While on my flight back to the States, I overheard two different groups of women talking. One woman had no idea she had to go through immigration once we landed in Houston. Another didn’t know we had to fill out forms and which form. It reminded me back to my first few international trips when I was also lost in the whole process and didn’t know all the details.
The whole set up of going through customs in the states is a little tedious in my opinion and time consuming, but here are my tips for flying internationally to make it less stressful.
When you are flying out of the states to an international destination, arrive at the airport two hours before your departure time. It seems like too much time but you have to check in and go through security and these lines may be long. Security will always takes time. Gates change, flights can be late, you just want to make sure to have enough time just in case something comes up.