About the pre-clearance at GUM for a flight GUM - HNL
Jul 30, 2011, 4:55 pm
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About the pre-clearance at GUM for a flight GUM - HNL
Hi all,
I am planning to take a flight from NRT to GUM, stay one night there, and take a flight from GUM to HNL the next day (indeed, the Contenental's island hopper!). All the materials and literature say that I should check pre-clearance at GUM before taking a flight to HNL. So I want to know the exact process how can I pass the pre-clearance. For example, after check-in at GUM, where is the place for the pre-clearance?
For a reference, I am not a US citizen, and will go to GUM with ESTA.
Thanks in advance for your kindness.
I am planning to take a flight from NRT to GUM, stay one night there, and take a flight from GUM to HNL the next day (indeed, the Contenental's island hopper!). All the materials and literature say that I should check pre-clearance at GUM before taking a flight to HNL. So I want to know the exact process how can I pass the pre-clearance. For example, after check-in at GUM, where is the place for the pre-clearance?
For a reference, I am not a US citizen, and will go to GUM with ESTA.
Thanks in advance for your kindness.
Jul 30, 2011, 6:18 pm
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At GUM, pre-clearance is at the gate en route to boarding the aircraft.
You will still have to clear at HNL as well.
BTW, the HNL fandango is especially fun when you have to exit the AC, clear Immigration and Customs, walk out arrival, back upstairs to departures, clear TSA, and get back on the very same AC you just exited. Especially if you get the grope. An hour of your life you'll never get back.
You will still have to clear at HNL as well.
BTW, the HNL fandango is especially fun when you have to exit the AC, clear Immigration and Customs, walk out arrival, back upstairs to departures, clear TSA, and get back on the very same AC you just exited. Especially if you get the grope. An hour of your life you'll never get back.
Jul 30, 2011, 7:51 pm
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On the non-stop GUM-HNL, you'd clear US immigration at GUM and customs at HNL (because Guam has their own customs zone).
Since you'll be on the island hopper, perhaps you'll skip the "full" USCIS immigration at GUM (but you'll still need to pre-clear) and instead have to go through USCIS immigration and customs at HNL since they may not be able to separate passengers boarding at GUM from passengers getting on at one of the FSM stops.
Since you'll be on the island hopper, perhaps you'll skip the "full" USCIS immigration at GUM (but you'll still need to pre-clear) and instead have to go through USCIS immigration and customs at HNL since they may not be able to separate passengers boarding at GUM from passengers getting on at one of the FSM stops.
Jul 30, 2011, 8:07 pm
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Jul 30, 2011, 8:08 pm
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Jul 30, 2011, 9:42 pm
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on the island hopper you clear customs and immigration in honolulu, the pre-clearance is only for the nonstop to honolulu.
Jul 31, 2011, 1:29 am
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Since you'll be on the island hopper, perhaps you'll skip the "full" USCIS immigration at GUM (but you'll still need to pre-clear) and instead have to go through USCIS immigration and customs at HNL since they may not be able to separate passengers boarding at GUM from passengers getting on at one of the FSM stops.
Thank you for your reply.
According to your reply, I have to pass through US immigration twice, once at GUM and the other at HNL, and also have to pass through USCBP pre-clearance at GUM before the departure flight. Am I right?
Then the non-stop flight from GUM to HNL arrives at domestic terminal and the island hopper (with 4 or 5 stops) from GUM to HNL arrives at the international arrivals. Are these also true?
Jul 31, 2011, 1:37 am
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The only thing that bothers me is that I should pass through US immigration twice.. (according to the thread)
Jul 31, 2011, 1:49 am
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Thank you for your reply.
According to your reply, I have to pass through US immigration twice, once at GUM and the other at HNL, and also have to pass through USCBP pre-clearance at GUM before the departure flight. Am I right?
Then the non-stop flight from GUM to HNL arrives at domestic terminal and the island hopper (with 4 or 5 stops) from GUM to HNL arrives at the international arrivals. Are these also true?
According to your reply, I have to pass through US immigration twice, once at GUM and the other at HNL, and also have to pass through USCBP pre-clearance at GUM before the departure flight. Am I right?
Then the non-stop flight from GUM to HNL arrives at domestic terminal and the island hopper (with 4 or 5 stops) from GUM to HNL arrives at the international arrivals. Are these also true?
Island hopper: Since you fly NRT-GUM one day and GUM-HNL the next day, I assume that you will leave the terminal in GUM, so you will clear USCBP immigration and Guam customs. There is a pre-screen of your passport and visa (if any) before you get to the island hopper gate. This pre-screening is done to make sure that transfer passengers and citizens of certain nationalities who can enter Guam without a visa but require a visa to enter the "proper" US have the paperwork needed to enter the US if they are going all the way to HNL.
Because the island hopper stops at CNMI destinations (under different immigration jurisdiction than US) before getting to HNL, you go through both immigration and customs at HNL.
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Jul 31, 2011, 11:39 am
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I'm so glad you started this thread as it will help me with planning my Guam trip next March. Looks like they don't run the island hopper on Saturdays.
I'm also going to be taking a run up to Seoul during the trip leaving Guam on a Thursday morning and returning the following Monday.
I'm also going to be taking a run up to Seoul during the trip leaving Guam on a Thursday morning and returning the following Monday.
Aug 1, 2011, 5:06 pm
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Have a great time on the Island Hopper!
My wife I took it last September westbound for "fun" en-route ROR.
The only "bad" part was that the terminal on Truk had no working A/C when we stopped-in.
FYI, The other island terminals don't have A/C either ... but they're designed that way (you'll see what I mean when you get there)
Truk on the other hand has a "modern" waiting room (meaning it attempts to "fight" nature) ... and where A/C is a near-must when the afternoon sun is streaming in the mostly non-opening windows.
My wife I took it last September westbound for "fun" en-route ROR.
The only "bad" part was that the terminal on Truk had no working A/C when we stopped-in.
FYI, The other island terminals don't have A/C either ... but they're designed that way (you'll see what I mean when you get there)
Truk on the other hand has a "modern" waiting room (meaning it attempts to "fight" nature) ... and where A/C is a near-must when the afternoon sun is streaming in the mostly non-opening windows.