Expect further bad delays at US airports this summer
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Expect further bad delays at US airports this summer
Heading for the States? Prepare for the longest US immigration queues ever - News & Advice - Travel - The Independent
The longest maximum average wait time for international arrivals at Miami airport rose last month to three hours, six minutes - a jump of almost half an hour on March. Travellers to New York JFK, and Dallas-Fort Worth risk waits exceeding two hours.
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Take a shooting stick !!.
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Is there a statistician in the house who can explain what that mean?
Yes, there is an minimum average waiting time, a middle average waiting time and a maximum average waiting time. Bit like placing a pre order for something you have to order.
Yes, there is an minimum average waiting time, a middle average waiting time and a maximum average waiting time. Bit like placing a pre order for something you have to order.
Yes, there is an minimum average waiting time, a middle average waiting time and a maximum average waiting time.
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The longest maximum average wait time for international arrivals at Miami airport rose last month to three hours, six minutes - a jump of almost half an hour on March. Travellers to New York JFK, and Dallas-Fort Worth risk waits exceeding two hours.
The longest maximum average wait time for international arrivals at Miami airport rose last month to three hours, six minutes - a jump of almost half an hour on March. Travellers to New York JFK, and Dallas-Fort Worth risk waits exceeding two hours.
I arrived at PHX on May 12 from LHR. OK, being in business class, I was off the aircraft fairly quickly, but the wait was under 5 minutes. Biggest delay once I got to the desk was the lady coming round to clean the fingerprint screen. Very pleasant lady, too.
I suspect that a lot depends on the airport and the arrival time: PHX doesn't seem to have many international arrivals at around 5pm and so is quick.
I suspect that a lot depends on the airport and the arrival time: PHX doesn't seem to have many international arrivals at around 5pm and so is quick.
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Indeed it is time and place. The article gives Florida as being particularly badly affected. But then, it always was ... 
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Biggest delay once I got to the desk was the lady coming round to clean the fingerprint screen.
Eh? you mean you are obliged to have biometric information stored if you wish to visit the States??
Eh? you mean you are obliged to have biometric information stored if you wish to visit the States??
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Last time I flew to America, a few weeks ago, took about twenty seconds from reaching the US immigration section in Vancouver to being in the US departures area.
And they photograph you, too. But the latest suggestion is that you will be fingerprinted going out! Expensive and time consuming, and only of any use if people are adopting a different identity to leave. Computer comparison of passport numbers would be quicker and easier, since the passport number could be scanned at check in.
