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Is a visa required just to make a connection stopover in USA? Today I answer this very common question that readers ask me.
In other deliveries we review the visa requirements or not to make a stopover schengen area, so this opportunity we will review another recurring question and it is about complying with this requirement to connect from one flight to another within the USA.
Usually when we search cheap passages or beyond our continent, a wide range of options will be displayed in search engines such as Google Flights, but we can easily buy those tickets?
Do you need a visa to connect in the United States??
a very interesting question, but which has a very simple answer and in all cases the answer is: YES (unless your country has a visa waiver).
In case your international ticket on the hypothetical route is: Quito – Miami – Doha you will need yes or yes a B1-B2 tourist visa (or another that according to your migratory condition you have obtained) issued by the consulate of the USA closest.
This is because for security reasons and to avoid illegal migration with an additional filter, the USA they do not have an exclusive area in their airports to only make direct connection as it happens in Europe.
So in all cases, you must perform migration at the border control points at the airport that you have chosen to make your scale in connection to another destination.
Once you have migrated as if your final destination were the United States, you must return to the international zone and pass filters again to go now yes, at the departure gate of your flight.
recommendations
- You will need a visa as long as your country of nationality requires it. Visa-exempt countries that do not need a visa should only process or renew the ESTA.
- The C-1 visa can also be processed, which is exclusive for immediate and continuous transit in the United States..
- If your reservation is with two different airlines, You must also remove the Baggage of the respective band and check it again in your new airline.
- Instead, if your reservation is with the same airline, ask at the time of check-in if the suitcase is checked until your final destination and thus you will not have to do more than migration and go through filters again.
did you fly for USA in international connection? Tell me your experience in the comments.
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