Originally Posted by
NA-Flyer
I am wondering why there is no US Pre-Clearance set up in DXB despite the large combined number of EK and UA daily flights to the US at different time slots?
DXB wanted it, but EK didn't want it. EK was smart to not want it, but such decisions aren't always allowed to rest with an airline management and be free of pressure.
Originally Posted by
oliver2002
Lets see how this plan pans out. My guess is that instead of the present status quo (some min wage bilingual 'service' agent checking your papers, with a terminal connected to the DCS) we may have a few CBP agents at the major hubs looking at the papers and double checking people in the boarding area/pen who look like they are from Eritrea/Syria/Afpak etc and maybe walk them over to an APC kiosk/terminal to check their biometrics to see if they match the visa.
If that were all the US DHS wanted, then there wouldn't be a need for such a push for a PreClearance facility agreement, as even CBP's predecessor had people available to double check things at UK and German airports. The Immigration Advisory Program (and its predecessor the Immigration Security Initiative) has a rather recent history of being in play around UK and German airports, and that was quite distinct from the current CBP PreClearance facility agreements which the US is pursuing now.
https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cabl...RLIN768_a.html
APC kiosks aren't used to process those needing to use US visas to enter the US. That was the result of a deliberate decision taken by DHS. DHS was even earlier opposed to allowing APC kiosks to be used also by ESTA-using VWP country passport holders; fortunately that position has changed in part.