Timeline for Do I need an ESTA if entering the US from Canada by train
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| May 7, 2018 at 8:33 | comment | added | Tom W | There is a checkpoint between the ticket hall and the platform. I believe they scan your passport and ask a couple of questions if you don't need an I-94. I did need an I-94 so the process took slightly longer. Additionally, customs agents board the train and collect your customs declaration slips and check passports at the physical border. | |
| May 7, 2018 at 7:31 | comment | added | Árpád Szendrei | Dear Tom, I am planning to do the same thing, going from Canada to US with amtrac in Vancouver. I have approved ESTA. Can you please tell me where CBP will check me? Before boarding the train? Or on the train? Or do I have to step off the train at the border? | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 20:23 | comment | added | DJClayworth | Bother. I forgot I can't delete an accepted answer. | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 19:34 | comment | added | user4188 | @DJClayworth I have done so. | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 19:34 | history | edited | user4188 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 23, 2017 at 16:38 | comment | added | DJClayworth | If there was an edit to this answer to provide a link to the fact about trains not being a land border, I would delete my accepted answer. | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 15:29 | comment | added | Tom W | Furthermore: "Amtrak Cascades trains do not fall under the U.S. CBP “Land Border Crossing” definition." | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 15:28 | comment | added | Tom W | @chx Quite. The only even remotely authoritative source I can find is the Amtrak website: "Travelers crossing from Canada into the U.S. on Amtrak Cascades trains AND are NOT U.S. or Canadian citizens nor have a valid visa, MUST have an approved ESTA, otherwise a paper form CBP I-94 will be required." | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 15:21 | comment | added | user4188 | It is difficult to find an official source for this surprising answer but britishexpats.com/forum/maple-leaf-98/… corroborates. "Re: Amtrak Cascades Van - Seattle Hubby went on it recently - they did US immi at Van , , they asked if he had an ESTA" and "Yep, we went last summer and they asked me for an ESTA too." | |
| Oct 23, 2017 at 15:10 | history | answered | Tom W | CC BY-SA 3.0 |