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Green Card Holder Re-Entry

2/23/2017 3:48:35 PM All you need is your green card, but if you plan to be away for more than one year, you should get a reentry permit. If you don’t get a reentry permit in that case, you may need a returning resident visa. There are also legal implications if you stay away for […]

What happens to an existing TSA Precheck registration if I apply for Global Entry?

11/1/2019 7:12:47 PM I obtained my GE number and found I was no longer getting precheck status. I called airline, and they had me change my KTN from precheck number to the GE number. Hopefully that does that job. How available is Internet in Sierra Leone? 2/21/2017 7:45:30 PM What happens to my TSA Precheck […]

Can I travel with my New Zealand visa on my old passport

1/16/2017 8:13:17 AM You need to transfer your visa in your new passport. From the official New Zealand Immigration : Transferring my visa to a new passport “If you have renewed your passport (because it has expired, was lost/stolen or your name has changed), you need to transfer your valid visa into your new passport […]

How available is Internet in Sierra Leone?

1/5/2022 8:23:12 PM For anyone looking into this in 2022, I just visited Sierra Leone and spent a few days working remotely from Freetown. I ended up just using my phone with a local Orange SIM card as a WiFi hotspot, which worked surprisingly well: 200ms end-to-end ping to outside West Africa, 40 Mbit uplink/downlink, […]

Who to complain to about the speed of airport security at Frankfurt?

12/18/2017 5:19:35 PM “I had a connection for 1 hour and 10 minutes” That is too short to make an international connection. I assume your connection was international because you said you were stuck for two days before getting an alternate. Try claiming on your travel insurance, but they will probably not accept it. I […]

Can my baby travel to Greece with an ID card instead of a passport?

2/20/2017 1:01:15 PM If your baby is a Belgian citizen with a Belgian ID card, then he can travel to Greece using it. Otherwise, he officially needs a passport and residence permit, but unless flying on a budget carrier, you probably won’t be asked for ID at all unless you check in luggage. Consular assistance […]

Will I be allowed back in to UK despite a passport stamp as shown?

11/19/2019 3:05:20 AM Canadians, Australians, and Kiwis can enter the UK on a one-way ticket. I see this stamp was placed in a Canadian passport and I find this odd. Usually a Canadian wouldn’t get a 48-hour restriction like this unless one had overstayed or broken the conditions of one’s stay in the past. Short […]

Consular assistance for Australians in Crimea

2/24/2017 12:21:17 AM Consular assistance in Crimea itself will be limited; as such you should head for mainland Russia and contact the Australian embassy in Moscow in case of any issues. That said, Crimea is no longer particularly unsafe, no matter what some governments keep saying (mostly out of disapproval at the fact that Crimea […]

How to prepare a picky eater for Thai, Cambodian, and Vietnamese cuisine?

1/3/2017 12:49:20 PM I worked in Cambodia for a year. One of my favorite dishes was lok lak. It’s basically seared beef cubes, sometimes sliced, sometimes in sauce. It’s usually served with a little dish of lime juice and ground black pepper on the side for dipping. As Loren stated, fried rice is usually a […]

How to switch from Tourist visa to Resident visa status in the Schengen area?

7/12/2019 8:35:00 PM Old question but I see it linked a lot so I’m going to add some information I believe is pertinent. I received the following email from the Austrian BMI regarding entering visa-fee before a Visa D is valid. Keep in mind this is a translation from the original email in german and […]

Having overstayed in the US and now wanting to go back to India, will there by any problem at US Immigration?

1/1/2017 12:19:36 AM If you plan on returning to the USA at some point in your life (and this includes even transfers, flights to, say, South America where you are merely connecting in the USA), you may want to consult with an immigration attorney before you leave. The 10-year ban others have mentioned is real, […]

How can I ensure my exit from the US by land is recorded?

12/20/2017 5:46:18 PM There are different scenarios to be taken into consideration here. Exiting to Canada: This situation is by far the easiest, given the data sharing between the US and Canada. In many cases (such as VWP nationals without an ESTA), when entering the US by land you will get a paper I94 form […]

Countries with solely international trains

5/12/2019 2:00:44 PM Since early 2018, there is passenger train service between Ethiopia and Djibouti. It appears that all trains go from Addis Ababa to Djibouti City, so all trains in both countries are effectively international trains. However, there are at least two passenger stops in each country, so it is also possible to take […]

Munich – how can I quickly figure out which station belongs to what ring?

Munich – how can I quickly figure out which station belongs to what ring?

2/27/2019 7:42:10 AM Update Been living there for some time as a frequent traveler. I gotta check the rings all the time to have the right combination of tickets for the journey. The most convenient way is to use MVG Fahrinfo München app’s journey planner on your mobile device.                           Original Even though this won’t […]

May a Dutch citizen enter the Netherlands using a foreign passport?

3/21/2017 2:32:27 AM I suppose I may be one of a few people who can actually answer this question from experience – me, some family members, and some friends have all experienced this. This is all assuming your foreign passport is one that you can travel to the Netherlands with. If you are a Dutch […]

Driving in the UK for the the first time – rules & to-dos that are different to India

3/7/2017 2:47:56 PM I would strongly urge you to re-consider driving in London — it is an unfriendly and expensive city for drivers, but has top-class public transport. My recommendation would be to use public transport in London, then take a train to York and pick up a hire car there. However, either way you […]

US citizen denied entry and then refused a visa 11 years ago, what should they expect at UK Immigration now?

3/19/2017 10:54:49 AM I’m going to post a milder version of Sheik Paul’s answer. In the UK, refusals are tied to a person, not a passport or nationality, and embassies record your fingerprints, so they definitely have means of catching you. There are obviously two options: entering visa-free or applying for a visa. The latter […]

Can my brother from Australia buy a flydubai airline ticket for me?

Can my brother from Australia buy a flydubai airline ticket for me?

12/2/2016 2:46:25 PM Yes he can, flydubai has visa/master card verification, your brother must send you a photocopy of his passport and credit card. Good to go. Are there plain clothes police patrols in Warsaw, or was I a victim of a scam? 12/1/2016 7:10:30 AM As FlyDubai is a IATA member airline, your brother […]

How are the suffixes of railway platforms determined?

2/6/2017 7:27:00 PM Well. I think this answer is rather broad, not being country specific, but here goes what I can say from Austria (and AFAICT Germany does the same or similar): The suffixes in the platform numbers are to segregate the platforms into “numbered” segments (A – D) so that you know where to […]

Are there plain clothes police patrols in Warsaw, or was I a victim of a scam?

Are there plain clothes police patrols in Warsaw, or was I a victim of a scam?

9/24/2020 9:10:19 PM Yes, in Poland police can and do patrol in plain clothes, there will always be 2 of them, it can also be police and military, or police and local deputy (town guard). Polish police can stop and frisk anyone, under any suspicion, tho they have to say what was it, and if […]

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