. Delays going through immigration can be very long and it’s entirely possible that you may miss your connection as a result of this. IF you have a Canadian passport, some US points of entry (Toronto, Houston, Atlanta and probably others - I don’t have a complete list) have dedicated machines to read passports and automate the immigration process and you can use those to save a considerable amount of time.
answered 1 hour ago
ZeroTheHeroZeroTheHero
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In principle you can be “interviewed” for any length of time at the point of entry. Granted, the immigration officers don’t necessarily want to waste their time and resources, but I’ve been questioned by immigration officers at times when I had to rush to connections because of late arrival, and it certainly felt like the questioning was quite time-consuming.
If you start from a pre-cleared airport, then all of this will happen before you can even get to the boarding area. As far as I can see, the only Canadian destinations to DFW are Toronto (Pearson), Montreal and Vancouver, all of which are pre-clearance points of origin. Thus you will arrive at domestic gates without further immigration or other checks, as if you were arriving from a US point of origin. There is a wiki page providing a list of airports with pre-clearance.
The situation will likely be different upon return, unless your point of origin is also a pre-clearance airport. Delays going through immigration can be very long and it’s entirely possible that you may miss your connection as a result of this. IF you have a Canadian passport, some US points of entry (Toronto, Houston, Atlanta and probably others - I don’t have a complete list) have dedicated machines to read passports and automate the immigration process and you can use those to save a considerable amount of time.
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