idealsol Posted July 18, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 18, 2018 We're booked on the Pacific Coastal cruise Oct 13 to Oct 18 First US stop is in San Francisco, so I am assuming we will need to clear customs there? Just wondering if anyone has experienced clearing customs in SF and if it takes much time. We would like to book a non-Princess excursion and we need to be off the ship fairly early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted July 18, 2018 #2 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Does your ship stop in Victoria? If no, you will clear US Immigration and Customs at Vancouver. If yes, you will clear at SF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doughboy Posted July 18, 2018 #3 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Hi, Idealsol! We are booked on the same cruise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idealsol Posted July 18, 2018 Author #4 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Does your ship stop in Victoria? If no, you will clear US Immigration and Customs at Vancouver. If yes, you will clear at SF. It does stop in Victoria. That's good news, tho not sure I understand the rationale. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedprincess Posted July 18, 2018 #5 Share Posted July 18, 2018 It does stop in Victoria. That's good news, tho not sure I understand the rationale. Thanks Vancouver port has USA pre-clearance - especially handy for Alaskan cruised, where the next port is USA. The USA formalities are handled at check-in, so you can just hop off the ship in next port, no queues or line-ups or anything to hassle with As you're stopping in a Canadian port before arriving in St, pre-clearance isn't an option, as you hit a "foreign" port first. So, USA entrance formalities done in San Francisco. As it's a one way cruise, everyone will get checked upon disembarkation.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idealsol Posted July 19, 2018 Author #6 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Does your ship stop in Victoria? If no, you will clear US Immigration and Customs at Vancouver. If yes, you will clear at SF. Duh, I misread your reply, as confirmed by an additional poster Thanks for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted July 19, 2018 #7 Share Posted July 19, 2018 A little bit off topic but still relative. We will be disembarking in Vancouver from an Alsaka cruise. I believe we will clear USA customs at Vancouver Airport. Can we use Global ENtry there to expedite the process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phred119s Posted July 19, 2018 #8 Share Posted July 19, 2018 A little bit off topic but still relative. We will be disembarking in Vancouver from an Alsaka cruise. I believe we will clear USA customs at Vancouver Airport. Can we use Global ENtry there to expedite the process? I don’t know about Vancouver but I know you can in Calgary. I would assume that would be the case for Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted July 19, 2018 #9 Share Posted July 19, 2018 A little bit off topic but still relative. We will be disembarking in Vancouver from an Alsaka cruise. I believe we will clear USA customs at Vancouver Airport. Can we use Global ENtry there to expedite the process? Yes. Discussed very frequently on the West Coast Departures board. There about 5 or 6 airports in Canada where you can "pre-clear" US Immigration and Customs, including using Global Entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casavaha Posted July 19, 2018 #10 Share Posted July 19, 2018 A little bit off topic but still relative. We will be disembarking in Vancouver from an Alsaka cruise. I believe we will clear USA customs at Vancouver Airport. Can we use Global ENtry there to expedite the process? We just got off the Golden in Vancouver. Flew out via Alaskaair same day. Went thru Global Entry very fast. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idealsol Posted July 19, 2018 Author #11 Share Posted July 19, 2018 So based on the replies we will be going thru customs in San Francisco, as our previous port will have been Victoria SF is not our final, destination, that would be Los Angeles. SF is a port of call. Given that, has anyone got a time estimate to go thru customs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reedprincess Posted July 19, 2018 #12 Share Posted July 19, 2018 So based on the replies we will be going thru customs in San Francisco, as our previous port will have been VictoriaSF is not our final, destination, that would be Los Angeles. SF is a port of call. Given that, has anyone got a time estimate to go thru customs? SF is your first port of entry into USA. As such, that's where you'll clear USA immigration and customs. How long it takes will depend on how many agents they assign to your ship, whether they do it onboard by groups/number or whether it's in the terminal as you exit and so forth. There's really no real way to to guesstimate.. I'd count on it taking a while though. Don't plan any trips for right soon after arrival... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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