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Immigration and customs

Study the words, find the sentences with these words in the text and translate them | Match the English expressions and its Russian equivalents | Insert the missing words from the box and translate the text | Read and translate the text | Read and translate the text | Read and translate the text | Read and translate the text. | CUSTOMS REGULATIONS | A) Read, translate and dramatise the interview about admission into the U.S. | How Customs Works |


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On the plane to the USA you will be given immigration form and a customs form to fill in. (It's a good idea to have a pen and your passport handy – unless you have memorized the num­ber, date and place of issue of your passport.)

On your immigration form there is a small space in which you are supposed to write your address in the USA, which is rather inconvenient if you are "going to be traveling about the country. In that case it is best just to put down where you are staying the first night.

On arrival in the USA the immigration officer will check your visa and the immigration form. You will be given a copy of this form to keep in your passport – often they staple it in for you. You are supposed to hand this copy in when you leave the coun­try (unless you are leaving to visit Canada or Mexico and intend to return to the USA within thirty days before going back home). This is generally done at the airline desk when you check in for your return flight, as there are usually no passport checks when you leave the USA. However, nothing terrible seems to happen if you don't hand the form in.

The immigration officer will stamp on the immigration form how long you are entitled to stay in the USA. Make sure that he or she knows how long you want to stay.

Alter immigration comes customs, and somewhere along the line you will be relieved of your customs form. Although there is now a red channel/green channel system (red if the traveler has something to declare, green if he/she doesn't) as in many other countries, you still actually have to come face to face with the customs officer. You are quite likely to be asked to open your bags — perhaps American customs officers aren't as busy as those in Europe, for they certainly seem to think that they have time to do this. Keep your passport out: they give returning Americans a much harder time than visitors.

It is important to note that you are not allowed to take into the USA any fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, butter, milk, fresh meat or plants.

5. Try to choose the correct answers without consulting the text:

1. Which of the following things will you need out on the plane to fill out your immigration and customs forms? (your ID, passport, pencil, staple, ticket, pen, visa).

2. What officers do you have to face on arrival in the USA? (your airline representative, a customs officer, the police, an im­migration officer, your consulate representative).

3. What information is necessary to fill out these forms? (your home address, your spouse's name, your place of birth, your passport number, your address in the USA, your occupation, date and place of issue of your passport).

4. Which of the following are you not allowed to take into the USA? (butter, sweets, dried vegetables, fresh fruit, canned meat, plants, soft cheese, sausage, milk, fresh meat).

5. Speak of the advantages and disadvantages of the red/green channel system in airports.

6. Compare American customs regulations with those in your country.


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