Applicants should also be aware that all border patrol agents begin work along the Southwest U.S. border upon completing training. Salary, Benefits and Opportunities for Advancement Depending on education and experience, entry-level CBP officers begin with the government pay scale level of GL-5 (...
Under 19 USC 1467, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has the right to examine any shipments imported into the United States, and you, the importer, are required to bear the cost of those cargo exams. Does it help if we tell you that it applies to personal shipments as well as commerc...
Users are then furnished with a mobile or tablet QR code receipt, which they then present to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in special, dedicated lanes, bypassing those longer lines. Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was the first to use the app five years ago. M...
European Russia, the most densely populated, urbanized, and industrialized region, lies between the Ukraine-Belarus border and the Ural Mountains. Seventy-eight percent of the population lives in this area. Two large industrial cities are located above the Arctic Circle: Murmansk on the Kola Peninsu...
Situated in an upland basin near the western border, Sofia was on the crossroads of major trade routes between the Aegean Sea and the Danube and between Turkey and central Europe. It also offered easy access to Macedonian lands, which were not part of the new Bulgarian state. Regional ...
Nowadays in the north border of ancient Luoyue Kingdom , in Donglan and Fengshan areas of Guangxi on the two sides of Honghe River, the Festival of God of Frog is still kept by the local people to worship the totem of this nationality. When the frog dances are performed in festivals ,...
It borders China in the north, Laos in the northeast and center, and Cambodia in the southwest. Its 2,135 miles (3,444 kilometers) of coastline run from its border with Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand along the South China Sea to its border with China. The delineation of Vietnam's ...
Textile and clothing, toys, and electronics were among the first products manufactured for export in the territory. In the early 1980s, factories began to move across the border into mainland China, and Hong Kong has been transformed into a service center. Major Industries. Most industry ...
The capital, Bishkek, is in the north, near the Kazak border, where it was known as Frunze during the Soviet era. The country is divided into north and south by mountain ranges. Northern culture has been influenced by Russians, while southern culture has absorbed Uzbek traditions. The Nary...
At the northern border, the Danube River runs along the Iron Gate Gorge. Central Serbia is hilly and forested and is the most densely populated region of the country. In the east, there are the Carpathian and Rhodope Mountains, as well as the Balkan range, which forms the border with ...