Timeline for Is flying from an airport from a different country than where you live considered as suspicious?
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| Oct 23, 2023 at 8:47 | comment | added | Jake | Years ago, I lived in France, went to visit my relatives in Germany, and was flying out from a German airport for a trip to the United States. I was check in in the last 10 minutes because that was the earliest I could get to the airport by train. Somebody (a security person, station manager, I have no idea) thought everything about me was suspicious including that I wasn't super fluent in French, mainly because I was departing from an airport in another country. | |
| Jan 2, 2019 at 12:55 | comment | added | Tejas Kale | I did exactly this (german student residence permit, indian passport, flew from amsterdam) in october and had no problems with CBP. | |
| Jan 1, 2019 at 4:04 | comment | added | Lie Ryan | For as long as airlines uses the Hub and Spoke model, this kind of thing is very common and wouldn't really raise a flag at all. If asked about it (which is unlikely), just tell the truth, it's not illegal to transit through a different to get a better deal; trying to make something up will only hurt your situation, because if the immigration officer caught you lying, even for an inconsequential thing, he may decide to re-inspect everything just to make sure you didn't lie on something else more important. | |
| Dec 30, 2018 at 15:43 | comment | added | Basic | There's never going to be a hard-and-fast answer to this. Even if it might be considered a factor in some computational model, it's never going to be enough on its own to raise a flag. (Just think how many people must do the same thing daily, nation- and worldwide). Very few single acts would in and of themselves raise a flag - but it will all be analysed to see how closely it matches a pattern of suspicious activity. | |
| Dec 29, 2018 at 11:05 | comment | added | Mr Lister | And the airport at Maastricht is officially called Maastricht Aachen Airport, which shows how thin these borders are nowadays. | |
| Dec 29, 2018 at 3:59 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Keep in mind US immigration has heard of Schengen, and is familiar with the concept of a marvelous customs union where a mid-2-digit number of States have freedom of movement, freedom of commerce, and common currency amongst them. | |
| Dec 28, 2018 at 20:16 | comment | added | Mikey | You're completely in your rights and documented. Take anything in stride, keep all your backup paperwork, be honest, but give yourself just a few extra minutes planning time so you aren't stressed if there is a delay (which can happen to anyone). | |
| Dec 28, 2018 at 16:34 | answer | added | Dragonel | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 28, 2018 at 13:51 | answer | added | Fiksdal | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 28, 2018 at 11:22 | answer | added | jcaron | timeline score: 5 | |
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| Dec 28, 2018 at 9:59 | answer | added | dunni | timeline score: 5 | |
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| Dec 28, 2018 at 2:17 | answer | added | phoog | timeline score: 103 | |
| Dec 28, 2018 at 2:14 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | Only if you fly from countries of specific concern, such as Iran or Yemen. Otherwise they don't really care. | |
| Dec 28, 2018 at 1:59 | comment | added | user71659 | It can't hurt to keep evidence like the bus ticket stub or receipt so if asked you can prove where you left from. | |
| Dec 28, 2018 at 1:30 | answer | added | incaren | timeline score: 35 | |
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