What Southern US International Hub Airport has the easiest Immigration and Customs? Just returned from a vacation in Mexico and had a nightmare experience going through Immigration and Customs in Miami. (First, they loaded us onto a bus that sat there for 20 minutes without moving, and we panicked that we would not make our connection. Then we had to walk about 30 minutes to reach Immigration. Then waited in three long lines to…

Mexican Customs I just want to make sure i’m understanding correctly. I have probably like $80 worth of snacks from target (packaged) that I am bringing into Mexico via air. Should I be declaring it on customs sheet under “Goods(additional to your baggage and duty-free exception) for which you must pay import duty’s” submitted by /u/pinkbayonetta

Will I need to fill out any customs paperwork if I have a layover in Japan? I’m traveling from New York to Manila soon and have an 8 hour layover in Tokyo. Will I need to fill out any of the etravel forms? Last time I went to Japan I stayed for two weeks and had to fill out the online form to get the QR code for going through customs but I’ve never had a layover and just traveled through Japan to get to another country….

Customs Workers – Why do you just randomly stamp your stamps all over the people passports, skipping pages, giving stamps upside down? This is a genuine question, when I look at my passport I see different stamps from different countries. Some of them are put nicely in order, and the rest of them are put without giving a F. What’s the point of this? Is this so hard to put your stamp nice and even, rather then just randomly smash it in the middle of the passport? submitted b…

Temu parcel in handing over by customs from 19.01 Hello, how much longer will I wait until I get the next update on the shipment? I’m a bit stressed, I’ve never had such similar cases with Temu. submitted by /u/SharperPablo

Emergency Diversion to Brazil – No Customs, No Immigration, No Visas!? This was more than 10 years ago now, but to this day I don’t understand how it was allowed to happen (TLDR and questions are below). On a family to trip from Newark to Buenos Aires (we are all U.S. citizens), our flight encountered a mechanical emergency over Peru and we were diverted. Oddly, even though we were very close to Lima, we instead di…

I have a 14 hour layover in Doha, Qatar but I don’t want to go through customs again. What can I do? I’m traveling from Amsterdam to Adelaide and I have a 14 hour layover in Doha. I’ll arrive around 6:30 in the morning. I don’t want to go through customs again because I’m taking medication and if I leave the airport I need a special medicine certificate for Qatar. Is there a place where I can rest without having to leave the airport/customs? …

Ancient Roman Customs in Modern Italy submitted by /u/World-Tight

Good excuse to go through customs when carrying an engagement ring What’s a good excuse to go through customs when I’m bringing back an engagement ring? My partner and I are coming back from South Africa soon, and I will jabe purchased an engagement ring for her. The value of the ring is going to be over the £390 on goods I can bring into the UK tax free, so I’ll need to go through customs. The trouble is, I’m …

Lisbon customs on strike – how to get VAT refund? I purchased items in Denmark and Belgium, but my last stop out of the EU is in Portugal. I arrived early at the Lisbon airport prepared to go through the customs and Global Blue process only to find customs is on strike. There’s a phone to call for an officer, but the person who answers tells me there is nothing they can do because my items were…

What is going through international customs like? Is it different than same country flights? I’m about to go on my first out of country flight in a few months. I have crazy high anxiety and going through security is already stressful, and it would help a lot to know if there are any differences and if so, what they are between security for a flight in the same country and customs/security for international flights submitted by /u…

Declaring goods at customs If I am flying internationally (Grenada) and I declare that I have alcohol above the free import limit. I get that I have to pay a tax on the “imported” goods, but I guess will customs likely just search the suitcase that we present to them or are they likely to be like “well what else might you have?” and search every bag we have. I am just try…

Customs Tariffs Lima Airport I plan on bringing 4 older tablets (3 used iPads/1 brand new Samsung) with me on my flight from USA. 1 iPad tablet is mine and the other tablets will be given as gifts. How much taxes/tariffs should I expect to pay Peru customs? submitted by /u/Bitter_Concert_514

Recommendations for DDP Services or Methods to Prepay Customs and VAT for Shipping from the UK to the EU? Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on how to streamline shipping from the UK to the EU without using IOSS. Specifically, I want to ensure that customs duties and VAT are prepaid so that my customers don’t face unexpected fees upon delivery. I’ve heard about Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) services and am wondering if anyone has experience with logist…

US Customs Seizes Over 3,000 Counterfeit Gibson Guitars, Marking the Largest Seizure of Fake Musical Instruments in History submitted by /u/ebradio

Taken off plane to Customs Officer? Hey everyone currently on a flight from EWR to LHR in United Polaris Business class, and I had a weird experience and wanted some explanation if there even is one or just random bad luck. I boarded the plane and was getting into my seat when a flight attendant came up and asked me if this was my original seat, I said yes and they said okay then…

Customs questions for both a stop in the UK and final destination in the U.S. My wife and I took our first big trip out of country. We have been in Europe for 2 months and long story short, we recently came into a bit of money and wanted to treat those we love so we’re bringing home a lot of souvenirs. The logistics of heading back is that we fly out of Rome. We will land in London for a layover, however, since we will h…

declaring over-the-counter medications at USA customs hi – i am flying to usa next week for my vacation. i want to bring some over-the-counter medications, such as painkillers, diarrhea tablets and sleeping tablets. i did some quick research and found you need a doctors note to accompany the meds. i dont have one, nor i doubt my doc would write one for something that is bought without needing a pre…

US customs in Toronto airport I’m in Toronto headed on a flight to the US in a couple of hours. I already cleared US customs and am in the terminal. Am I technically in the United States, similar to how an embassy in a foreign capital is US territory? submitted by /u/Delicious_Pumpkin759

Got taxed at customs for 2nd laptop when entering Lima I brought 2 MacBook pros, and I did not declare the second one — I wasn’t given a customs declaration form on the flight and wasn’t aware I had to declare if I brought more than 1 laptop. The evaluated the laptop at $1500 and taxes were around $250 ish. I think, but not certain since my Spanish isn’t great, that the customs person said I’ll be …