Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
Jun 9th 2019 | 10:21 am
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Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
I have a 5 year visa with waiver of ineligibility, this was granted last year and I’ve visited New York since with only a 20 minute delay or so on arrival. I’m interested to fly from Dublin as the taxes and surcharges for redeeming reward flights are far lower. The USA pre screening sounds good but I’m concerned. The reason being that if I flew from London and had to face a lengthy wait for my file to be looked at by a border officer in New York, I have the time to do so. My understanding is that doing this in Dublin happens after I’ve checked in for my flight and after duty free etc. So surely there is an extremely limited time frame, what if they held me up for an hour or more? I can only check in for my flight 2 hours before I think, so must I walk through all the shops and avoid them, plus the airport lounge that is part of my ticket, to go through US clearance and no turning back? How does this work?
Jun 9th 2019 | 12:13 pm
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
Once you go through US immigration at Dublin there is no lounge: there's just a cafe and some seats as you wait for your US bound flight. I am unsure of the issue here though? Are you flying in from London and then on a separate ticket to the US or are you flying on one ticket via Dublin. Either way, you can check in online for both flights. If your travelling on one ticket, you'll already have your boarding pass for your second US flight. Either way, it would be in your best interests to ensure you have a long enough layover at Dublin (4-5 hours) so you can enjoy your shopping and have some time in the lounge (although the food's not that great and you probably don't want to load up on booze if you've got to go and haggle with immigration) and present yourself to immigration as soon as possible.
Jun 9th 2019 | 2:54 pm
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
Small correction: there is now a lounge post pre-clearence
https://www.dublinairport.com/at-the...51st-and-green
https://www.dublinairport.com/at-the...51st-and-green
Jun 9th 2019 | 7:30 pm
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
Once you go through US immigration at Dublin there is no lounge: there's just a cafe and some seats as you wait for your US bound flight. I am unsure of the issue here though? Are you flying in from London and then on a separate ticket to the US or are you flying on one ticket via Dublin. Either way, you can check in online for both flights. If your travelling on one ticket, you'll already have your boarding pass for your second US flight. Either way, it would be in your best interests to ensure you have a long enough layover at Dublin (4-5 hours) so you can enjoy your shopping and have some time in the lounge (although the food's not that great and you probably don't want to load up on booze if you've got to go and haggle with immigration) and present yourself to immigration as soon as possible.
Whilst I was lucky with a short wait then, my concern is I may miss the flight if held back for too long. Anyone else with a waiver of ineligibility gone through Dublin straight to the USA?
Jun 9th 2019 | 8:17 pm
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
Thanks for your comprehensive response. I think you’re slightly misunderstanding my question though. As I have a visa and waiver of ineligibility (due to a minor conviction from c. 14 years ago) I have to be interviewed by a consular officer as per their procedure. My only experience of this was my first US visit in years last year thanks to this visa, thankfully the queue in the room I was taken to at JFK was tiny and I was seen within 20 mins and my ‘interview’ was about 45 seconds before I was stamped through.
Whilst I was lucky with a short wait then, my concern is I may miss the flight if held back for too long. Anyone else with a waiver of ineligibility gone through Dublin straight to the USA?
Jun 10th 2019 | 12:28 am
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
Frankly, it is doubtful that secondary at the Dublin airport will be crowded when you need to be cleared. At least 3/4's of your fellow passengers will be using the VWP and have no need to go to secondary for clearance and as your waiver has been used already, it is in the system and won't take long to be cleared.
I think you are worried for nothing and looking for issues that aren't there.
I think you are worried for nothing and looking for issues that aren't there.
Jun 10th 2019 | 6:37 am
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
It's unlikely you'll even need secondary; usually, once you've "activated" your visa and the first entry has been granted, so long as there are no notable changes, you'll usually just be waived through. At least that's what's been the case for a colleague of mine.
Besides that Rete is right, the amount of folks flying FROM Dublin to the US who'd need secondary screening has to be drastically lower than those flying INTO NYC that need secondary, I'd imagine you should be totally fine.
Besides that Rete is right, the amount of folks flying FROM Dublin to the US who'd need secondary screening has to be drastically lower than those flying INTO NYC that need secondary, I'd imagine you should be totally fine.
Jun 10th 2019 | 6:41 am
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
It's unlikely you'll even need secondary; usually, once you've "activated" your visa and the first entry has been granted, so long as there are no notable changes, you'll usually just be waived through. At least that's what's been the case for a colleague of mine.
Besides that Rete is right, the amount of folks flying FROM Dublin to the US who'd need secondary screening has to be drastically lower than those flying INTO NYC that need secondary, I'd imagine you should be totally fine.
Besides that Rete is right, the amount of folks flying FROM Dublin to the US who'd need secondary screening has to be drastically lower than those flying INTO NYC that need secondary, I'd imagine you should be totally fine.
The OP will always be sent to secondary on every visit.
Jun 10th 2019 | 6:47 am
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Jun 10th 2019 | 6:50 am
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Jun 11th 2019 | 5:13 am
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
Flown via Dublin twice, went to secondary once and there was only two others in there. You can head to pre-clearance as soon as you get to Dublin, you don't need to wait until two hours before your flight. Give yourself a 3+ hour layover just to play it safe, but you'll be fine.
Jun 12th 2019 | 2:09 am
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
Frankly, it is doubtful that secondary at the Dublin airport will be crowded when you need to be cleared. At least 3/4's of your fellow passengers will be using the VWP and have no need to go to secondary for clearance and as your waiver has been used already, it is in the system and won't take long to be cleared.
I think you are worried for nothing and looking for issues that aren't there.
I think you are worried for nothing and looking for issues that aren't there.
It's unlikely you'll even need secondary; usually, once you've "activated" your visa and the first entry has been granted, so long as there are no notable changes, you'll usually just be waived through. At least that's what's been the case for a colleague of mine.
Jun 17th 2019 | 8:01 pm
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Re: Pre clearance at Dublin airport with waiver of ineligibility
I have a 5 year visa with waiver of ineligibility, this was granted last year and I’ve visited New York since with only a 20 minute delay or so on arrival. I’m interested to fly from Dublin as the taxes and surcharges for redeeming reward flights are far lower. The USA pre screening sounds good but I’m concerned. The reason being that if I flew from London and had to face a lengthy wait for my file to be looked at by a border officer in New York, I have the time to do so. My understanding is that doing this in Dublin happens after I’ve checked in for my flight and after duty free etc. So surely there is an extremely limited time frame, what if they held me up for an hour or more? I can only check in for my flight 2 hours before I think, so must I walk through all the shops and avoid them, plus the airport lounge that is part of my ticket, to go through US clearance and no turning back? How does this work?
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