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« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2011, 09:51:25 AM » |
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Your time to clear customs will depend on whether you're in the US or non-US line. Depending on the flight time, you get into the customs hall behind two Cathay planes full of sleepy people who have filled in their customs forms in Chinese, and believe me, that line is slow.
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« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2011, 09:58:39 AM » |
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Don't forget to make a back-up plan in case your plane is late.
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« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2011, 09:14:47 PM » |
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Your time to clear customs will depend on whether you're in the US or non-US line. Depending on the flight time, you get into the customs hall behind two Cathay planes full of sleepy people who have filled in their customs forms in Chinese, and believe me, that line is slow.
I will be returning with my wife, a non-citizen with a green card. |
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« Reply #18 on: November 10, 2011, 09:15:38 PM » |
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Your time to clear customs will depend on whether you're in the US or non-US line. Depending on the flight time, you get into the customs hall behind two Cathay planes full of sleepy people who have filled in their customs forms in Chinese, and believe me, that line is slow.
I will be returning with my wife, a non-citizen with a green card. Well now that sounds more like an hour-ish trip through customs...I would guess. |
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« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2011, 10:10:11 PM » |
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Getting in with a Green card takes a couple of minutes longer -- fingerprints and eye scan.
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« Reply #20 on: November 30, 2011, 07:51:11 PM » |
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A non-citizen spouse can go through the citizen line with you. My non-citizen spouse does this any time we travel together to the States. You are considered a family 'group'.
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« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2011, 01:42:31 PM » |
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Actually, anyone with a Green Card can go through the citizen line (announced at my city's airport as "People with US Passports and Green Cards") -- but last summer, the "All Others" line was moving faster. Perhaps it was "be kind to tourists month" in August when I waited about an hour to get through the citizen line.
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« Reply #22 on: January 21, 2012, 08:19:09 AM » |
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Update: ended up returning to the USA via a different airport (due to flight cancellation and re-routing). So I did not get to experience trying to make a rail connection at Penn Station at rush hour. I did find Penn Station immensely confusing on the departure leg though. The maps in the station were useless; I had to find the LIRR customer service desk to ask for help finding the track with the next train to Jamaica. Never saw any Amtrak counters or kiosks; I assume those are at ground level.
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« Reply #23 on: January 21, 2012, 09:55:38 AM » |
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Update: ended up returning to the USA via a different airport (due to flight cancellation and re-routing). So I did not get to experience trying to make a rail connection at Penn Station at rush hour. I did find Penn Station immensely confusing on the departure leg though. The maps in the station were useless; I had to find the LIRR customer service desk to ask for help finding the track with the next train to Jamaica. Never saw any Amtrak counters or kiosks; I assume those are at ground level.
This is par for the course. Penn is one of the most confusing stations. I go in and out of it several days a week to get from NJ to my school and I can still, on occasion, get lost. Considering it is such a big transportation hub for locals and travelers it would seem prudent to make it more functional. |
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« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2012, 09:00:24 AM » |
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Yes, making Penn Station more functional would be good. Making it less grim and disgusting would be a fine starting point. How I don't miss it.
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« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2012, 11:39:01 AM » |
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Oddly (or not), it is the Amtrak section of Penn Station that is the worst. The LIRR and the NJT parts are pretty functional. Grand Central Station is much prettier, but I find Penn easier to get around.
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