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Can a 19-year-old drive a New York rental car in Ontario?
I need a cheap way to move out from college in Toronto and go home to Connecticut, and the minimum age to rent a car there is 20. However, the minimum age in New York is 18, and most companies permit ...
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Can I travel to Mexico in a vehicle registered in someone else's name? [duplicate]
I want to travel to Mexico in my Dad's truck, registered in his name. Can I get a vehicle permit to do so?
I have tried to call banjercito but they don’t answer.
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UK Standard Visitor Visa: Question Asked At Border for Non-EU (Indian) Citizen
I am an Indian citizen, coming to UK on a standard visitor visa. I have a job overseas and have booked both my inbound and outbound air tickets from UK.
Wondering what are the questions that I would ...
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Why did Lufthansa's UK passport control take issue with me? [closed]
I'm a EU national with UK settled status, flying from Munich to London Heathrow with Lufthansa. At the airport, Germany's own border control took no issues with me, checked my passport and waved me ...
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I drove to Canada and wasn't asked if I had anything to declare. Was I supposed to declare my stuff anyway?
I'm a US citizen and I'm employed by a US company. Recently, I drove to Canada to do some on-site work for one of my employer's customers in Canada.
There was some stuff that I was planning to declare ...
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Visitor stamp with BRP number on it?
I entered the UK using my passport and BRP card an received a visitor stamp (6 months) with my BRP number written on it. Should I be worried? Should I contact anyone?
My BRP is valid for 2 more years.
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Can a person enter the USA from Canada at the land border carrying fresh produce grown in the USA?
I am reviewing the permissible items allowed for Canadians to carry into the USA across the border.
The following list emphasises that to carry produce into the USA from Canada you have to be able to ...
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Problem with UK immigration when leaving via land border with Ireland?
I am flying from USA to London England, then to Belfast Northern Ireland. My flight back to USA departs from Dublin, so to catch my flight I will cross the land border between Northern Ireland (UK) ...
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Can a non-EU citizen with an EU citizen spouse use the "EU citizen only" lane when travelling alone?
@arminb's question: Can we use the "EU citizen only" lane when travelling by car with one non-EU passenger inside?
asks whether a non-EU citizen spouse (in this case, @arminb himself) can ...
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Time to clear border controls when arriving via ferry to Hull
I will be soon traveling from Rotterdam to Hull.
What is the average time for disembarking and clearing border controls when arriving via ferry to Hull?
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What do Schengen border agents see on their computers when they scan the passport?
So upon landing in Iceland (KEF) from Canada, what would the border agent there see on their screen when I hand over my passport to them?
Do they see where I came from and on which flight?
Do they ...
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What are CBP agents doing when deciding whether to allow a US lawful permanent resident to enter the US by car?
When entering the US by car via a Sentri lane as a US lawful permanent resident (LPR), the CBP agent often takes over a minute on their computer to decide whether to allow the US LPR to enter the US, ...
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What happens when someone lawfully in the USA triggers a border rescue beacon?
There are quite a few articles (for example, here and here) on rescue beacons found in desert regions of the USA near the Mexican border. The articles above (as well as others), come out and admit ...
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Crossing the border from Canada into the USA as a Canadian Citizen?
Can’t seem to find solid information about this. I’m planning on crossing down to the states from Niagara Falls (Ontario) on December 31, and plan on being back inside Canada on January 3rd. Doing ...
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How can one see how many strikes one's Global Entry card has received?
When entering the US with Global Entry, one may receive a strike if the immigration/customs step doesn't go
smoothly. How can one see how many strikes one's Global Entry card has received?
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