Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound International Flight

Re:Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound Internati... by Taniwha on Sunday April 09, 2023 @06:25AM (#35501385)

One of the big problems with the US is that unlike any other country they don't have exit procedures, there's nowhere you go and get your passport stamped, if the airline or the immigration officials screw up you have no proof you have left, and no way to know that they've screwed up ..... there are tons of stories of people who have visited the US a second time and been detained by INS ... the whole thing is some monkey-arsed setup

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Re:Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound Internati... by kevviiinn on Sunday April 09, 2023 @10:08AM (#35502868)

That's because all of the political capital is focused on keeping people out

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Re:Multiple Passengers Skipped Customs on US-Bound Internati... by Taniwha on Thursday April 13, 2023 @02:49PM (#35560239)

Actually I think it's because they don't want to spend the money to create sanitised international departure spaces.

It's a mistake that means that one can't transit through the US without passing through US immigration (which typically takes hours). Hong Kong which I pass through a lot is more like a train station, you can get off of one plane and onto another in an hour or two, just have to pass through a bag check. This means that non-US people choose to fly through other countries, on other countrys' airlines just because the US is an impassible bloc for many

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