Port Of Entry...Dublin, Ireland?!!!!

[Mr&Mrs.Boo 5]

So, My fiance is flying on the 12th to come be with me :X:X:X

Her ticket is going from Bucharest, Romania - Dublin, Ireland - NYC - Pittsburgh

So where is her POE? We were reading online that it is going to be in Dublin, Ireland....how is that possible when it's not even in the US? I thought it was going to be the first airport that you get to inside the United States. I also see that there are a few reviews on it here. I'm just concerned because I don't want them to take her envelope and then she doesn't have the right papers when she gets to NYC and they ask for it and she can't give it to them. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

Dublin apparently has a port of entry staffed with US immigration officers. There are also US ports of entry at some airports in Canada. There's a VJ list of ports of entry here:

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/poereviews.php?stats=1

[Otto 83]

Dublin is a CBP Preclearance Location - if my understanding is correct - it will be the POE.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/preclear_locations.xml

also

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/poereviews.php?poe=Dublin%2C+Ireland&dfilter=0

[Mr&Mrs.Boo 5]

Alright, and so whenever she gets to NYC JFK airport she will be able to stand in the US Citizens line and not have to stand in the immigrant line? Just trying to figure this out because she only has 2 hours time in NYC to make it to her next flight and standing the wrong line could take some time....thanks again

[newlyweds2010 208]

I think that in NYC she will just go to the gate of her next flight, there will be no USC or Aliens lines because it's as if she came with a domestic flight.

[AlinaH 38]

I know that if I fly into Vancouver, Canada, before flying into the US, I have to go through US customs there. It was weird the first time ii happened to me, because I was expecting to go through customs in San Fransisco. Then, when I got to San Fransisco, I just went on to my next gate, as stated above, because it was considered a domestic flight, because I'd already done the customs and immigration process in Vancouver.

[Penguin_ie 5,987]

I think that in NYC she will just go to the gate of her next flight, there will be no USC or Aliens lines because it's as if she came with a domestic flight.

You'll need to do customs, but not immigration. All the finger printing, taking of the brown envelope etc will be done in Dublin.

[Mr&Mrs.Boo 5]

ty all .God bless you

[HeatDeath 430]

The whole point of preclearance facilities, at least for Canada, is to remove a lot of the strain from the international arrivals sections of US airports. They're too busy, by and large, as it is, without also adding everyone flying from Canada into those lines. By clearing Canadians in Canada, they dramatically reduce the number of international arrivals who have to be processed upon arrival in the US. When a flight that has been precleared in Canada or Dublin lands in the US, it lands at the domestic arrival terminal, and it's passengers are treated just like any US domestic passengers upon arrival. You just walk straight off the plane and on to the next place you're going - either your next flight's gate or on to baggage claim and the street - no post processing of any kind.

Every single Canadian international airport with commercial flights to the US is like this, and Dublin is as well. I think those are the only non-US preclearance facilities.

[marlea 84]

Correction: flights from Dublin do not arrive at domestic gates. People who have been pre-cleared in Dublin can skip immigration, but they still have to go through Customs.

[Eli the Barrowboy 16]

Mrs. Boo ... love the hair !!!

[Nik+Heather 121]

Also, I'm under the impression that not ALL flights from Dublin do the immigration in Dublin, just certain airlines...and it hasn't always been reliable - ie sometimes flights on xyz airline are pre-cleared, sometimes they are not. So.....if she goes through Dublin and doesn't go through POE, not to be concerned either, just make sure she gets through immigration in NYC when she lands if it hasn't happened already.

[Mr&Mrs.Boo 5]

ty the lady from the Embassy at the interview loved my hair too

[M.O 6]

your POE is in the USA is NY you guys,Ireland doesnt have anything to do with your US fiance visa,you getting married in US not Ireland,its a different country..

my POE was Washington even if i flew through Prague, to get to US...

Good luck..

im not saying im right or wrong..

Thats just my opinion..

Edited October 12, 2010 by MichaelOlesea

[marlea 84]

your POE is in the USA is NY you guys,Ireland doesnt have anything to do with your US fiance visa,you getting married in US not Ireland,its a different country..

my POE was Washington even if i flew through Prague, to get to US...

Good luck..

im not saying im right or wrong..

Thats just my opinion..

No, Ireland has some US border patrol stations there. For many flights to the US immigration is processed by American boarder patrol before the flight instead of after. Yes, Ireland is a different country, but they have allowed US immigration to have an office there so that people can be processed before they get on the plane. Ireland is the only European country that has this.