Visa Waiver For Transfer Via Usa

[cwo4uscgret]

Here's a link for an intransit visa...meaning your intent isn't to stay in the USA for any time frame I her then to change flights...

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/other/transit.html

 

[cwo4uscgret]

Often change flights at Miami. Its no fun.

The Prophet Ceviche!

My wife, Colombian with green card and I, USC, just flew from BA to Detroit, via Miami. We have Global Entry. That was a snap today; but it took us a total of three hours to get to our gate after getting off the Aerolineas Argentina flight at 4 PM yesterday. Of course having an active LE situation going on didn't help! (Possibly a bomb threat - got to take that serious!)

Part of our time was spent in the Global Entry Office - the local office didn't link my wife's green card to her Global account.

We got up Sunday morning at 0330 BA time, got to the airport at 0530. Gate changed no announcement made. The only Aerolineas fault of the day.

In the last 8 years I've flown Aerorepublica, Aerolineas Argentina, Taca, Air India (15-1/2 hour flight from Chicago to New Delhi) plus Spirit, American, United domestic and foreign, The US Carriers need to shadow the foreign carriers for a while; the US carriers suck. That long flight to India? The restrooms were just as clean 15 hours into the flight as in the first hour.

Our flight on American from Miami to Detroit last night? Terrible. Late departure; then 35 minutes feet from the jetway but equipment was in the way and needed to be moved. Insult to injury? Thirty minutes delay on the baggage arriving...bad flight....terrible bounce sideways landing. I think the pilot watching the other pilot land the 737 changed his skivvies after that landing! Greased it? Oh hell no!

 

[ben]

Here's a link for an intransit visa...meaning your intent isn't to stay in the USA for any time frame I her then to change flights...

https://travel.state...er/transit.html

Not sure why anyone would want that visa. The requirements are substantially, if not exactly, the same as for a normal, B1/B2 (business/pleasure) visa, with almost none of the benefits. If you're deemed inadmissible to the US, including 214(b ), you won't be qualifying for any visa, including transit.

I'm pretty sure the whole category only exists so that someone up the ladder can say that the US "has" procedures in place for people in transit. In reality, the category is pretty much useless and somewhat absurd.

 

[Ceviche]

Immigration laws are national: they don't vary state-to-state and the officials are employees of the national government, not the state of Georgia.

Could be.

However, Georgia’s law, similar to those in Alabama, Arizona and a few other states, gives police the authority to demand immigration documentation from suspects when they detain them for other possible violations. The law also makes it more difficult for businesses to hire workers and creates harsher punishments for those who employ or harbor illegal immigrants.

 

[EJLarson]

However, Georgia’s law, similar to those in Alabama, Arizona and a few other states, gives police the authority to demand immigration documentation from suspects when they detain them for other possible violations. The law also makes it more difficult for businesses to hire workers and creates harsher punishments for those who employ or harbor illegal immigrants.

The thread's subject is in-transit airport transfers. If you choose to use your layover to go stick up an airport's Starbuck's, you can then expect to meet the local police and learn about their laws. Likewise, if you take a taxi from the airport and pee on a sidewalk. Then you will discover what means of identification are expected by local authorities.

None of which is pertinent to this thread, as you know.

 

[Ceviche]

The thread's subject is in-transit airport transfers. If you choose to use your layover to go stick up an airport's Starbuck's, you can then expect to meet the local police and learn about their laws. Likewise, if you take a taxi from the airport and pee on a sidewalk. Then you will discover what means of identification are expected by local authorities.

None of which is pertinent to this thread, as you know.

If a state has that sort of ugly approach towards immigrants, it definitely permeates directly or indirectly to the airport immigration deptt as well, and henceforth the problems faced by people arriving at that airport - which has been felt by many people arriving at that airport.

eg Recently, I read a report that some illegal immigrant went for dental treatment in Atlanta. And the receptionist called the police! Now, there is no law that dental clinics in Georgia must call the police if any illegal immigrant comes to their clinic but that is what happened.

Henceforth, this argument to avoid Atlanta aiport as far as possible, because of unnecessary harassment at immigration stands valid. And the connection to the original discussion as to what could be the possible reason, the immigration deptt behaves in a way it behaves. And irrespective on any visa waiver or stamped visa you may have on your passport, a foreigner arriving in US can always be barred from entering and sent back depending on the whims of the visa officer he meets. If there is no entry in the US, there will be no intra-airport transfer!!

 

[mikic007]

Luckily no Atlanta for me then . Appeared new option with aa to ny and then with iberia, no domestic flight,same price. Plenty of time in ny, so I think I will buy this one.

Thank you all for your help. I guess more than one month should be OK to obtain this esta and I'll be extra careful what I pack... I was afraid the most about flying from Argentina, but should know I'm not really the only one flying from here to the states

 

[Ceviche]

Appeared new option with aa to ny and then with iberia, no domestic flight,same price. Plenty of time in ny, so I think I will buy this one.

good Choice. JFK is slightly better than Miami airport.

 

[ben]

With NY, careful - even though normally oneworld airlines operate out of the same airport as AA, this is not the case here with JFK. You'll be landing in Terminal 8, and departing with Iberia out of Terminal 7. That means going out to the street (or AirTrain station), and getting over to the other terminal.
If you can get AA throughout, would be a bit easier.

 

[mikic007]

Uh, didn't even notice. However, the other is over Miami, also iberia later. But in ny there is 10 hours, if I can't manage to get to the correct point, I guess I deserve the trouble . But do you think you have to carry checked luggage with you all the way? Because in that case 60 kilos can result in a bit of sweatening :S