So immigration is once again a total disaster at the airport. airport blames Zurich police. Zurich police blames the airport. Ridiculously, they make all passports cue at the top of the escalators on the right hand side and EU/Ch on the left hand side and then at the bottom of the stairs EU/Ch needs to proceed to the right hand side and all passports to the left, meaning everyone has to trample over each other to cross to their designated sections. When is this airport going to sort this mess out?

by Cypherphunk269

15 comments

  1. yes, you are totally right. thats really the worst that can happen…

  2. mimimimimi …. see that u are the type of guy normally flying private jets… huh

  3. How to tell everybody you’ve not travelled much in your life without telling it.

  4. Says somebody who comes from south africa, should i post some photos of the queue down there?

  5. Been to US, Sth East Asia, India?

    This does not happen too often, put your toys back in the pram, you are not going to die.

  6. You should not post unsolicited photos of complete strangers on the Internet.

  7. Did they not have the e-gates in use? I’ve noticed that a lot of people who could use them (EU + CH) still prefer to join the queue

  8. Ah, August at Zurich Airport, the ultimate crossover event starring border control, cantonal police, and a crowd the size of a Coldplay gig.
    Shocking plot twist: when half of Europe decides to fly on the same weekend, the queues get… longer! It’s almost as if “peak season” isn’t metaphoric poetry but a direct reference to everyone’s cortisol levels.

    I’m with you on the “everyone-right / everyone-left” tango: the only time Schengen and non-Schengen travelers practice Swiss-style neutrality, by colliding mid-staircase. But, honestly, if chaos has a guaranteed time slot, this is it. Charter flights multiply, passport officers don’t reproduce by mitosis, and the gate-assignment algorithm remains an inscrutable deity.

    Moral of the story: August + airport = Zen patience, comfy shoes, and maybe a three-hour mindfulness podcast. Or you could fly in November, when passport control is so deserted you half expect them to greet you by name.

    Until then, treat the slalom through the funnels as a pre-flight warm-up, your fitness tracker might even count it as cardio. 😉

  9. If this is your problem, you haven’t spent enough time in immigration queues yet.

  10. If this is your problem, you haven’t spent enough time in immigration queues yet.

  11. I am so absolutely lucky they let my fiancé drag me through the Swiss passport line every time I’m there. I’ve seen it backed up like this and I just get to go with my fiancé.

  12. Bro, just travel in the morning if this bothers you.

  14. How dare you critice this god chosen perfect country! This is a non issue, everywhere else is worse! Do you have no other problems in live? If you dont like it dont go there!

    seriously, the nerves of people…

  15. Folks I travel economy and I regularly cue in immigration lines. And as for comparing Swiss immigration management with South African immigration practice, are we really saying it’s OK for Swiss immigration to resemble 3rd world immigration management / crowd control? The point is not the cues. The point is that they’re insisting on making people cue in such a way that the cues clash with each other and cause a snarl, and even when one points it out to them, they say this is just the way it’s going to be.

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