border checks
Crossing point inspections
Border checks are inspections conducted at national boundaries to verify travelers' documents, regulate immigration, and control the flow of goods.
Officials may examine passports, visas, and cargo for contraband.
We got stuck at the border check for two hours.
The term often appears in political debates about security versus free movement.
- cargo inspectionExamining transported goods
- vaccination certificatesProof of inoculation
- quarantine protocolsRules for separating the sick
- import dutiesTaxes on incoming goods
- body scannersDevices imaging concealed objects
random searches · customs declarations · trade quotas · travel bans · export licenses · free trade zones · surveillance cameras · no man's land · sanitation standards · no-fly lists · excise taxes · passport control · visa stamps · green card · asylum seekers · duty-free
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- BrexitBrexit, leave, remain, no deal, backstop
- quarantinemandatory quarantine, quarantine period, quarantine facilities, quarantine laws, quarantine stations
- wildlife protectionpark rangers, game wardens, rangers, forest rangers, wardens
border checksfree movement
Unrestricted ability to travel
open borders · freedom of movement · free passage · visa-free travel
border, borders, bordered, bordering, check, checks, checked, checking, checker