border checkpoints
International passage controls
Border checkpoints are stations where travelers and vehicles are stopped for inspection when crossing between countries or entering controlled zones.
Officials verify documents, search for contraband, and enforce immigration laws: We waited two hours at the border checkpoint.
Similar checkpoints exist within countries for security or agricultural inspection purposes.
- passport controlBorder document verification point
- identity papersDocuments proving one's self
- crossing pointDesignated passage between areas
- import dutiesTaxes on incoming goods
- tariffsTaxes on imports
duty free · customs offices · customs clearance · roadblocks · surveillance cameras · random searches · customs declarations · sniffer dogs · biometric screening · watchtowers · no-fly lists · export licenses · green card · language barriers · long lines · international treaties · trade embargoes · visa
- Transnistriabreakaway region
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
border checkpointsopen borders
Unregulated international passage
visa-free travel · freedom of movement · free passage · free movement · international waters
border checkpointsinternational waters
Ocean beyond national jurisdiction
no man's land · free trade zones · demilitarized zones · commons · wilderness