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[-] imvii@lemmy.ca 191 points 3 months ago

The girlfriend and I (both Canadian in Canada) were just planning a summer trip to Niagara Falls like 30 minutes ago. Neither of us have been. We were looking at flights and didn't realize we were looking at flights to Niagara Falls airport in the US. We were both like "Whoa. Nope!"

If this had been last year, we would have flown into either airport and visited both sides of the border. But there is not a chance in hell I'm crossing to the US side during this trip. I'm absolutely not taking a chance of wrecking my vacation, or weeks of my life, getting nabbed by some Nazi Ice Bro and shipped to a detention camp in Arizona.

[-] IBoris@lemmy.world 58 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We unfortunately live in a country where, to travel back home to Canada, we need to stop in a US city along the way. Normally we'd make a trip out of it, but we're trying to minimize our time in the US. First because it's terrifying and second we don't want to contribute to the US economy. Especially since the transit cities we need to pass-through are deeply red.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

If you stay in the international terminal, I'm sure you'll be fine.

Statistically, how many thousands of people enter the US every day, versus how many of these incidents have happened? Odds are you'll be totally fine. The risk is higher, yes.

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In the US, if you land, you must pass through immigration.

~~At least I'm not aware of any airports where there is an international terminal like you find elsewhere in the world. Ours require entry to the country even if you are connecting to another international flight.~~

Edit: yep, none have this.

[-] Nighed@feddit.uk 17 points 3 months ago

Wait, really?

So you need a visa to transit through the US?

[-] tychosmoose@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago

Yes indeed. Everyone arriving goes through immigration, collects bags, clears customs; and only then may proceed to the exit, or recheck bags and go back through security to catch a connecting flight.

The only exception is if you originated at a pre-clearance airport and did the immigration stuff before departure. But that means you still need a visa. And it's only at a handful of airports in Canada, Ireland, UAE and the Caribbean.

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