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What happens to citizen children if their parents are deported on arrival?

10/3/2019 12:59:46 AM As I understand it, parents decide where their children stay and go, and the parents have a legal responsibility under family law to provide for their children. So it’s not that the children are “sent back” by the government, but rather that the parents will choose to take their children back with […]

What does Timatic mean by saying: Only one transit stop-over in Saudi Arabia is permitted

3/12/2019 4:51:57 PM The fault in your logic is presuming that “Transit Without Visa” and “Airside transit” are the same thing – they are not. Airside transit does not allow you to leave the international transit area of the airport (ie, you must remain “airside”) TWOV is a more generic concept, where the rules vary […]

Windows 10 Wallpaper – photo location

Windows 10 Wallpaper – photo location

12/17/2020 9:23:46 PM Those are the Archway Islands on Wharariki Beach in New Zealand: (Source – no author specified) Entry requirements for arrival from space Credit:stackoverflow.com‘

What happens if you have a medical emergency after deplaning but before passing passport control?

7/27/2017 6:53:22 PM This is about the US rather than the UK, but here is a relevant article about the treatment at Stanford Hospital of passengers traveling on Asiana Airlines flight 214, which crashed just before the runway at the San Francisco airport. From the article: And when they were healthy enough to leave the […]

Is rudeness to UK immigration officials a sufficient reason to deny entry?

1/27/2019 4:28:04 PM Consider a hypothetical Snarkgirl, whose superpower is being rude. She cannot be arrogant, rude or condescending in a vacuum The root problem is it is impracticable to separate these trivial traits from the non-trivial things they imply. When she gives a rude answer, she “uses up” the one slot where a straight […]

Entry requirements for arrival from space

11/10/2016 7:10:53 AM Astronauts don’t take the passport during the space travel, but diplomats of country of origin or the space agency will carry the passport, and bring them where the passport will be needed (e.g. for emergency landing), or back to Kazakhstan for regular landing. Landing in foreign state is not a huge issue, […]

Are there manual immigration checks for non EU citizens in airports when travelling inside the EU?

Are there manual immigration checks for non EU citizens in airports when travelling inside the EU?

9/28/2019 9:25:06 PM Inside-Schengen travel is being modeled after the practice in the United States. The USA is a huge country where internal flight is far more common than international flight. As such, for decades, US airports have physical gating separating internal flights (which have no immigration or customs checks) from international flights (which do). […]

Airline company decided to stop service to my destination

1/25/2019 12:53:22 PM Schedules and cancellations are governed under Article X of the Adria Airways General Conditions of Carriage, the contract you agreed to when you purchased a ticket with them. This, in turn, is subject to national law and to Regulation (EC) 261/2004 since the flight originates in an EU country. As is the […]

We are on WHV, my boyfriend was in a small collision, we are leaving in 2 weeks what happens if we don’t pay the damages?

9/22/2019 3:35:11 PM If the accident involved a hire car, the hire company will have enough information about you for the police to trace you in your home country, eventually. One of my work colleagues in the UK took a vacation in Australia, and unknowingly was picked up by a speed camera for exceeding the […]

E-Ticket vs Itinerary vs Booking Reference

E-Ticket vs Itinerary vs Booking Reference

6/19/2023 5:09:04 AM Generally speaking, in short: a PNR refers to a booking and can have multiple tickets and people within it a ticket number identifies a single itinerary for one person, sometimes including multiple stops or return flights This may vary slightly. You rarely need the ticket number as the PNR is essentially a […]

How busy are the Faroe Islands during summer compared to Iceland?

2/11/2019 9:30:24 AM In 2017 2.1 million people visited Iceland. In the same year an estimate of 224,000 people visited the Faroe Islands, so all together the islands get significantly fewer visitors, which would indicate that many fewer tourists will be around even in the summer months. In June 2016 Iceland had 221,900, where as […]

What rules govern forced removal from flights (due to overbooking)?

4/13/2017 7:54:41 PM I knew that airlines could overbook flights and deny boarding to some passengers, but I thought that kind of boarding denial would happen at the gate and that once folks had been let on, those denied boarding would be those arriving later to the gate. In the case of the United 3411 […]

Travelling to Ireland with an Italian 1951 Convention travel document

11/10/2022 1:35:59 PM 2022 Update Ireland suspended its participation in the European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees on 19 July 2022, for a period of 12 months. This means that 1951 convention travel document holders need a visa to travel to Ireland. Beyond this date, it is possible that Ireland will announce […]

Does being refused entry to Singapore mean I am now blacklisted?

9/4/2015 12:53:36 AM Only the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) knows, and they don’t tell you! This means everything I will say here is purely anecdotal and should be taken with a large dab of sambal. So the bad news: by default, being refused entry to Singapore means you’re also blacklisted for anything from 6 […]

Why are so many electronic passport gates kept closed?

9/19/2019 2:57:31 PM As mentioned in the comments these gates have to be manned so there may not be enough officers: At least in the UK, there’s still an officer monitoring the automated gates, perhaps one officer per every four gates. For that reason I’d guess that dynamically adjusting the number of gates according to […]

Passport – tiny rip on the edge of my passport page

9/6/2019 4:01:11 AM You don’t need to replace the passport because of that. Here are the real problems which makes that necessary: Something is not well readable on the main page where the photo and all data is. Usually they laminate it and so this is really, really hard to do. You’d need to break […]

How do airlines check whether a traveler has an electronic visa?

12/5/2018 4:22:44 PM Yes, each airline has a system to check any E-Visa and if a visa is required for a passenger. I work for Delta Airlines and here is their system to check: https://skyteam.traveldoc.aero Can I safely wait in the transit area of a destination airport for my visa to be approved? 12/4/2018 7:51:21 […]

What can a passenger do when Ryanair close the boarding gate earlier than advertised?

9/16/2019 7:53:37 PM Complain publically on their Facebook or Twitter, they will then often message you and offer a refund or flight voucher, I’ve done it before and had my entire return ticket refunded Can I take a boxed bicycle on a German train? Credit:stackoverflow.com‘

Is volunteer work allowed in the US while visiting under the VWP or a B1/B2 visa?

1/8/2017 4:39:42 PM In general it is allowed to volunteer in the US when you are there on a B1 or B2 visa, or on visa waiver program, and for most other visas that do not permit paid employment. However there are some restrictions, and it is best to check them out. The most significant […]

Can I take a boxed bicycle on a German train?

8/28/2019 12:25:47 AM I have heard there are direct buses connecting the Munich airport with the city. These buses might have a luggage compartment in which you could put your boxed bicycle. You can check this: https://www.airportbus-muenchen.de/en/ Is one hour layover sufficient at Singapore Changi Airport (Indian citizen travelling from US to India)? 8/27/2019 9:48:03 […]

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