HOW long as you want because when u need to go to Ellis island you could take any boat that takes you to Ellis island.
about a month
Are you walking, driving, or flying?
Immigrants had to go to Ellis Island because they had to take a test, check if their sick, and get the papers this usually took a really long time.
10-14 days
it was quickly built and re opened in 1900
They took ships from Europe and came into Ellis Island in NYC harbor.
$6.4million
The trip was very short. Generally, it took five days to travel across the Atlantic from the UK to the island. Not all immigrants were admitted into the island upon arrival.
immagrints took, tests
Ellis Island is important as people from round the world, their ancestors will have passed through there to get to America. That is what has made America so culturally diverse today. Millions of immigrants passed through Ellis Island. A fire on Ellis Island burnt down records of immigrants passing through, no copies were made of these so tracing ancestors can be a difficulty. (I visited the Ellis Island Museum but I still do not fully understand so don't take all my words! :P)
For immigrants who ended up being approved, the process of passing through the system on Ellis Island took anywhere from 2 to 5 hours. Each person had to answer a list of 29 questions and declare how much money they had with them.