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Hi, I'm new to this site, which I found in a google search. (What would we do without google, eh.) My inquiry is this....I'm picking someone up at the airport who's coming from many many miles away..India. This person is a first time flyer and very nervous and I want to alleviate some woes. What is the procedure going thru the Toronto Airport? Does one pick up baggage first, then go to customs or the other way round? I know thru the airport in New Jersey it's baggage then immigration. Are international flights at Terminal 1? Thank you for any help you can provide, it's much appreciated! :-))
Customs comes first and then you pick up your bags and depart. It depends on which airline they are travelling with for which terminal they fly into. Air Canada flights and probably their partner airlines fly into Terminal I. Most charters and other airlines fly into Terminal 3.
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As everywhere it is: immigration (passport control) luggage pick-up customs check
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I always say customs when I mean immigration, for some reason it's the same to me. Basically, passport control, pick up baggage, then hand your customs form to gentleman/woman at the gate before the exit door, hopefully he doesn't stop you to search your bags, and off you go.
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>>>>for some reason it's the same to me Well, it is not, as you now may know. Two completely different entities. On top of that another one: the security checks.
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Yes, you have to clear immigration first and then pick up your bags before you go through customs. This is because you have to have your bags with you when you make your declaration of what you are bringing into the country. The customs officers then have the option to check your bags, which they may or may not do. After that, (provided you were honest on your declaration and the customs agent never found anything undeclared in your bags or on your person) you are free to proceed into the general public areas, which is where you will need to be waiting to pick them up.
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Well, Pearson refers to it as Customs, I guess short for Customs and Immigration (which is how I view it, it's all under the Canada Border Services Agency anyway): "Have your declaration card and passport (or other identification) ready when you transit through Customs." From what I understand, it's the person who checks your declaration card, when you present your passport, who determines whether you get checked or not depending on what they write on your card. That's what I've been told anyway, I could be wrong, it's been known to happen ;-)
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