Immigration is a mess at IAD

[Anonymous]

So, don't travel to the US. Trump is making it difficult on everyone. Who would want to come here is beyond me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Newark, Chicago, and CDG all are worse in my experience.

Only consistently good airport is SIN.

I fly into YVR in Canada multiple times each year and it’s always a breeze. Sydney, Australia a couple of months ago was straightforward too. Even Tokyo, which sorts you into lots of different lines, has been pretty quick since COVID. There are certainly better systems in functioning countries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is the TSA such a sh*tshow at IAD? Probably fine for American citizens but not for the rest of us. Nine times out of ten, the lines are terrible and it is under resourced, but surely it’s the easiest thing in the world to plan for passenger numbers since this is all stuff that’s known in advance.

Welcome to The land of MAGA stupidity!!!

Yes a shit show bit dint he discouraged Piggy’s going to remake it into a fabulous fantastic crap hole with a golf course!!!

Don’t you dare be anything but white. And if you are a woman TSA gets to do lots of touching the pedo crowd loves that!

Spoken by someone who has most likely never been out of the country. OP, it's a worldwide problem now.

[Anonymous]

Are the dogs looking for fruits and not drugs these days?

The dogs have always been looking for fruits. Not sure why this is such a surprise to you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Newark, Chicago, and CDG all are worse in my experience.

Only consistently good airport is SIN.

I recently had great experiences at EWR and JFK with Global Entry. My companion without Global Entry hot through JFK in less than 10 minutes using mobile passport. It took her an hour at EWR because they were not honoring MPC that day. They made her go through the regular entry line.

[Anonymous]

IAD is the worst for US citizens too

[Anonymous]

I traveled a ton recently - visited 18 countries in 1.5 years. The only one worse than IAD was in Vietnam. I just traveled to Europe through Iceland, and it took about 20 minutes to get from one flight to the gate of the second flight, including immigration control!
When I came back from Mexico and China, there were no lines for immigration in Houston and SF airports.

[Anonymous]

Sign yourself up for Global Entry, please. It's a total gamechanger. Even if you only leave the country once a year, it's worth it - $100ish for 5 years and it comes with TSA precheck.

Mobile passport control can also be a big asset - easy to download while you wait in line. But if you have GE you will not wait in lines!

[Anonymous]

Maybe I've been lucky but I always had a good to great experience at IAD. The Mobile Passport app is a game changer. Once we began using it, we never waited more than 10 minutes to clear immigration. I'm a green card holder and my children are citizens. I grant you it may be harder for non-green card holders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree IAD is worse to arrive at than BWI internationally. They routinely have 3-5 agents working and then 3 flight arrivals at the same time. It’s bad management.

BWI has a handful of international flights arrivng per day. Dulles has that in a span of 15 minutes if you're arriving in the late afternoon.

[Anonymous]

Thanks maga this is on you and your stupidity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe I've been lucky but I always had a good to great experience at IAD. The Mobile Passport app is a game changer. Once we began using it, we never waited more than 10 minutes to clear immigration. I'm a green card holder and my children are citizens. I grant you it may be harder for non-green card holders.

Closed last Saturday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks maga this is on you and your stupidity

This happened before MAGA too. International arrivals are very predictable at IAD. You can schedule employees for this. But Customs and Immigration at IAD have always been a pain for everyone. Understaffed. Rude. Belligerent. Slow. It's like they only hire the worst of northern Virginia - angry low IQ people.

But this is a choice Homeland Security makes. These are government employees. And they don't give a damn about anything and take pleasure in small cruelties. Making life unnecessarily miserable is a motivating force for those that choose to work for Homeland Security and their agencies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IAD is the worst for US citizens too

I waited five minutes in line when I got back from Sao Paulo in early December at 5 am.

[Anonymous]

We just waited almost 2 hours to get through immigration last night in Tokyo.