Originally Posted by
tashi2
And my last doubt would be,do the customs officials stop everyone and check their bags or is it just those whom they feel like stopping and interrogating?..And may i know what is green line??
It is Green CHANNEL where you walk out claiming that you have no dutiable goods.
If you walk out through the GREEN CHANNEL and have a foreign passport you are almost never stopped. On an average in Chennai about one out of every 10 is stopped if they are flying in from SIN or DXB and other middle eastern countries.
I have flown through Chennai over 100 times in the last 20 years, have always walked through the green channel and have never been stopped or searched.
I have been stopped in searched once every 4 times in all US airports. I have a British passport and a green card. I have been stopped and searched twice when entering UK in the last 20 years.
India is one of the easiest green channels to pass through unless you are foolish enough to bring gold and other banned items.