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Travelling soon and lost UK passport. What can I do?

6/21/2018 10:49:06 AM Find your passport! Looking for a passport is quite a stressful time, which implies doing mistakes, forgetting where you put it, when the answer can be easy. Think out of the box! For the anecdote, I once “lost” my passport before going on a cycle trip. Therefore we could not use the […]

Any area or district in Shanghai that you can avoid smokers?

10/7/2016 5:27:34 PM You’ll have a hard time finding such a place, your best bet to avoid smokers is to avoid people. Smoking is prevalent in China, let me start by quoting from the Wikipedia article dedicated to the topic (emphasis mine): Smoking in China is prevalent, as the People’s Republic of China is the […]

Does my wife, who is accompanying me to a conference in Australia, need a separate visa application?

4/22/2018 11:59:56 PM Check your own visa requirements first. Conferences and events on the Australian Government’s website is a good starting point with expandable subheadings. The “Event organisers and participants” section indicates that if you are an attendee but not a paid participant/speaker, you may be eligible to attend on a visitor’s visa. If you […]

What is the purpose of check-in before flying?

10/17/2016 11:01:54 PM You are correct, it is a useless extra step in the age of electronic tickets and boarding passes. Therefore some airlines (e.g. Air France) offer automatic check-in now: Automatic check-in is a useful service that helps you save time: you automatically receive your boarding pass 30 hours before departure. No need to […]

What city are these buildings in?

What city are these buildings in?

10/2/2016 11:00:36 PM The city is Los Angeles. The building is presently the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, the largest hotel in the city, at 404 South Figueroa Street. It was designed by John C. Portman, Jr. and built around 1975. Image above courtesy Google Maps and many more images here. Two passports, one of […]

Does the price of the same international train ticket in Europe vary by country?

2/28/2018 8:51:04 AM In addition to Tor-Einar’s answer, I’d like to give some background. All central European railway operators will sell tickets according to the SCIC tariff (sorry, Wikipedia only has a German page for this topic). This allows you to buy a Ticket within France at a counter in, say, the Netherlands, even when […]

Two passports, one of them out of date but with a valid US visa. Will that work?

2/8/2018 5:02:33 PM If your two passports were the same type and issued by the same country, then the valid visa you have in your expired passport would work. If your two passports are from different countries, the visa you have in your expired one will not be valid. From the US State Department Visa […]

How to book a flight if my passport doesn't state my gender?

5/18/2019 3:08:50 AM When it comes to the flight itself, It won’t matter much. Pick what you like, or pick what other ID you as on first sight. Airlines won’t actually care. HOWEVER Governments, agencies, and security will care. Some countries will care a little (the USA has a binary field but won’t deny based […]

What happens if you declare an item and it is confiscated?

2/19/2018 4:28:29 AM This is also my experience in Canada. They just take it and that is it. You would not be in their books unless you got fined should you have failed to declare. How can I answer ESTA question when I don't have all the required details? 2/20/2018 6:44:37 AM Nothing. You’re good. […]

Travel in schengen countries without carrying passport for non EU citizen

9/19/2016 12:36:08 PM According to the law, you are not allowed to travel to Germany without your passport. Foreign citizens are required to have a valid and approved travel document both to enter and to stay in Germany (AufenthG § 3). In your case as an Indian citizen, only passport is an approved travel document […]

How can I answer ESTA question when I don't have all the required details?

How can I answer ESTA question when I don't have all the required details?

6/12/2018 11:30:49 AM Move your mouse over the circled ? just above the drop-down. It’ll tell you: If you have been issued one of these documents from another country, but you do not remember the passport number or national identification card number and the year of expiration answer “UNKNOWN” in the passport number field and […]

Leaving Thailand after months-long overstay (can't pay fine)

9/18/2016 7:47:16 AM Here’s what actually happened to the OP (as indicated in a comment): So I got to the airport and paid the fine and signed some papers and that was it… booted for a year, but that was it… last minute I got a loan for the fine… I’m sure it would’ve been […]

In the UK on visa-free entry, can I visit Europe and return?

9/12/2016 4:35:30 PM You are a US national who entered the UK under Paragraph 23A of the Immigration Rules… A person who is not a visa national and who is seeking leave to enter on arrival in the United Kingdom for a period not exceeding 6 months for a purpose for which prior entry clearance […]

Passport with all pages full

9/12/2016 9:40:10 AM Assuming that “another country” is not in Schengen (if it is, there is no passport check between that country and Germany, and you will only have two stamps), you have very few options besides those already listed in other answers: You can get a new passport quickly from the US Embassy when […]

My mom and I are traveling to NYC together. Can we be together at the border control station or will we have to go one after another?

2/4/2018 10:43:00 PM As others pointed out, age shouldn’t matter. If I travel to the USA with my spouse, usually we approach the officer together — it has never been a problem. Except the last time. We then flew into JFK, and at that moment, I was a “returning ESTA visitor”, and my spouse was […]

Can a connection in Singapore airport be too long?

1/21/2018 8:03:54 AM As stated in Timatic, the database used by Airlines: TWOV (Transit Without Visa): – Holders of confirmed onward tickets for a maximum transit time of 24 hours. In other words, you can connect airside, with your lugagge checked through, for max 24 hours. Why are there California border crossing checkpoints that don't […]

Leaving Namibia only a couple hours after the visa expired

9/10/2016 4:35:42 PM The information provided by @pnuts is correct, according to various web sites, although absent from the Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration web site. Getting an extension requires a visit to its Windhoek offices in the Cohen Building on Kasino Street (at the corner of Independence Avenue). Kasino Street is between Independence […]

Why are there California border crossing checkpoints that don't seem to do anything?

12/11/2017 8:25:14 PM It’s a California agricultural inspection checkpoint. You can read an FAQ about who they are and what they’re doing: WHAT ARE YOUR INSPECTORS LOOKING FOR? Our inspectors check vehicles and commodities for compliance with California and federal plant quarantine regulations. They also check commodities to make sure they are free from exotic […]

Do I need a visa to transit (or layover) in the Schengen area?

11/24/2022 1:45:02 PM Transit visa question in Schengen is a very common and frequently asked question here. The answer lies here. I am referring to the official European union Schengen, Borders & Visas/Visa policy publication, which is precise and clear. I have connecting flights, with a stop at a Schengen state airport. Do I have […]

Is this weird area on the Belgium-Germany border a walkway or something different?

11/20/2017 1:10:46 PM The entire area and a good deal West of it used to be German territory at the beginning of the 20th century. In the late 19th century, a railway line was built from Aachen (much further north) to Luxembourg, the Vennbahn. Originally intended to transport coal and iron ore (in different directions) […]

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