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Additional preclearance locations coming in 2015?

Found this short note on the CBP site:
Beginning in 2015, the United States intends to enter into negotiations in order to expand air preclearance operations to new locations. Through preclearance, the same immigration, customs, and agriculture inspections of international air passengers performed on arrival in the United States can be completed before departure at foreign airports instead. Currently, preclearance operations take place at 15 foreign airports in six different countries, benefitting air passengers, airports, and air carriers, in the United States and abroad. CBP also staffs a Pre-inspection facility for passenger/vehicle ferry traffic to the U.S. in Victoria, Canada.
There are 9 pre clearance facilities presently in Canada with locations in the cities of Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Halifax. There are obvious benefits for travellers in having these centres.

Outside of Canada, CBP also has pre clearance locations in the Caribbean, Ireland as well as the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It will be interesting to see where CBP expands next. If they do continue to expand inside Canada, is there some place you would prefer to see one? Kingston, Ontario? Whitehorse, Yukon?

Source: Preclearance Locations

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