Description
Free cheat sheet (PDF): https://www.privateenglishportal.com/f/at-the-hotel-vocab-copy
Arrivals edition. Short skit first (passport/boarding pass, “Where will you be staying?”, the condo mix-up, and snakes vs snacks). Then we walk through the Top 10 immigration questions you’ll hear at arrivals and give clear model answers you can copy/adapt.
What you’ll learn
• The Top 10 Arrivals questions (purpose, length of stay, where you’ll stay, onward/return ticket, work, prior visits, funds, declarations, food/animal products, cash over the limit)
• Model answers (A2–B2 friendly) you can use at the desk
• Quick notes on what officers are checking (consistency, specifics, confidence)
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0:00 Passport and boarding pass
0:04 “Where will you be staying?”
0:07 “I’ll be staying with my brother.”
0:09 “Where does he live?”
0:20 Condo (not “condom”)
0:30 “Snakes from Brazil?”
0:31 “Yes, just some small snakes.”
0:34 “I need a wildlife inspector.”
0:39 Oh—snacks
0:53 “It’s pretty good!”
0:55 Welcome to the USA
0:57 Lesson starts — Arrivals overview
1:10 Q1: Purpose of your trip
1:40 Q2: Length of stay
2:10 Q3: Where you’ll be staying (address/hotel/host)
2:40 Q4: Return/onward ticket
3:10 Q5: What you do for work
3:40 Q6: Prior visits/overstays/refusals
4:10 Q7: Funds (cash/cards)
4:40 Q8: Anything to declare (gifts/for resale/value)
5:10 Q9: Food/animal products
5:40 Q10: Carrying more than $10,000/£10,000
6:10 Wrap-up + free PDF