border inspection
Crossing security check
Border inspection is the process of examining people, vehicles, and goods at a country's entry points.
Officials check documents, search for contraband, and verify compliance with customs and immigration laws: We waited two hours at border inspection.
The term covers everything from passport checks to agricultural screening to cargo searches.
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- tariffTax on traded goods
- dutyRequired moral task
- visaTravel authorization stamp
biosecurity · wildlife trafficking · import · fresh fruit · smuggling · contraband · biometric screening · random search · secondary screening · invasive species · pest control · checkpoint · asylum · refugee · no man's land · customs declaration · entry permit · deportation
- pest controlinsecticide, rat trap, pesticide, mousetrap, exterminator
- postal servicepost office, mail, sorting machine, stamps, stamp
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
- epidemic controlquarantine zone, quarantine station, disease outbreak, outbreak, epidemic
- trade barrierstrade barriers, import quotas, import ban, export ban, import restrictions
border inspectionfree passage
Unhindered right to travel
free movement · no questions asked · pre-clearance · trusted traveler
border inspectionopen borders
Unregulated international passage
Schengen zone · free trade zone · freedom of movement · customs union
border inspectionfree passage
Unhindered right to travel
open borders · free movement · visa-free travel · freedom of movement
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