Originally Posted by
jsloan
Likely quite a bit, but the US has deemed that a price worth paying. The airlines would love to expand the TWOV program, but it’s a tricky issue politically.
When her mom joined us for a trip to Antarctica last year, her mom booked an AC flight transit at YYZ, saved her lots of trouble. (Her mom has B visa and Canadian visa, allows transit though)
School is not running 365days/year, there is thanksgiving break, Christmas break, or spring break. And she has done quite a lot travel for conference all over the world.
F-visa though faced a lot scrutiny than B visa (since 911 I think), in my opinion, a lot of administrative background check.