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Mar 30, 2015 | 7:14 pm

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Originally Posted by gglave

I'm not aware of any other country other than the USA that has true pre-clearance on foreign soil, however one might argue Europe has a version of this. When I flew YUL -> GVA -> BCN I cleared "European Immigration" at Geneva and did not do so again in Barcelona (I didn't leave GVA). So in effect I had cleared immigration for Spain before flying onto their soil.

I cleared customs in Spain.

Doesn't the UK also have this at Paris (Eurostar terminal)?

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