If your travels take you across international
borders, there is information that you can check in advance of your trip to
help you avoid delays. For example, one can check border crossing wait times
for U.S.
- Canada and U.S. - Mexico customs inspection points, and possibly choose
an alternative border crossing to avoid delays. If you are traveling by air
however,
you don't have that much control, however there is historical customs screening
wait time data available for the major airports, and you could possibly plan
your flight times
to avoid
delays. Of course, it is important to always check travel alerts and be aware
of the documents needed for international travel, and all of these things can
be found via the links below.
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Check real time U.S. Border Crossing
Point of Entry Check Point Wait Times from the U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Web Site. Information is given for
the
estimated
wait time to the primary inspection point at Canadian and Mexican Border
U.S. Entry Points. Data is updated hourly. |
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| Check Canadian
Border Crossing Wait Point Times from the Canada Border Services
Agency. This site provides border crossing wait times for reaching the checkpoints
for both entering the U.S. and entering Canada.
The
Canadian government also provides this, as well as additional, information
via your web-enable phone or wireless device at their Wireless Portal at wap.gc.ca
or www.gc.ca . Load this site into your wireless device or phone before you
travel so you can decide which checkpoint to use, if multiple border crossings
are available to choose from. |
| Check U.S. International
Airport Customs Security Screening Wait Times for U.S.
Entry from the Customs and Border Protection web site. This is based on historical
data
and is the time from when the flight arrives to the time the last passenger
is screened, so it is the longest possible time that one would expect to
wait. http://apps.cbp.gov/awt/ (This web site doesn't seem to work in Firefox,
so use Internet Explorer
if you
have
it. |
| U.S.
Department of State Travel Alerts
and Travel
Warnings |
