Saipan and Guam

1. Do Saipan and Guam have exactly the same status to the United States?

Answer: From the perspective of immigration management in the United States, the status of the two places is exactly the same now, and they are both part of the United States of America. The United States federal immigration laws are implemented in both places. You don't need any immigration passport check to enter Saipan from Guam. For flights from Saipan to Guam, passport inspection by US Immigration Service is required before boarding in Saipan. This is because Saipan used to have autonomous immigration management, and many people who did not meet the US federal immigration management or did not hold US visas were stranded in Saipan and needed to be controlled. This transition period ended on 20 12.

2. Once you enter Saipan with a green card and then go to new york from Saipan, do you need to go through the immigration checkpoint in new york again? Or, like American flights, you don't need to go through immigration checkpoints in new york? Please give me some advice! Thank you very much

Answer: I can tell you authoritatively; I have traveled back and forth between Saipan and the continental United States many times, both before and after federalization. From Saipan to new york, if you take the domestic line of the United States, it is: Saipan-Guam-Hawaii-new york. You don't need to go through the immigration checkpoint in new york. This is the departure and arrival of America. When I got off the plane, I took my luggage to the streets. However, there are counters in front of boarding gates at Saipan and Guam airports. Is to check your passport and ID card. Because these two places are visa-free for some countries, but not for the mainland of the United States, such as Hongkong and Taiwan Province Province, you have to check your passport and I-94 card when boarding the plane, but just look at it and shake it. No questions, no photos. Fingerprints are routine and will be quick. In Hawaii, the US Immigration Service often checks documents and air tickets. Guam, Saipan and Hawaii are all tax-free islands, so they will need customs declaration, but this is different from immigration.