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In theory he probably would be in transit area, so outside of USA. We all know how good is USA respecting international treaties and human rights when it doesn'
by ghostDancer 4y ago
In theory he probably would be in transit area, so outside of USA.
We all know how good is USA respecting international treaties and human rights when it doesn't suit their economic interests.
- zapdrive 4y agoUS airports don't have a transit area. Anybody transiting through the US has to go through immigration/customs.
- londons_explore 4y agoWait... so you need a USA visa just to fly a route that goes via the USA, even if you never leave the airport? That seems... suboptimal. All it takes is a corridor from arrivals to departures to allow people to leave again on a different plane out of the country.
- cesarb 4y ago> Wait... so you need a USA visa just to fly a route that goes via the USA, even if you never leave the airport? Yes. There are some details at the following article: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Avoiding_travel_through_the_United_States https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Avoiding_travel_through_the_U...
- ciceryadam 4y agoYup, plus you pick up your bags, go through customs and recheck your bags after landing at the first US airport. Same for Canada AFAIK.
- Scoundreller 4y agoSometimes you don’t have to re-check your bags. Some US airports and airlines are like that for some flights (e.g. international delta flight to Detroit and then onward to Canada). Finally US customs figured that there’s less to worry about if you just hold onto my bags instead of forcing me to pick them up.
- ciceryadam 4y agoGood to see some progress there!
- gene91 4y agoThere’s no separate international departure area and domestic departure area in US airports. Therefore, it takes a lot more than a corridor.
- ghostDancer 4y agoThanks , I did not know that. I thought that every international airport had one.
- causi 4y agoTransit areas are still subject to local laws. If I ran an online shop selling, say, firearms to Britons or Nazi flags to Germans I would not expect to pass through their airports unmolested.
- ghostDancer 4y agoIf you're not going to USA/any other country and you don't have a VISA for that country But the airplane is forced to land that makes an involuntary illegal alien. The flight was forced to land, he knew he could not visit the USA
- seanhunter 4y agoThe idea that airports (or the transit areas of airports) are somehow extraterritorial and not part of the sovereign territory of the nation where they are located is a popularly-held belief which is entirely untrue. You'll notice that police of the host nation operate in these areas for example. For example, see https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/06/27/inenglish/1372357556_111094.html https://english.elpais.com/elpais/2013/06/27/inenglish/13723... but there are hundreds of sources for this if you search online.