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If it was an international connection at LAX to Canada, why was all of this done? They're not really entering the US, merely connecting. If, however, they're

If it was an international connection at LAX to Canada, why was all of this done? They're not really entering the US, merely connecting. If, however, they're entering the US and then, say, driving to Canada then the US Border people have more to say. This, coupled with the 1-month-old Aussie story just posted suggests the US is becoming travel problems that need to be routed around. Given sensitivity towards fertile people or people able to work/get paid it might be best to arrange travel more carefully.

ncpa-cpl 4y ago
The U.S. doesn't really have international transit in airports as other countries do. So everyone has to go through passport control even for connecting flights. I believe this includes refueling and technical stops too.
techdragon 4y ago
The United States has no “sterile transit”, if you connect to a flight in an airport on US soil you will need a US visa and need to clear customs before boarding your next flight. I speak from experience to, I traveled to Montreal from Australia for a python conference. ESTA program visa for transit, had to play the obligatory twenty questions game with the Homeland Security goons at LAX “why are you coming to the USA?” “To get my connecting flight to Montreal”, “Why are you flying to Montreal?”, “For a software developer conference”, etc… the standard routine border crossing interrogation. Small mercy was getting to skip the shoe removal nonsense (this was years ago so it was still a widely performed piece of security theatre) had to unpack and lay flat 3 different laptops, iPad, iPhone, DSLR, and worst of all several boxy li-po booster batteries which after seeing how they look on an X-ray scanner I continue to count my blessings that I didn’t get immediately tackled to the ground and treated like a terrorist, the damn things looked comically like explosive devices… the sort you saw people demonstrate the equipment with so the sort you expect they would be far more concerned about. Anyway, it’s just US government policy that the USA gets to fuck with anyone flying into the country even if they never leave the international terminal of the airport, it’s pretty stupid if you ask me, but eliminating “Transit with out visa (T-WOV)” was one of the first things the USA did as part of the whole 911 knee jerk reaction, so yeah… blame 911 for yet another annoying thing about airports!

ncpa-cpl 4y ago

The U.S. doesn't really have international transit in airports as other countries do. So everyone has to go through passport control even for connecting flights. I believe this includes refueling and technical stops too.

techdragon 4y ago

The United States has no “sterile transit”, if you connect to a flight in an airport on US soil you will need a US visa and need to clear customs before boarding your next flight. I speak from experience to, I traveled to Montreal from Australia for a python conference. ESTA program visa for transit, had to play the obligatory twenty questions game with the Homeland Security goons at LAX “why are you coming to the USA?” “To get my connecting flight to Montreal”, “Why are you flying to Montreal?”, “For a software developer conference”, etc… the standard routine border crossing interrogation. Small mercy was getting to skip the shoe removal nonsense (this was years ago so it was still a widely performed piece of security theatre) had to unpack and lay flat 3 different laptops, iPad, iPhone, DSLR, and worst of all several boxy li-po booster batteries which after seeing how they look on an X-ray scanner I continue to count my blessings that I didn’t get immediately tackled to the ground and treated like a terrorist, the damn things looked comically like explosive devices… the sort you saw people demonstrate the equipment with so the sort you expect they would be far more concerned about. Anyway, it’s just US government policy that the USA gets to fuck with anyone flying into the country even if they never leave the international terminal of the airport, it’s pretty stupid if you ask me, but eliminating “Transit with out visa (T-WOV)” was one of the first things the USA did as part of the whole 911 knee jerk reaction, so yeah… blame 911 for yet another annoying thing about airports!