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Can I leave the airport if I am traveling though the US from the UK?

5/1/2018 11:14:24 AM As the other answers say, you must go through immigration at your point of entry and you can leave the airport in principle. However, there’s nowhere to go that’s close enough to the airport that you could get there, do something, and get back to the airport in time to catch your […]

UK: Temporary Admission Question

3/17/2017 12:26:20 AM As per Enforcement Instructions and Guidance c56 s1: Whilst a person who is served with a notice of illegal entry, notice of administrative removal, or is the subject of deportation action is liable to detention, such a person may, as an alternative to detention, be granted temporary admission or release on restrictions […]

Mailing address while out of the country?

4/20/2018 11:21:43 PM It’s called a Private Mail Box (PMB) They are run by private companies. The number one player in the field is The UPS Store,* however many smaller businesses also exist. Your address becomes Your Name Their Storefront address #123** (your unit number) Their town, ZC 12345 These differ from a Post Office […]

Has American Samoa in fact banned citizens of Russia from entry?

3/12/2017 4:12:51 AM American Samoa, Motu O Fiafiaga, has an independent government and, as such, its own visa policy. For example, a US visa or ESTA cannot be used to enter nor can a visa be obtained through any US embassy or consulate, but only through direct application to Attorney General’s Office in American Samoa. […]

Is the Canal des Racó via ferrata route on Majorca open?

5/18/2018 7:00:53 AM Scouting the web for information, mostly in Catalan, the consensus seems to be that the route has been partially closed using gates. However, according to the few guides out there these can be either jumped or circled. Comments on this Wikiloc article suggest that the barriers are illegal and that there is […]

Travelling to Izmir, Turkey, as a Sikh

3/9/2017 10:32:01 PM In your case, I don’t think there will be any problem. The Turkish neither know much about the Sikhs nor they care about them, to be honest. So even if you went to the most religious and intolerant parts of the Turkey -I come from one of those parts- I would doubt […]

Is it legal to light and send off sky lanterns on the beaches of Hawaii?

3/8/2017 1:21:23 AM Sky lanterns are banned in Hawaii. In July 2012, Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie signed into law HB2113, a bill which imposed a total ban on aerial luminaries, including the ignition, possession, sale or use. Will British passport holder with many Middle Eastern visas have a problem entering the US? Credit:stackoverflow.com‘

Germany Schengen visa with AirBnB booking

11/13/2018 1:15:06 PM Finally I’ve written email to VFS-Global, and they replied that AirBnB booking is OK. I understand that this is not absolutely official information, because VFS-Global are not German embassy, but I think it is official enough. UPD: we got visa and had no problems at the airport at all. Though this is […]

Will British passport holder with many Middle Eastern visas have a problem entering the US?

3/8/2017 6:01:26 AM You will most likely need a visa. However, my advice is you try getting an ESTA, the mandatory passport registration required for most visa-free nationals (including British) entering by air or sea. Answer the question regarding you having visited Syria truthfully, and add any explanations necessary if offered to do so. In […]

B2 visa: not allowed for biometrics due to wrong passport number in appointment confirmation page. Is that visa application considered rejected?

B2 visa: not allowed for biometrics due to wrong passport number in appointment confirmation page. Is that visa application considered rejected?

9/10/2019 12:36:47 PM Q: What should I do with my father’s visa application? Q: Should I fill a DS-160 again to book an appointment again ? Q: If I have to reapply for my father’s B2 visa, how long until I should apply? Unfortunately, it is not possible to amend a submitted DS-160 application form. […]

Will the tulips in Holland still be in season in early June?

3/3/2017 1:53:30 PM Tulips are temperature triggered, they require at least a month of winter cold weather, then a couple months of warming weather. So unless winter lasted much later than normal, fields will be bloomed out by June. Perhaps you can find a garden or artificial environment (greenhouses, etc) where the bulbs have been […]

How do I keep my cash safe in Japan?

3/22/2017 10:28:41 PM See if you can find a copy of the “Cool Japan” episode on money: http://www6.nhk.or.jp/cooljapan/en/past/detail.html?pid=161218 I remember watching it and it was quite common for Japanese people to carry around 40,000–70,000¥ ($400-700) in their purse or wallet. That being said, a credit card is accepted in many, many places…. so don’t worry. […]

Can a parent use dual citizenship to transport a child out of the USA without a US passport?

3/26/2018 4:46:29 AM The US State Department recommends informing the embassy of the other country (in this case Italy) about the situation. Your best bet, I would think, would be to make sure a note is in the airlines’ database for the Italian passport, with the hope that they would not allow her to board […]

UK visa vignette placed in expired passport by mistake. Can I still travel?

UK visa vignette placed in expired passport by mistake. Can I still travel?

3/2/2017 9:38:37 AM Your visa has a machine readable bottom strip which contains the passport number (this image I have found in Google Images by searching for UK visa and I have only edited it to mark the passport number): if this is your expired passport then all is well. I have traveled with a […]

Remedies when bus company makes me miss a flight

3/21/2018 9:10:39 PM Many Travel Insurance policies cover the cost of flights missed because of documentable delays in transfers to the airport, but usually only if they are on a “public conveyance” (as I recall the wording from one policy) and (obviously) if the scheduled time would have permitted catching the flight properly (which probably […]

What happens if my flight out of the Schengen area is cancelled on the last day of my visa?

3/1/2017 2:43:07 PM In case of such force majeure that prevents you from leaving the Schengen Area within the validity period, you should contact the border authorities in the country you’re in ASAP to get your visa extended with the time you need to leave. See the Schengen visa code, article 33.1: The period of […]

After EEA family permit refusal, will we be allowed in the UK as tourists?

3/23/2017 12:49:25 AM As GayotFow mentioned in his comment, my question is impossible to answer. There isn’t a defined rule that we can check to decide on that, each individual case will have it’s own answer, the grounds for refusal will be different in each application and therefore could be questioned, or not, by the […]

How are Swiss Customs for a very quick train change in Tirano, IT to Bernina Express?

2/25/2017 12:03:31 PM When and where do we have our passports checked going from EU to Swiss jurisdictions? Switzerland, although not part of the EU, is part of Schengen, so there are formally no border checks “by default”. In practice, Switzerland does have frequent spot checks on entry at major land crossings; on the other […]

Do I need to pay charges / taxes to drive in London on the weekend?

Do I need to pay charges / taxes to drive in London on the weekend?

3/9/2018 1:10:05 PM Table of Contents TL;DRCongestion Charge ZoneDartford CrossingLow Emission ZoneUltra Low Emission ZoneThames Crossings TL;DR For a standard car (e.g. not a van or a minibus or similar) there are only two places in the London area where you need to pay to use the road. One of them is the Congestion Charge […]

What documents are needed to take a child to the UK?

3/14/2017 11:44:47 AM You want to take a child across international borders and in to the UK. We have to be mindful that in addition to the basic visitor rules expressed in Appendix v, that Parliament has also instructed the Border Force to be alert and act as preliminary enforcers for the Children Act 2004. […]

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