ports of entry
Where customs operates
Ports of entry are designated locations where travelers and goods may legally enter a country—airports, seaports, and border crossings staffed by customs and immigration officials.
The term appears frequently in discussions of trade and immigration policy: Fentanyl seizures at ports of entry have increased dramatically.
A port of entry is where you present your passport and declare what you're bringing in.
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- passport controlBorder document verification point
- green cardU.S. residency document
- visa stampImmigration approval in passport
- airportAviation passenger facility
travel · quarantine stations · borders · trade · checkpoint · health inspection · customs inspections · gateway · border security · exit · access · frontier · free trade zones · tourism · railway station · land border · customs · border control
- immigrationimmigrant, immigrants, visa, refugee, citizenship
- borderlandsborderland, borderlands, border, border zone, border region
- maritime operationscoast guard, coastal patrol, harbor patrol, naval patrols, patrol boats
- securitysecurity guard, security cameras, alarm system, security system, lock
- bordersborder, boundary, border crossing, national borders, boundary line
- customscustoms, customs clearance, wedding custom, customs declaration, burial custom
ports of entrysmuggling routes
Paths for illegal transport
back channels · underground tunnels · ratlines · underground passages
port, ports, entry, entries, enter, entered, entering, portal, portals