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If you have to travel to the US, fly via Shannon Airport in Ireland. A special arrangement with the Irish government allows you to pass through US immigration a

If you have to travel to the US, fly via Shannon Airport in Ireland. A special arrangement with the Irish government allows you to pass through US immigration and customs controls while you're still on Irish soil. When you arrive in the US, you're treated as a domestic passenger. You don't avoid the intrusive interrogations, but they're a lot more polite about it because they can't detain you. If you're refused entry, you can fly home at your own leisure rather than being detained and deported. http://www.shannonairport.ie/gns/passengers/prepare/us-preclearance.aspx http://www.shannonairport.ie/gns/passengers/prepare/us-precl...

mugsie 10y ago
Dublin airport also has the same arrangement - it makes travelling much easier.
- s_kilk 10y ago
  And if we're honest, Dublin is a better airport than Shannon
  - youngtaff 10y ago
    Each time I've been through it the US immigration hall in Dublin has been a right 'zoo'
beagle3 10y ago
Don't know if it is still the case, but Canada had a similar arrangement last time I flew through Toronto (about 10 years ago)
- Terretta 10y ago
  Yes
mstade 10y ago
Arlanda airport in Stockholm is also working on a pre-clearance arrangement like this[1], although it won't start until 2019 at the earliest it seems. [1]: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/united-states-sweden-sign-agreement-open-preclearance-facility https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/united-s...
- drakonka 10y ago
  Oh that is great news! I love visiting the US but have passed up on several opportunities to travel there this year just because it seems like such a hassle. Still, I am about to make the trip for a work conference. Even though I know the majority of people go through without incident I am still nervous about having an experience like one of those news stories.
cmrdporcupine 10y ago
Some of the Canadian international airports have the same pre-clearance arrangement. But I've not found the security check people any "friendlier". In any case they're currently working out an agreement with Canada such that US agents on Canadian soil can still detain you in the same way they can in the US: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pre-clearance-border-canada-us-1.3976123 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pre-clearance-border-canada-... I'm sure they'll try to force the same agreement on other "trading partners." Result for me: I will not travel to U.S. except for work. And when I do I will _only_ carry work devices and accounts. My employer can and will defend itself quit well.
joezydeco 10y ago
Here's the full list from the CBP website: "Dublin and Shannon in Ireland; Aruba; Freeport and Nassau in The Bahamas; Bermuda; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Winnipeg in Canada. CBP also staffs a Pre-inspection facility for passenger/vehicle ferry traffic to the U.S. in Victoria, Canada"

mugsie 10y ago

Dublin airport also has the same arrangement - it makes travelling much easier.

s_kilk 10y ago
And if we're honest, Dublin is a better airport than Shannon
- youngtaff 10y ago
  Each time I've been through it the US immigration hall in Dublin has been a right 'zoo'

beagle3 10y ago

Don't know if it is still the case, but Canada had a similar arrangement last time I flew through Toronto (about 10 years ago)

Terretta 10y ago
Yes

mstade 10y ago

Arlanda airport in Stockholm is also working on a pre-clearance arrangement like this[1], although it won't start until 2019 at the earliest it seems. [1]: https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/united-states-sweden-sign-agreement-open-preclearance-facility https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/united-s...

drakonka 10y ago
Oh that is great news! I love visiting the US but have passed up on several opportunities to travel there this year just because it seems like such a hassle. Still, I am about to make the trip for a work conference. Even though I know the majority of people go through without incident I am still nervous about having an experience like one of those news stories.

cmrdporcupine 10y ago

Some of the Canadian international airports have the same pre-clearance arrangement. But I've not found the security check people any "friendlier". In any case they're currently working out an agreement with Canada such that US agents on Canadian soil can still detain you in the same way they can in the US: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pre-clearance-border-canada-us-1.3976123 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pre-clearance-border-canada-... I'm sure they'll try to force the same agreement on other "trading partners." Result for me: I will not travel to U.S. except for work. And when I do I will _only_ carry work devices and accounts. My employer can and will defend itself quit well.

joezydeco 10y ago

Here's the full list from the CBP website: "Dublin and Shannon in Ireland; Aruba; Freeport and Nassau in The Bahamas; Bermuda; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; and Calgary, Toronto, Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver, and Winnipeg in Canada. CBP also staffs a Pre-inspection facility for passenger/vehicle ferry traffic to the U.S. in Victoria, Canada"