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Re: Immigration
[Re: Planefreak]
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10/12/2016 11:22 AM
10/12/2016 11:22 AM
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wilsonck
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I've done SJU many times. You will clear immigration in SJU, claim your bags, then go through Customs, then pass your checked bags back to continue to YYZ, then you'll exit on the way out in to the land side of the terminal. Right before you get to TSA, you see a USDA scanner and you'll have to pass your carry on bags through that, then head to TSA to get screen for entry to the air side of the terminal and complete your flight to YYZ.
Last edited by wilsonck; 10/12/2016 11:23 AM.
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Re: Immigration
[Re: Planefreak]
#109670
10/12/2016 06:09 PM
10/12/2016 06:09 PM
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Posts: 13,142 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
islandgem
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No, you will not have to claim your bags in SJU. If you are Canadian, you will have your bags checked right from SXM through to Toronto and go through customs there. You only have to go through customs at your first Canadian destination. We travel to Ottawa from SXM and have to claim our bags in Toronto, go through customs there and then recheck and travel on to Ottawa with no customs there when we get to our final destination. This is how it always was for us, unless something has recently changed.
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Re: Immigration
[Re: wilsonck]
#109673
10/13/2016 07:42 AM
10/13/2016 07:42 AM
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boucharda
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Nope...or maybe..non-US flights use the pass through area US Territory. Since Puerto Rico is US territory, passengers on US flights to San Juan are making US city to city flights, and may exit freely into San Juan. Passengers on Caribbean and other international flights must clear US immigration and customs when entering San Juan or before boarding US flights. Non US boarding flights may require only passing security.
Last edited by boucharda; 10/13/2016 07:43 AM.
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Re: Immigration
[Re: boucharda]
#109674
10/13/2016 09:32 AM
10/13/2016 09:32 AM
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luvtotravel
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Check with your airline and see if they have the information. Can't speak for SJU, but we have transited through Newark and Charlotte in the past on our return from SXM to Toronto. Both times we had to clear US Customs. Nexus/Global Entry will speed the process. In Newark we had to claim our luggage but in Charlotte we didn't. That was quite a while ago, and the situation with baggage may have changed .
Last edited by luvtotravel; 10/13/2016 09:34 AM.
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