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The US used to have a program called “ITI” which was suspended in 2003. I don’t know exactly how it worked logistically. Travelers were supposed to stay in a ce
by guan 8y ago
The US used to have a program called “ITI” which was suspended in 2003. I don’t know exactly how it worked logistically. Travelers were supposed to stay in a certain area of the airport. I believe Miami had a separate secure transit area—was the area you are referring to at IAH in use until 2003?
Other airports may have relied on other measures to make sure transit passengers didn’t proceed into the US.
(There was also a related transit without visa program that allowed visa-free transit within the US, using multiple airports.)
- TremendousJudge 8y agoI traveled through the US on a connecting flight in 1999 without a visa and it was possible. "Transit without visa" was a thing.
- guan 8y agoDid you have to stay in a designated transit area of the airport, or were you able to roam about more freely? (It was too much trouble to try to find the old pre-2003 regulations.)
- TremendousJudge 8y agoDesignated transit area, of course. Don't know when this stopped being the case though.