Travelling to the US, just got harder

If you’re planning on visiting the US anytime soon, be prepared to face some hard times and delays as flying to America is about to get more inconvenient, all in the name of security.

Follow the expiration of Trump's controversial travel bans, airliners will begin a new security screening procedures, that will be carried out on both US citizens and foreigners coming into the US.

Five global long-haul flights, including Air France, Cathay Pacific, EgyptAir, Emirates and Lufthansa said they would begin the new security interviews starting on Thursday, October 26 while a sixth carrier, Royal Jordanian, said it would begin the new procedures in mid-January after US authorities granted RJ’s request for a delay in implementing the measures.

However, the airlines offered different descriptions of how the interviews would take place, ranging from another form a traveller would have to fill out to actually being questioned by an airline employee.

The new rules also come at the end of a 120-day deadline for airlines to meet new US regulations following the ban on laptops in plane cabins of some Mideast airlines being lifted.

In March, US officials instituted a ban on laptops in aeroplane cabins across 10 Middle East cities over concerns Islamic State fighters and other extremists could hide bombs inside them.