Timeline for USA immigration JFK or Seattle?
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| May 7, 2018 at 3:35 | comment | added | DavidRecallsMonica | The OP's flight is arriving from JFK. This is not an "international flight." | |
| May 16, 2016 at 0:45 | comment | added | Martin Argerami | @MarcinJuraszek: I'm surprised to read about that, because it contradicts what the Seattle airport's site says: "International flights arrive at the South Satellite. Passengers first clear Passport Control and then pick up their checked luggage and proceed to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Passengers then can recheck their bags and either proceed through security screening for connecting flights, or transport via subway to the Main Terminal Baggage Claim to collect their bags." (bolded mine). | |
| May 16, 2016 at 0:34 | comment | added | phoog | @AndrewLazarus arriving international travelers at JFK go directly to passport control, then through baggage claim and customs. The customs exit drops you in the arrivals meeting area, outside the TSA-secured area. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 23:06 | comment | added | MarcinJuraszek | @MartinArgerami You can do that in Seattle. There is no security check after you clear immigration in Terminal S and you have access to all other terminals. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 22:10 | comment | added | Andrew Lazarus | @MartinArgerami You're right, they have to go through TSA at some point. What confused me was that at IAD, you may not have to go through the screening at the Main Terminal; there is also screening at the C Terminal (probably only usable if your flights are on the airlines that use it). | |
| May 15, 2016 at 22:02 | comment | added | Martin Argerami | @AndrewLazarus: are you claiming that there are airports in the USA where you can take a flight without having gone through security in either US or Canadian soil? Could you provide an example? | |
| May 15, 2016 at 20:24 | comment | added | Andrew Lazarus | @phoog Why? At least at some USA terminals, after immigrations and customs there are transfers to domestic flights without going out of the secure zone. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 20:13 | comment | added | phoog | @AndrewLazarus but he will have to go through security again anyway because of the requirement to clear immigration and customs in terminal 4. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 17:57 | comment | added | Andrew Lazarus | Doing some more Google, there may be an airside shuttle bus between Terminals 2 and 4, and that would be much better than exiting past security and taking the Airtrain. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 17:23 | vote | accept | Rick | ||
| May 15, 2016 at 17:00 | comment | added | Peter M | In addition I don't believe you can even transit through the US without going through US immigration and customs. | |
| May 15, 2016 at 16:25 | history | answered | Andrew Lazarus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |