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Northern Cyprus with an EU Identity card

11/4/2019 3:52:19 PM Nationals of any country (as revealed to me by the police at Ercan Airport – the MFA website is completely incorrect in other words), can use ID cards (if written in the Latin alphabet) for short-term visits. For citizens of Turkey, EU states, Australia and USA, passports/IDs must be valid for 2 […]

Can I enter the UK without my husband if we said we'd travel together in our visa application?

9/22/2019 3:05:58 AM Do we need to mention our traveling dates different on visa application? Of course. Always tell the truth. Also if we fill same dates on our application, Am I possibly be asked by the immigration office why am I entering London with out him? Of course. Anything that the immigration officer observes […]

How to move children in a Las Vegas casino?

7/6/2018 1:30:01 PM It has been several years since I was in Las Vegas, but what I remember most is the miasma of cigarette smoke in the casinos. Assuming you want to expose your children to that, you might look for a casino that allows you to look down on the gaming floor from above. […]

Should I declare chocolate as "food" when entering the US?

1/2/2019 12:44:28 AM You need to answer all questions honestly, so if the question is about whether you are carrying food, you need to answer yes, since chocolate is food. If the question is confusing and you don’t know whether to declare it or not, you should always declare it, since there is zero penalty […]

I am a nomad (traveler), where is my home?

9/17/2019 11:38:16 AM This question is almost impossible to answer properly since specific information needed is missing and therefor must be assumed to give in answer at all. If you are not interested in any of the legal MomboJumbo skip down to Question 2 Missing Citizenship of person Country that it applies to Assumptions homelessness […]

Transit visa for 6.5 hour layover Hong Kong

Transit visa for 6.5 hour layover Hong Kong

9/15/2019 4:24:07 PM I think you’re screwed. Go here: https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html#notes You are unfortunately a caret symbol country: Wikipedia for example summarizes it as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Hong_Kong#Visa_required_nationals Nationals of the following countries are required to possess a visa for any type of entry into Hong Kong (including as tourists) and for transit airside (even if they remain within […]

Is flying from an airport from a different country than where you live considered as suspicious?

12/28/2018 4:34:43 PM I agree that US immigration is unlikely to be concerned about why you flew from the Netherlands, however be aware that the US Customs form asks for “countries visited on this trip prior to US arrival”. In this case you would list Netherlands as well as Germany, even if your “visit” amounted […]

Does cash over USD 10,000 need to be declared before boarding a domestic flight connecting to an international flight?

7/11/2018 5:41:29 AM Although it is advisable, wise and logical to file the required report before going through any security, this does not appear to be required by law. The letter of the law, 31 USC 5316, says, in this regard: …a person…shall file a report…when the person…knowingly…transports, is about to transport, or has transported, […]

Train from Nice to Moscow / Border Controls

9/10/2019 3:49:28 PM I travelled on the Prague–Moscow train in 2015. I had a transit visa for Belarus and a tourism visa for a fortnight-long stay in Russia. My tour actually left the Prague–Moscow train in Brest (the first station in Belarus where passport formalities and the bogie exchange to accomodate for Russian broad gauge […]

Is the Innsbruck to Prague sleeper train really direct?

5/21/2018 4:19:16 PM The important part first: You can stay in your compartment – and to be safe, you should stay there during the stop in Salzburg. This train consists of so-called “Kurswagen” – the individual cars go on different routes. In Salzburg cars get changed between trains. According to the schedule for early June: […]

Where were these castle pictures from WW II taken?

Where were these castle pictures from WW II taken?

5/15/2018 1:18:41 PM This really may be it. Schloss Mainberg in Schonungen, Germany (not Schweinfurt, I guess?). And all purely by accident that it was probably taken in the same place the pics were developed! Note faint red circles around turret dome and steeple. Glad I stopped looking in France. Don’t miss this either-just found […]

Does EU 261/2004 compensation apply if delayed by the border check?

8/26/2019 12:45:01 AM EU261 does NOT apply in situations like this. From the regulation itself, EU261 covers : This Regulation establishes, under the conditions specified herein, minimum rights for passengers when: (a) they are denied boarding against their will; (b) their flight is cancelled; (c) their flight is delayed. Very clearly none of those cover […]

Should I put toilet paper in airplane toilets?

12/12/2018 3:43:47 PM Understand that toilet paper is designed to be just solid enough to get the job done, but not so solid that it cannot be broken down as waste later once it is wet (this is a general rule for paper waste not specific to airplanes). Too many people think that paper is […]

How do I find the fastest route from Heathrow to an address in London using all forms of transport?

How do I find the fastest route from Heathrow to an address in London using all forms of transport?

8/21/2019 9:57:38 AM On Google Maps the Heathrow Express will show up if you specify a terminal to depart from. As for Taxi journeys, time wise those would mostly be equivalent to the Car timings on google maps. Immigration officer stamped my parent's passport for 2 months of stay but the official and online I94 […]

Aren't there road signs that show populations of towns in the UK?

Aren't there road signs that show populations of towns in the UK?

10/29/2018 6:00:01 PM In the UK, we have no local registration of one’s residence. You can move somewhere and the only thing the council knows about a change in residence, is one name on the council tax bill, a new kid in a school, new benefit claim, etc. There is no need to register other […]

Immigration officer stamped my parent's passport for 2 months of stay but the official and online I94 record shows as 6 months

8/19/2019 11:58:13 PM There’s clearly an error here and your parents need to resolve it or they risk being treated as overstayers if they don’t leave by 1st October. They can take their passports to the nearest CBP point of entry or Deferred Inspection site and get the records corrected. I would expect that a […]

French A roads, Spanish E- roads, Dutch E roads and German roads

French A roads, Spanish E- roads, Dutch E roads and German roads

4/10/2018 7:51:13 AM In France, road are usually named following the pattern LetterNumber. The number starts at 1, and the letter depends on the type of road. ‘A’ is for “Autoroute”, “Highway” in french, high-speed roads, usually having a speed limit set to 130 km/h ‘N’ is for “Nationale”, these are roads crossing multiple Regions, […]

My seatmate has digestive problems causing unpleasant smell. What ought the cabin crew do?

7/16/2018 4:34:10 AM I strongly disagree with the sentiment of most answers. Being sensitive to smells myself, I can fully understand how your mother could not tolerate this situation, and even preferred to stand over sitting in that place. However, I do agree that she did handle the situation badly. Trying to solve by herself […]

What is the easiest way for my Russian girlfriend to get an EU (Schengen) tourist visa?

2/9/2018 9:01:02 AM My girlfriend’s cousin living in Moscow went visit me and my girlfriend about a year ago. Since then, she has been to Germany quite frequently since she fell in love with my best friend. Each time for a few weeks. You have to write an informal invitation and add a confirmation on […]

Which I-94 date do I believe?

Which I-94 date do I believe?

9/6/2019 7:34:57 PM I believe the other answer is correct, and have marked it as the answer, however I am updating with details of what seems to have happened now. We crossed 3 times in August without any issues. First time there was no comment, just allowed to enter. I checked I-94 website later, the […]

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