Originally Posted by
oliver2002
Probably more of a meta discussion, but the reason immigration officials are no longer concerned is the fact that they have delegated that job to the airlines who don't dare to board pax that are not squeaky clean.
Yes. The documentation associated with covid-era travel intensified and set that shift in responsibility from immigration at destination to check-in agents at the origin airport.
Sure. the border forces retain ultimate authority, but their workload has been lightened....