How to fly when you immigrate to America for the first time?

1) On the plane from China Beijing Capital Airport to Chicago O 'Hare International Airport, fill in the I-94 form and customs declaration form (the flight attendants will issue it to passengers). Fill in these two forms in English.

2) Upon arrival at Chicago O 'Hare International Airport (ORD), all inbound international flights stop at Terminal 5 (International Terminal). Get off the plane and follow the people. There is only one way to get to the Arrival Hall and queue up [there are two different ways to queue up: one is American citizens and green card holders, and the other is non-immigrant visitors]. If you don't understand English and don't know which queue, ask the China people who arrived on the same plane. There are many people in China.

See the immigration officer, hand in I-94, show your passport and customs declaration form, and other materials (if you are studying abroad, show me I-20; If you are visiting relatives, you must show your round-trip ticket and press your fingerprints. With the approval of U.S. immigration officials, the half chapter of I-94 is attached to your passport (this half chapter of I-94 is very important, so don't lose it when you leave the United States). Get your passport, documents and customs declaration back.

This program has a long queue and few people, about half an hour. If there are many people, it will take about 1 hour.

3) Pick up your baggage on the baggage carousel of your flight.

4) After the customs inspection, they submit the customs report and conduct spot checks. There are three situations: one possibility is that the customs officer receives your customs declaration form, then waves his hand and you leave; On the other hand, they accept your customs declaration form and ask you to put your luggage (all luggage, including checked luggage and carry-on luggage) on the conveyor belt of the inspection machine. After the luggage comes, no one asks for you, so you put it on the trolley [in the United States, trolleys at many airports are charged, and ORD trolleys are free to use]. Let's go There is a third possibility. After the machine inspection, some customs officers ask for unpacking inspection. You have to take all your luggage to the customs inspection counter and open it on the spot for them to check. As long as it is not the third case, generally speaking, 10 for several minutes. If it is unpacking inspection, it is difficult to estimate the time. Generally speaking, most of them are the second case.

5) If you buy a ticket from Beijing Capital Airport in China to Cincinnati in the United States, you should give it directly to the baggage porter (be careful not to damage or lose the airline baggage tag on your luggage and the baggage tag attached on your ticket, which has the names of the airport where your luggage leaves and the airport where it ends). Conveyor belts of airlines (UA or AA, etc. ) looking for you [just at the exit of the customs inspection office, with obvious signs and staff of their airlines next to it], post it.

6) Find your airline terminal at Chicago O'Hare Airport. You have to get off the plane at the "International Building" of Chicago O'Hare Airport, while domestic flights to other parts of the United States are in another terminal. Aode Airport is very big, so you should take the Airport Light Rail (ATS) between the terminals. The departure flights of United Airlines (UA) are in Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. The departure flights of American Airlines (AA) are all in Terminal 3. Go upstairs at the exit of the international arrival hall of Terminal 5 and take the airport light rail.

If you buy a ticket from China Beijing Capital Airport to Cincinnati on American Airlines (such as UA or AA), generally speaking, when boarding at China Beijing Capital Airport, the check-in counter will give you a boarding pass from Beijing Capital Airport (airport code PEK) to Chicago (airport code ORD) and a connecting flight to Chicago. The boarding pass has the flight number of Chicago-Cincinnati airport you want to go to, as well as the terminal number and boarding slogan of your boarding at Chicago Oder International Airport. If there is no terminal and boarding gate number (flight number is definitely available), just look at the flight indication TV screen of Chicago Airport and compare your flight number, and you can see the boarding gate corresponding to the Chicago-Cincinnati flight.

Please check the security again before entering this terminal. The length of the security queue depends on whether your time is at the peak.

The signs of Chicago airport are very clear.