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Old Jan 1, 2019 | 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Often1
This is incorrect.

Most Canada-to-US flights undergo US preclearance at their Canadian departure point. Passengers arriving on those flights from Canada are treated as standard domestic arrivals.

As a matter of information, CBP publishes a list of Pre-Clearance ports in Canada, the Carribean, Ireland, and UAE:

https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/...s/preclearance
Actually correct.

The question was not from Canada to the US, but from EWR to Canada. All canadian destinations from EWR have preclearance and thus my statements are correct.
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