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Travel & Airport English vocabulary · Passport Control & Customs

Immigration

Meaning in travel & airport english, with examples

/ˌɪmɪˈɡreɪʃən/nounCommon term

In travel & airport english, immigration means: At an airport or border, the checkpoint where officers decide whether visitors may enter the country; in general, moving to live in another country.

In Turkish: pasaport kontrolü, göç idaresi, göç

How it is used

Travellers go through or clear immigration on arrival. Immigration officers check passports and visas and may ask about the reason for the trip, the hotel and the return ticket. Some countries also require an immigration form or arrival card.

Example sentences

  1. The immigration officer asked how long I was staying and where.

  2. It took over an hour to clear immigration at JFK.

Common collocations

  • go through immigration
  • clear immigration
  • immigration officer
  • immigration form
  • immigration queue
  • passport controlThe point at a border, airport or port where officers check passengers' passports and visas before they enter or leave a country.
  • visaOfficial permission from a country, usually a sticker in your passport or an electronic record, to enter, stay in or pass through it for a set purpose and time.
  • arrival cardA short form some countries ask arriving visitors to fill in with their passport details, flight, address and reason for the visit.
  • customsThe government service that checks goods people bring into a country and collects taxes on them; also the airport area where this happens.

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