Travel Q&A: How to Get Through Customs Quicker & More - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Fuzzy
Going to a right lane at Immigration is a good idea unless you land at O'Hare airport. I've arrived from London and there were around 300 passengers waiting for passport control and only two officers. TWO. On a Monday, regular weekday, not a holiday or anything like that. I live in Chicago but I despise O'Hare airport. I'd rather transfer at JFK or LAX and take another flight, than deal with O'Hare mess. And don't get me even started on these officers directing arriving passengers. They shout Visas here! US passports here. It feels like they're sheep-herding passengers. Awful.
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Going to a right lane at Immigration is a good idea unless you land at O'Hare airport. I've arrived from London and there were around 300 passengers waiting for passport control and only two officers. TWO. On a Monday, regular weekday, not a holiday or anything like that. I live in Chicago but I despise O'Hare airport. I'd rather transfer at JFK or LAX and take another flight, than deal with O'Hare mess. And don't get me even started on these officers directing arriving passengers. They shout Visas here! US passports here. It feels like they're sheep-herding passengers. Awful.
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j2simpso
One tip you missed Wolter was being enrolled in frequent traveller programs like Global Entry they save a ton of time if you travel a few times internationally. As a Canadian who has to travel thru the US from abroad, having it often means I can enter the US faster than most American citizens! And best of all there is no forms to fill out or apps to use. Simply stuff my passport in the machine answer two questions and hand a sheet off to the immigration officer. No 20 questions or waiting in line! A real time saver!
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One tip you missed Wolter was being enrolled in frequent traveller programs like Global Entry they save a ton of time if you travel a few times internationally. As a Canadian who has to travel thru the US from abroad, having it often means I can enter the US faster than most American citizens! And best of all there is no forms to fill out or apps to use. Simply stuff my passport in the machine answer two questions and hand a sheet off to the immigration officer. No 20 questions or waiting in line! A real time saver!
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Mr
Surprised you didn't mention Global Entry for easing entry back into the U. S. from international destinations! Also, one other trick. Fly out of a large international airport. Personal example: I visit the southern Pacific area frequently. Best, most economical airport to start the journey is Los Angeles. I can fly one-way from my home to LAX for less than $150. If I booked the trip through my HOME airport, it would easily add $400 to $600+ to the R/T airfare. SO, travel to, in, and out, of a major airport!
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Surprised you didn't mention Global Entry for easing entry back into the U. S. from international destinations! Also, one other trick. Fly out of a large international airport. Personal example: I visit the southern Pacific area frequently. Best, most economical airport to start the journey is Los Angeles. I can fly one-way from my home to LAX for less than $150. If I booked the trip through my HOME airport, it would easily add $400 to $600+ to the R/T airfare. SO, travel to, in, and out, of a major airport!
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Albert
US Customs is ALWAYS slow. Slow, dumb and inefficient. Average line takes 35-45 minutes at SFO and when you need to declare stuff add a full hour. Many people, including a few flight attendants I know, tell me LAX and JFK are the WORST. That's why I almost never travel to the US and avoid as much as I can. Less than 10 minutes I can get through FRA, TPE, ICN, HKG, HND, and NRT airports. Only non-US airport that takes a while is KIX, which took 1: 20 hours in line.
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US Customs is ALWAYS slow. Slow, dumb and inefficient. Average line takes 35-45 minutes at SFO and when you need to declare stuff add a full hour. Many people, including a few flight attendants I know, tell me LAX and JFK are the WORST. That's why I almost never travel to the US and avoid as much as I can. Less than 10 minutes I can get through FRA, TPE, ICN, HKG, HND, and NRT airports. Only non-US airport that takes a while is KIX, which took 1: 20 hours in line.
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Dianne
Hi Mark, I love your travel videos. I haven't traveled much, but I am going to start. I am going to Paris next May and I have learned a lot that I can apply to that trip. I am a professor at a community college and I want to know how do you manage to fit in so much travel around your school schedule? Do you just go during Summer and Winter breaks? Is it worth squeezing in a few days in Europe over Spring break? Can you modify your school schedule somehow?
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Hi Mark, I love your travel videos. I haven't traveled much, but I am going to start. I am going to Paris next May and I have learned a lot that I can apply to that trip. I am a professor at a community college and I want to know how do you manage to fit in so much travel around your school schedule? Do you just go during Summer and Winter breaks? Is it worth squeezing in a few days in Europe over Spring break? Can you modify your school schedule somehow?
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Brendan
I fly from STL to Vancouver quite frequently. I leaned that going there since I tend to connect between home and Vancouver, no need to worry about time when going through customs when arriving because I'll clear customs in Vancouver. But when I return I make sure my connecting flight has an hour plus between since I got to clear customs where my layover is.
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I fly from STL to Vancouver quite frequently. I leaned that going there since I tend to connect between home and Vancouver, no need to worry about time when going through customs when arriving because I'll clear customs in Vancouver. But when I return I make sure my connecting flight has an hour plus between since I got to clear customs where my layover is.
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Nico
0: 32 My answer: Fly from Cancun to Houston (IAH) on a tuesday in mid July in the afternoon and be from Europe! You will be the only one who can use Automated Passport Control and you will breeze through customs in about 10 minutes. Success is of course not guaranteed, because that's just my experience from last summer
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0: 32 My answer: Fly from Cancun to Houston (IAH) on a tuesday in mid July in the afternoon and be from Europe! You will be the only one who can use Automated Passport Control and you will breeze through customs in about 10 minutes. Success is of course not guaranteed, because that's just my experience from last summer
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travel
Hi Mr wolters. Thanks for your valuable information. My question: Is it true that most European countries are taking pics and fingerprinting passengers at passport control? Is Airbnb acceptable as a place to stay when they ask: where are you going to stay.
Thank you very much.
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Hi Mr wolters. Thanks for your valuable information. My question: Is it true that most European countries are taking pics and fingerprinting passengers at passport control? Is Airbnb acceptable as a place to stay when they ask: where are you going to stay.
Thank you very much.
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Dave
great tips, esp for someone like me whos not travelled alot but plans to in the next couple of years. And ill keep in mind to not bother taking things like a hairdryer in my case, esp going to the US. im looking at tips videos now to see best ways to pack and what not to take etc.
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great tips, esp for someone like me whos not travelled alot but plans to in the next couple of years. And ill keep in mind to not bother taking things like a hairdryer in my case, esp going to the US. im looking at tips videos now to see best ways to pack and what not to take etc.
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