Pre-Clearance comes to the rails
June 12, 2026
Vancouver is getting the first non-airport site for pre-clearance for travelers to the U.S.
Vancouver is getting the first non-airport site for pre-clearance for travelers to the U.S.
Stockholm is next city to allow travelers to go through U.S. border before boarding the plane, and 11 more are in talks to follow.
At the same time that the U.S. is imposing new restrictions on the visa waiver program, it’s also taking steps to provide more overseas pre-clearance to speed up arrival in the U.S. The visa waiver program—which allows residents of 38 cooperating countries, many in Europe, to visit the U.S. without having to go through time-consuming applications—is getting limts that require visas for anyone who has visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan within the past 5 years. Exceptions may be…
If you’ve ever flown into the U.S. from overseas and missed a connection because of a long line at Customs, or had to collect and
Vancouver is getting the first non-airport site for pre-clearance for travelers to the U.S.
Stockholm is next city to allow travelers to go through U.S. border before boarding the plane, and 11 more are in talks to follow.
At the same time that the U.S. is imposing new restrictions on the visa waiver program, it’s also taking steps to provide more overseas pre-clearance to speed up arrival in the U.S. The visa waiver program—which allows residents of 38 cooperating countries, many in Europe, to visit the U.S. without having to go through time-consuming applications—is getting limts that require visas for anyone who has visited Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan within the past 5 years. Exceptions may be…
If you’ve ever flown into the U.S. from overseas and missed a connection because of a long line at Customs,