Port of Entry question

[sandy44 0]

I am flying to LAX today from Ottawa via Toronto with my CR-1 visa. A few questions regarding Port of Entry:

- Would Pearson TO would be my port of entry ?

- Apart from the sealed package and my visa, do I need to take anything else?

- I have a two hours layover in TO before my flight to LAX. Is this time enough to get the immigration cleared (if this happens in TO)?

Any other suggestions welcome too !!

[Saddle Bronc 124]

I am flying to LAX today from Ottawa via Toronto with my CR-1 visa. A few questions regarding Port of Entry:

- Would Pearson TO would be my port of entry ?

- Apart from the sealed package and my visa, do I need to take anything else?

The sealed package IS your visa; you will be taken to a separate room and fingerprinted for the plastic card.

- I have a two hours layover in TO before my flight to LAX. Is this time enough to get the immigration cleared (if this happens in TO)?

Probably (though three-hours would be better due to YYZ's confoozled PFI design)

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Clarification: the top-4's other three (Vancouver, Dorval, Calgary) all have a straightforward approach of "clear US imm/customs, clear airport security, go to gate waiting area"; Pearson alone, you proceed past the security to an area where you wait for a bus to take you to a second waiting area where the gates are.

[sandy44 0]

Thanks !! Only if I had known this before, I would have preferred Ottawa !!

[SapphireDreams 71]

Clarification: the top-4's other three (Vancouver, Dorval, Calgary) all have a straightforward approach of "clear US imm/customs, clear airport security, go to gate waiting area"; Pearson alone, you proceed past the security to an area where you wait for a bus to take you to a second waiting area where the gates are.

Not all of the gates require a bus... I don't think you will need to take a bus, depends what gate you land in etc.

Should be pretty easy. I find YYZ pretty easy to navigate anyways, there are lots of signs and people around to help you find your way.

[Gypsyangel 11]

Maybe I misunderstood, but I've gone through US immigration at Pearson and it's pretty straightforward. You go through immigration and then you go through secondary (which is right there) and then through security.

I think it might depend on where you're flying from, whether you have to take the bus to secondary. I would assume from Ottawa you're travelling to Terminal 1. That's where secondary is. Maybe it's international flights where you have to travel from Terminal 3 to Terminal 1.