border checkpoint
Passport control station
A border checkpoint is an official station where travelers and vehicles are stopped and inspected when crossing between countries or territories.
Guards verify documents, search for contraband, and control who enters: We waited two hours at the border checkpoint.
Some checkpoints operate within countries near borders to catch those who evaded the main crossing.
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
- land crossingSurface travel between territories
- inspectionFormal assessment of condition
- security screeningSafety inspection before entry
- gatehouseStructure over an entrance
visa processing · green card · metal detector · no man's land · entry permit · no entry · watch list · customs officer · sovereignty · sniffer dogs · drug smuggling · customs clearance · immigration policy · ferry terminals · waiting line · refugee crises · asylum application · customs declaration
- Central American Bordersland crossing, port of entry
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, customs inspection, immigration
- border crossingcustoms station, passport control, immigration office, entry point, exit point
- bordersboundary, national borders, boundary line, international borders, boundary lines
- entry pointscustoms office, port of entry, immigration station, airport, passport control
- federal sitesfederal building, federal courthouse, federal prison, federal reserve, federal reserve bank
border checkpointopen road
Unobstructed route ahead
free passage · international waters · highway · thoroughfare · expressway
border checkpointinterior
Inside area or region
heartland · inland · hinterland · home ground · midland