role of customs and immigration at the airport..pptx

8/18/2019 Role of Customs and Immigration at the Airport..pptx

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Customs/Immigration and

Security.


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• Customs is about the stuf you arebringing into the country.

a). Is it allowed, should you pay duty,

b). should it be conscated andburned, etc. By deault, none o yourstuf is allowed in, een i you!re aciti"en returning home.


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Immigration.

• Immigration is about

• a person who is isiting, immigrating, orreturning home.

• By deault isitors are #technically) turnedaway unless they hae a good reason andmeet other criteria , isitors may be turnedaway i they hae a criminal record

• and those who lie here are let in. I

• mmigrants are let in i the paperwor$they!e done in adance is all correct


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• Both processes inole %who are you, where areyou coming rom, why are you coming here,why were you there% and so on.

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Both inole a uniormed person, your passport,and probably your baggage.

• &or e'ample i you say you are isiting or (days, but you hae brought wee$s worth o

clothing probably all you own along withmore permanent possessions li$e boo$s, photoalbums, and C*s, an immigration o+cer maysuspect you are moing here.


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• Customs o+cers may want to inspectyour baggage or contraband, andyour e'planation or your isit may

ma$e the diference between beinginspected or not. s a result they areconsidered a single process in most

people!s minds.


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• -o add to the complication, manyairlines won!t let you board unlessyou conince them you will be let in

at your destination, and someairports #especially in urope) wantto loo$ at your passport and other

immigrationrelated documentationseeral times beore you get to theboarding gate. one o this counts as

%clearing customs and immigration%


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Security

• Security at airports is ta$en ery seriously. 0eople 1o$ingabout haing bombs or being terrorists are promptlywhis$ed away to windowless rooms to ace hours ointerrogation. irports are not places or 1o$es orhumour....especially ones made in poor taste.

• 3n international 4ights you are no longer allowed to bringlots o li5uids on board. ny li5uid or gel #moisturiser,toothpaste, etc) must be in a 677ml container or smaller. llo your li5uids/gels must then be put into a transparent bag#li$e a sandwich bag) that is no bigger than 67cm ' 67cm#this is what they say we!e oten carried slightly largersandwich bags say 87cm ' 87cm and it has been ne,but always best to stic$ to the rules).

• 3ur tips or passing security9


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• 0ac$ all your li5uids/gels in a sandwich bag inadance and hae them in your carryon readyto show at security

• *on!t wear lots o 1ewellery, big belts or bigshoes or your 4ight you!ll probably need toremoe them all to be scanned at security

• *on!t 1o$e around or ma$e a uss at security. -hegoal is 1ust to get through as 5uic$ly as possible.

• -a$e any laptop computers out o your handbaggage it needs to be scanned separately atsecurity


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Immigration

• 0assing immigration is usually straight orward. :ou can!tma$e 5ueues any shorter, but there are a ew things youcan do to ma$e it easier once you do get to the ront othe line.

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Before you go ma$e sure you hae chec$ed i you needa isa or what paperwor$ you might need with you inorder to clear immigration. Sometimes countries willre5uire proo o your return airare or youraccommodation in order or you to clear immigration.

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Have copies of the relevant paperwork with you ma$e sure you!e got copies o your 4ight itineraries andaccommodation details on hand #i.e. in your carryonluggage) so that you!e got them with you at immigration.


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• Complete all the paperwork before you join the queue ll out your arrial orms on the plane beore you touch down,that will sae any unnecessary waiting at immigration.

• Don't joke, on't be too frienly, just answer thequestion passing immigration isn!t about being riendly andnice, there is no need to be oerly chatty to your immigrationo+cer 1ust answer their 5uestions and $eep it simple. Someyears ago a riend o I; 3erseas got into trouble in the


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• Bureau o Immigration #BoI) was setupin 6A6 by the =oernment o India tounderta$e the immigration unction in

the country. BoI is headed by theCommissioner o Immigration andassisted by &>>3s or immigration

acilitation serice at airports and wor$relating to registration o oreignersunder arious cts and >ules.


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!mmigration at "#$ %irport Delhi

• Immigration chec$ is done or all passengers, Indians ororeigners, both at the time o arrial and departure.

• ll oerseas passengers on arrial at ew *elhiInternational airport are re5uired to ll in an !rrial

Card! or immigration/customs clearance,• similarly when departing rom ew *elhi a !*eparture

Card! has to be lled.

• *elhi International irport 0riate imited ofers auni5ue immigration e'perience to all departing D

arriing passengers. In order to proide smooth and astimmigration at I=I irport, a large number oimmigration des$s hae been deployed at the newterminal (.


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• -hese des$s hae clear demarcation orarious categories. -hese categories are

a). 0assengers with special needs

b). Business Class / &irst Class 0assengers c). 0assengers with Indian 0assport d). 0assengers with &oreign 0assport

e). 0assengers o Indian 3rigin/ 3erseas

Citi"en o India). *iplomats/ 3+cials g). 0assengers rom S>C ations


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!nian nationals

• traelling abroad re5uire a alid Indianpassport and trael authority or thedestination country.

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-he trael authority is normally in the orm o?isa, which is obtained prior to the 1ourney,e'cept in case o countries where %?isa onrrial% is aailable.

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Indian nationals traelling abroad may alsonote that some countries insist on certainminimum period o passport alidity orallowing entry.


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&oreign ationals

• coming to India are re5uired to possess a genuineand alid national passport or any otherinternationally recogni"ed trael documentestablishing his/her nationality and identity,

bearing the photograph o the indiidual.()emptions epal an Bhutan nationals i entering India byland or air rom the epal or Bhutan border

respectiely do not re5uire a passport or enteringinto India.

• Eoweer, they are re5uired to possess,authori"ed ientity proof .


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*isa on %rrival

• &oreigners are adised to ensure thatthey are in possession o a alidIndian ?isa beore they begin their

1ourney to India. -he =oernment oIndia currently allows +*isa on%rrival+ or oreign nationals o a

ew selected countries.


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?isa 'tensions

• 0owers o *!S% conversions ane)tensions to oreigners residing inIndia, ests with the ;inistry o Eome

fairs. -he change o ?IS status rom onecategory to another category is normallynot allowed. It can be considered by the;inistry o Eome fairs, only ine'traordinary circumstances


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Customs

• ast stop ater you!e passed immigration and collected yourbags in customs.

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• Customs o+cials ary in their seerity around theworld in some cases they issue onthespot nesor ailing to declare restricted items, so wealways declare anything we!re not sure about.

• In some countries #ustralia included) they Frayall incoming bags beore you are allowed to wal$out o the terminal, in others you can pic$ yourbag of a carousel and basically wal$ through

without answering any 5uestions or declaration atall. Gust be honest, declare anything you hae thatyou!re not sure about and you will always be ne.


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hat !s -he Di.erence Between Customs / !mmigrations0

• In short, here are the roles o the Customs andImmigrations H

• -he Customs Serices role is to control itemsrom entering a nation. Customs oten isinoled with see$ing out contraband items, suchas drugs, countereit money, howeer Customsalso plays a ery important role in collecting

ta'es on ta'able items entering a country. Jhile

you see Customs in the airport, Customs agentsplay a larger role in a nations seaports anddealing with matters o a nations commerce.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customs


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• Immigrations is responsible or ensuring peopleentering a nation due so legally. Immigrationso+cers chec$ passports, isa, and otherdocumentation. -heir 1ob is to eriy people arewho they say they are, 5uestions those whomay hae unusual trael habits based on theirpassport or hae 5uestionable documents andstop those who may be 4agged in a system or

secondary 5uestioning. Immigrations is alsoresponsible or deporting those who may notmeet entry re5uirements into a nation.


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