Timeline for Do I need a transit visa for 1 hour transit at San Francisco airport?
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| Oct 1, 2016 at 19:24 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | @robert Everyone entering the US must go through US Customs, even if you're about to take another flight out of the country. You go through immigration, take the bags, bring them through customs, then drop them off again at a counter so they can be loaded on the next flight. The exceptions are if you're on a preclearence flight (including those from many Canadian airports), where you go through customs before flying to the US, and a special system at IAH airport where international-to-international passengers don't need to claim bags unless they are selected for a search. | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 13:45 | comment | added | robert | Why would the luggage go through US Customs? | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 9:12 | vote | accept | Work Travelling | ||
| Oct 1, 2016 at 5:47 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | @WorkTravelling Yes, no matter what kind of transit or how short it is, you need permission to enter the US. For a Malaysian citizen, that requires a visa. Getting your company to change the flight to avoid the US is going be the best option if there isn't time to apply for a visa. If you can apply for a visa, be sure to apply right away. | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 5:40 | comment | added | Work Travelling | Okay, I see. I don't have any US visa. So, no matter what kind of transit and how short the transit is, I will still need the visa and take my things and checked-in again to next flight... I guess better to change the flight route then. | |
| Oct 1, 2016 at 5:21 | history | edited | Zach Lipton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 1, 2016 at 5:16 | history | answered | Zach Lipton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |