How to avoid long lines at US immigration

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• trojan says:

  28 May28 May 13:04

  Funny how all Brits are complaining about US immigration. I’ve lived in US 11 years on visa and never had a massive wait in any of my travels in JFK or LAX or EWR(other than customs deciding to open bags).

  The few times I’ve been to LHR in last one year – the wait has been 1hr+
  Fast Track lane abandoned by BA staff at night(this was after the extended timings from March 1)

• MilesFromBlighty says:

  28 May28 May 13:26

  I find that SFO typically has OK arrival times. United’s immigration facility is now shared with Alaska at LA and this has produced additional wait times. Thomas Bradley at LA is just a zoo as it has been for years. Chicago can be quite long but the first AA flight seems to be timed well between the asia arrivals and EU arrivals. Another options is to travel ex-Dublin where you clear in Ireland and arrive as a domestic flight.

• trojan says:

  28 May28 May 17:24

  Passengers are also to take some blame for the delays – I’ve seen so may pax who dont complete the forms(now I94 is online for some airports) correctly. Singapore and Spain are two countries that consistently impress with their immigration. I’ve never had more than 3 people before me whenever I’ve been to these places(2-3 times a year)

• Steve says:

  29 May29 May 04:19

  Thanks for that link – says average waiting time for me, based on day and time, is around 30 mins. I’m happy with that, and is a huge relief too!!

• Thunderbirds says:

  29 May29 May 08:00

  Rather than wait many hours in USA immigration queues I took the rather drastic of marrying an American. What do you think of my solution to the Kobayashi Maru scenario….?

• John says:

  30 May30 May 12:59

  If you travel club or are silver/gold,to various airports in the US and have a short transfer time, BA have staff who will fast track you through both customs and immigration. I cleared both in DFW plus terminal transfer to AA domestic in 40 minutes! arrangements are done for you before arrival, just pick up the pass at the end of the ramp.

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