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Old Jul 6, 2017, 1:43 am
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Originally Posted by PeterNem
You would head straight through security if traveling on an ESTA and you had already printed your boarding pass, it's just when there's a visa involved the carrier has to check your paperwork first.
That's not the case. I've travelled probably a hundred times or more long haul HBO from T5 and have had to have a 'visa' check every time even when travelling on a UK passport and using an ESTA.

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