Information for passengers traveling from/to USA

HEIGHTENED SECURITY ON TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHTS

Additional security measures applying to passengers traveling to the United States have gone into effect. The procedures are being carried out by both airport security personnel and flight crews, and apply to passengers departing from Warsaw and Krakow as well as transit passengers connecting from other countries.

Due to the procedures mentioned above, all passengers traveling to the United States on LOT Polish Airlines from Warsaw and Krakow are asked to check in earlier than usual. Check in for passengers will begin four hours before the planned departure time and will end one hour before departure. After completing baggage check-in and passport control, passengers should immediately proceed to the boarding gate indicated on their boarding passes.

The security procedures apply to passengers and their carry-on baggage. Because of this, regulations concerning size, weight limits, and contents of carry-on baggage will be strictly observed. We remind you that on transatlantic flights, passengers are permitted one item of baggage weighing no more than 6 kg in economy class and 9 kg in business class.

Specific information concerning carry-on baggage can be found at Baggage section.

 

SPECIAL NOTICE!

Cautionary Notice Regarding Previous Overstays

Passengers who previously stayed in the U.S. longer than permitted on the form I-94 issued by the immigration officer at the port of entry will be denied entry into the U.S.  In order to avoid being sent back to Poland, and possibly being held in a detention facility if a return flight is not immediately available, passengers are urged to bear in mind the following:

• A visa does not guarantee entry. An immigration inspector at the port of entry determines the visa holder's eligibility for admission into the United States.
• If you stayed even one day longer than permitted on a previous I-94, the visa you used on that trip is now invalid for re-entry, even if the visa expiration date on the visa foil has not been reached.   You will not be permitted to re-enter the U.S. on such a visa.
• Polish citizens who have previously overstayed must apply for new visas at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw or the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow.
• We urge you to be honest with the consular officer regarding your previous overstay.  It is far better to be denied a visa by a consular officer in Poland than to be detained/arrested and turned back by U.S. immigration authorities after a long, expensive flight.
• Failure to disclose a previous overstay to a consular officer or immigration officer is considered misrepresentation and will make you permanently ineligible to receive future visas, including immigrant visas.