What does it mean by airport immigration area?
I really want to know exactly what it means by airport immigration area ?
When one have a transit at any airport, usually the passenger leave the airplane and enter the airport, then they should follow "connecting flight" until they reach to a point where they should show their boarding pass and passport, after that they will enter the transit area and searching for their gate for the next flight.
Where is the immigration area then? because I read in different places here that passengers should sometimes pass through the immigration area when they have a transit.
What I know that the immigration area is a place where the passenger should show their visa and this happen only before the first destination (before checking-in paggage and getting boarding passes for all flights)!
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I really want to know exactly what it means by airport immigration area ?
When one have a transit at any airport, usually the passenger leave the airplane and enter the airport, then they should follow "connecting flight" until they reach to a point where they should show their boarding pass and passport, after that they will enter the transit area and searching for their gate for the next flight.
Where is the immigration area then? because I read in different places here that passengers should sometimes pass through the immigration area when they have a transit.
What I know that the immigration area is a place where the passenger should show their visa and this happen only before the first destination (before checking-in paggage and getting boarding passes for all flights)!
transit airports
asked Jul 19 '16 at 16:43
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Not all countries require you to pass immigration again before your connecting flight, in which case there's no "immigration area". Are you talking about airside ?
– blackbird
Jul 19 '16 at 17:21
Can you link to an example using the term "immigration area"? The context might help.
– phoog
Jul 19 '16 at 18:09
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I really want to know exactly what it means by airport immigration area ?
When one have a transit at any airport, usually the passenger leave the airplane and enter the airport, then they should follow "connecting flight" until they reach to a point where they should show their boarding pass and passport, after that they will enter the transit area and searching for their gate for the next flight.
Where is the immigration area then? because I read in different places here that passengers should sometimes pass through the immigration area when they have a transit.
What I know that the immigration area is a place where the passenger should show their visa and this happen only before the first destination (before checking-in paggage and getting boarding passes for all flights)!
transit airports
asked Jul 19 '16 at 16:43
yayayaya
5841415
I really want to know exactly what it means by airport immigration area ?
When one have a transit at any airport, usually the passenger leave the airplane and enter the airport, then they should follow "connecting flight" until they reach to a point where they should show their boarding pass and passport, after that they will enter the transit area and searching for their gate for the next flight.
Where is the immigration area then? because I read in different places here that passengers should sometimes pass through the immigration area when they have a transit.
What I know that the immigration area is a place where the passenger should show their visa and this happen only before the first destination (before checking-in paggage and getting boarding passes for all flights)!
transit airports
transit airports
asked Jul 19 '16 at 16:43
yayayaya
5841415
asked Jul 19 '16 at 16:43
yayayaya
5841415
asked Jul 19 '16 at 16:43
yayayaya
5841415
asked Jul 19 '16 at 16:43
yayayaya
5841415
asked Jul 19 '16 at 16:43
yayayaya
5841415
5841415
1
Not all countries require you to pass immigration again before your connecting flight, in which case there's no "immigration area". Are you talking about airside ?
– blackbird
Jul 19 '16 at 17:21
Can you link to an example using the term "immigration area"? The context might help.
– phoog
Jul 19 '16 at 18:09
add a comment |
1
Not all countries require you to pass immigration again before your connecting flight, in which case there's no "immigration area". Are you talking about airside ?
– blackbird
Jul 19 '16 at 17:21
Can you link to an example using the term "immigration area"? The context might help.
– phoog
Jul 19 '16 at 18:09
1
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Not all countries require you to pass immigration again before your connecting flight, in which case there's no "immigration area". Are you talking about airside ?
– blackbird
Jul 19 '16 at 17:21
Not all countries require you to pass immigration again before your connecting flight, in which case there's no "immigration area". Are you talking about airside ?
– blackbird
Jul 19 '16 at 17:21
Can you link to an example using the term "immigration area"? The context might help.
– phoog
Jul 19 '16 at 18:09
Can you link to an example using the term "immigration area"? The context might help.
– phoog
Jul 19 '16 at 18:09
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I can imagine that two things might be denoted by the term immigration area:
A place where immigration controls take place. This is more commonly known as passport control, or perhaps immigration control, or an immigration checkpoint.
A place where people are considered, for immigration purposes, to be in "international territory." This is more precisely known as the international area of the airport, or the transit area. (It is also sometimes called airside, or the sterile area, but this is ambiguous, because it might refer to areas protected by security screening that are domestic territory for immigration purposes.)
Airports handle the second item differently. For example, in most Schengen area airports, you can transfer to another flight within the international transit area without passing through immigration control, provided that you are arriving from a point outside the Schengen area and transferring to a flight to somewhere outside Schengen area.
On the contrary, in the United States, all arriving international passengers must pass through the immigration checkpoint before they can reach any connecting flights. In cases like this, the international area of the airport contains only arriving passengers, and comprises the corridors connecting the arrival gates to the immigration checkpoint.
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I can imagine that two things might be denoted by the term immigration area:
A place where immigration controls take place. This is more commonly known as passport control, or perhaps immigration control, or an immigration checkpoint.
A place where people are considered, for immigration purposes, to be in "international territory." This is more precisely known as the international area of the airport, or the transit area. (It is also sometimes called airside, or the sterile area, but this is ambiguous, because it might refer to areas protected by security screening that are domestic territory for immigration purposes.)
Airports handle the second item differently. For example, in most Schengen area airports, you can transfer to another flight within the international transit area without passing through immigration control, provided that you are arriving from a point outside the Schengen area and transferring to a flight to somewhere outside Schengen area.
On the contrary, in the United States, all arriving international passengers must pass through the immigration checkpoint before they can reach any connecting flights. In cases like this, the international area of the airport contains only arriving passengers, and comprises the corridors connecting the arrival gates to the immigration checkpoint.
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I can imagine that two things might be denoted by the term immigration area:
A place where immigration controls take place. This is more commonly known as passport control, or perhaps immigration control, or an immigration checkpoint.
A place where people are considered, for immigration purposes, to be in "international territory." This is more precisely known as the international area of the airport, or the transit area. (It is also sometimes called airside, or the sterile area, but this is ambiguous, because it might refer to areas protected by security screening that are domestic territory for immigration purposes.)
Airports handle the second item differently. For example, in most Schengen area airports, you can transfer to another flight within the international transit area without passing through immigration control, provided that you are arriving from a point outside the Schengen area and transferring to a flight to somewhere outside Schengen area.
On the contrary, in the United States, all arriving international passengers must pass through the immigration checkpoint before they can reach any connecting flights. In cases like this, the international area of the airport contains only arriving passengers, and comprises the corridors connecting the arrival gates to the immigration checkpoint.
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I can imagine that two things might be denoted by the term immigration area:
A place where immigration controls take place. This is more commonly known as passport control, or perhaps immigration control, or an immigration checkpoint.
A place where people are considered, for immigration purposes, to be in "international territory." This is more precisely known as the international area of the airport, or the transit area. (It is also sometimes called airside, or the sterile area, but this is ambiguous, because it might refer to areas protected by security screening that are domestic territory for immigration purposes.)
Airports handle the second item differently. For example, in most Schengen area airports, you can transfer to another flight within the international transit area without passing through immigration control, provided that you are arriving from a point outside the Schengen area and transferring to a flight to somewhere outside Schengen area.
On the contrary, in the United States, all arriving international passengers must pass through the immigration checkpoint before they can reach any connecting flights. In cases like this, the international area of the airport contains only arriving passengers, and comprises the corridors connecting the arrival gates to the immigration checkpoint.
answered Jul 19 '16 at 18:09
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I can imagine that two things might be denoted by the term immigration area:
A place where immigration controls take place. This is more commonly known as passport control, or perhaps immigration control, or an immigration checkpoint.
A place where people are considered, for immigration purposes, to be in "international territory." This is more precisely known as the international area of the airport, or the transit area. (It is also sometimes called airside, or the sterile area, but this is ambiguous, because it might refer to areas protected by security screening that are domestic territory for immigration purposes.)
Airports handle the second item differently. For example, in most Schengen area airports, you can transfer to another flight within the international transit area without passing through immigration control, provided that you are arriving from a point outside the Schengen area and transferring to a flight to somewhere outside Schengen area.
On the contrary, in the United States, all arriving international passengers must pass through the immigration checkpoint before they can reach any connecting flights. In cases like this, the international area of the airport contains only arriving passengers, and comprises the corridors connecting the arrival gates to the immigration checkpoint.
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Not all countries require you to pass immigration again before your connecting flight, in which case there's no "immigration area". Are you talking about airside ?
– blackbird
Jul 19 '16 at 17:21
Can you link to an example using the term "immigration area"? The context might help.
– phoog
Jul 19 '16 at 18:09