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Immigration Heathrow
"tim.." wrote in message
Whatever the problems with the organisation (and the US has that too) at least the Brits attitude is pleasant and they give the impression that they are making an objective decision as to whether you are a bad'n or not. The American's attitude is rude and if you are foreign they have already decided (that you are). Actually, I find that the US immigration people have got friendlier since the new thumbprint/mugshot rules came in. Basically, they can trust the computers to spot the wrong 'uns, and can afford to be less suspicious than before. I've been travelling to the US at least once a year for almost 30 years now, I don't think it's any more tedious now than in the past. Of course, you do need to remmeber to provide all sorts of extra info before leaving, including where you're staying (how can they check?). If you can get off the plane early and don't arrive just after a far eastern 747 where hardly anyone speaks English, you won't usually have a long wait at immigration (I once arrived in SFO just after a Cathay flight packed with masked pax during the SARs scare). On my last flight to the US a couple of months ago, I was the first off the plane (something you don't often manage on a packed 747) and whizzed through SFO immigration and customs. I'm off to Canada on Tuesday, and in my experience they are particularly friendly. My next US trips isn't till October, so fingers crossed that they both stay friendly and efficient. Unfortunately, my next US trips is to Orlando, and that's an airport that has really been messed up by the new security rules (you have to queue security on the way *in*, because they mix incoming and outgoing pax on the satellite shuttles). |
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