Fly to San Diego, USA, and transfer in West Asia.

What is the process of flying to San Diego and connecting in Seattle?

On the plane from China (Shanghai Pudong Airport or Beijing Capital Airport) to Seattle International Airport, fill in the "I-94 Form" and "Customs Declaration Form" (issued to passengers by flight attendants). Generally speaking, there are "magazines" in front of the seats on international flights. One magazine has the translation of each item of this I-94 form and customs declaration form, and some flights have Chinese versions of these two forms. However, these two forms must be filled in English. If your English is not very good, download these two forms in China, ask for help in advance, write a draft, and then copy it on the official form.

Tell me how to get there.

The main building of the sea is like a tile, which is divided into four corridors (A, B, C and D). In addition, there are two satellite buildings (Satellite Building, N Satellite Building and S Satellite Building) hanging outside the main building, which are connected with the main building through airport metro satellite traffic system.

The international arrivals of all airlines are on the middle floor of the S satellite building.

After getting off the plane, 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 know which line to queue, you can ask the people from China who arrived on the same plane. Many people from China arrived on the same plane.

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-20; If you are visiting relatives, you must show your round-trip ticket and press your fingerprints. The officials of the US Immigration Bureau have to ask a few questions (if you are visiting relatives and don't know English, you should prepare an English "Letter to the US Customs Officer" first), and the officials will approve and post a semi-copy of I-94 on your passport (this semi-copy of I-94 is very important, don't lose it, and hand it in when you leave the United States). This program takes a long time, about 1 hour, because there are many people waiting in line.

After entering the country, the lower part of the building will pick up your luggage on the baggage carousel of your flight. Pick up your luggage and go through the customs.

After the customs inspection, they handed in the "customs report" and conducted a sampling inspection. 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, and you put it on. After the luggage came, no one looked for you, so you put it on the cart and left. 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. Generally speaking, most of them are the second case.

Go through the customs, come out, then turn right 90 degrees, and then face two choices: "international arrival" (that is, Seattle is the terminal passenger) and "international transit"

International transit passengers go to the left.

If you buy a plane ticket from China (Beijing Capital Airport, or Shanghai Pudong Airport, etc.). ) to San Diego airport in the United States, then you should hand it directly to the luggage rack (be careful not to damage or lose the airline luggage tag on your luggage, which has the name of the airport where your luggage starts and ends). Look for your airline's conveyor belt [there is a sign with their airline staff next to it] and post it.

After the luggage is checked again (it must be checked to the end at the departure station), join the team to re-check the security.

After the security check, we arrived at the transit floor of S satellite, and after the security check, we were mixed with all other ordinary passengers. International transit passengers (after meeting people who fly to meet people at sea) stand on the transit floor of S satellite, and decide whether to take the escalator back to the boarding gate of S or take airport metro to the boarding gates of other terminals according to the airlines in the next section.

If the connecting passenger is not the boarding gate for S, he will get on the bus. If it's the door of Hall B, get off at two stops. If it's another door, take one stop and get off at the main terminal. You can continue to transfer to the subway ring line on the right.

If you buy a joint flight ticket from China (Beijing Capital Airport or Shanghai Pudong Airport) to San Diego on American Airlines (such as UA or AA), generally speaking, when boarding in China (Pudong Airport or Beijing Capital Airport), the check-in counter will put the boarding pass from Shanghai Pudong Airport (airport code PVG, or Beijing Capital Airport, airport code PEK) to Seattle (airport code sea) and connecting flight in Seattle. The boarding pass has the flight number of Seattle-San Diego airport and the boarding gate number of your boarding at Seattle International Airport. If there is no boarding gate number (there must be a flight number), just look at the flight indication TV screen of Seattle Airport and compare your flight number to see the corresponding boarding gate of Seattle-San Diego flight.

Are there any Chinese tips in Seattle?

No. However, you can prepare a list of common words for airport signs in both Chinese and English in advance.

I don't know if you are an international student or a parent visiting relatives, so it's a bit verbose.

Have a safe trip and have a nice trip.