# How does immigration/customs work for private jets? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 24, 2023, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-immigration-customs-work-for-private-jets/987469 "2023-07-24T13:17:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-immigration-customs-work-for-private-jets/987469/20 "2023-07-25T00:13:16Z")
@Machine_Elf , this 2011 thread might interest you – the first 25 posts or so get to what you’re asking in the OP. I see that @Llama_Llogophile contributed several posts to that one, as well. > [@Can the uber-wealthy get into the U.S. undocumented via private-property helipads/airstrips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-uber-wealthy-get-into-the-u-s-undocumented-via-private-property-helipads-airstrips/585872): > > (Inspired by the ongoing [“Golfer Having a Hard Time Getting a Visa”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13927352#post13927352) thread in GQ) Let’s say Mexican multi-billionaire [Carlos Slim](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Slim) holds a sybaritic Cinco de Mayo bash at a huge private compound near the resort town Playas de Rosarito, Mexico (near Tijuana). Slim invites a veritable whos-who of high-rolling moguls, enterntainers, and captains of industry & finance. During the festivities, Slim hits it off with one Bill Gates, of Microsoft fame. As they get to talking, Gates thanks Slim for lett… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-immigration-customs-work-for-private-jets/987469)._