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I'm 14 years old. Can I go to America without my parent?
Generally yes.
You will need proper documentation (passport, visa, ESTA, etc.)
You quite likely need a consent form signed by both of your parents (or all applicable legal guardians). It's best to ...
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How does a country without exit immigration check know you have overstayed?
Do countries without exit immigration check (like US or any other one) know you have overstayed when you're leaving the country?
Sometimes, but not always. For example, if you leave the US by air, ...
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Transferring at JFK: How is passport checked if flights arrive at/depart from adjacent gates?
In the US (and some other airports internationally, but not everywhere), when you arrive on a domestic flight, the path out of the plane is exactly the same as the path in, and you just get into the ...
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When Canadian citizen residing abroad comes to visit Canada
Yes, as long as you are indeed coming just for a visit (a few days, weeks or months) and not planning to return, you are a visitor.
It doesn't change much, though, the main difference is that you have ...
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Brazilian girlfriend traveling with me to the UK
I presume that you are asking this question because she is planning not to have a return ticket. This is perfectly acceptable; she's allowed to finalize the details of her departure after arriving. ...
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Transferring at JFK: How is passport checked if flights arrive at/depart from adjacent gates?
Does she have to leave the airport and come back in?
Mostly, you may have to leave the secure area while transferring (and in some cases have to leave the airport building proper to take a bus or a ...
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How does a country without exit immigration check know you have overstayed?
While there is no check, there is information. Nowadays this is all electronic, but there were other means before that.
For instance, in the US, visitors used to have a part of their I-94 stapled into ...
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Is there any country/case where entering with two different passports at two different times may cause an issue?
Just to throw out some 'contrived' scenarios in which case this can create problems:
Undisclosed Dual Nationality: Many countries, including the US, Canada, the UK, and India, require you to list all ...
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Is there any country/case where entering with two different passports at two different times may cause an issue?
In and of itself, entering the same country with two different passports is not an issue in any country that I'm aware of.
However, it's not difficult to think of scenarios where you'd be allowed in ...
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Can I exit România on a different passport than the one used for entering the country?
Show your Romanian ID card to exit passport officers, your US passport to the airline and if asked the other one as well.
If you only show your US passport on leaving Romania they rightly look for an ...
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When should I have declared some thing when pre-clearing US customs in Dublin?
You should have talked to at least one CBP officer when going through inspection. Then.
CBP is the US Customs and Border Protection agency - these folks are responsible for both the passport and ...
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I'm flying from U.S. to London to Prague. When do I clear customs?
If your two flights are on a single ticket and you don’t change airports in London, then the only entry checks (passport control for you and customs for your goods) will happen in Prague, which will ...
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How does a country without exit immigration check know you have overstayed?
In most cases, like in the US or the UK, the airline will report your travel to the authorities themselves (through Advance Passenger Information or API)
I don't know how they could have seen no ...
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Can I use my Japanese Passport to travel outside in the Philippines and returning back to the Philippines?
Your actual issue is not the passports, it's citizenship.
According to my (very limited) understanding, the Philippines allows dual citizenship, but it has to be explicitly applied for. If you were ...
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Grandson traveling to Canada with grandparents
This depends on citizenship and mode of travel.
If your grandson is not a US citizen or a Canadian citizen
he needs a passport.
If you are flying to Canada
your grandson needs a passport.
If you ...
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Grandson traveling to Canada with grandparents
He needs a passport.
In general children need passport. A parents passport where the child is included may be acceptable if the parent is travelling with the child, but that is not the case here.
You ...
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Entering the US with a hotel reservation booked under my brother's name
Almost certainly yes. Especially if you can show a copy of the booking. Certainly yes if you are travelling with your brother, who can be there to tell them that he booked the room.
If you are in ...
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Travel to US on ESTA after losing green card
So I found myself in this exact situation a few weeks ago and can shed some light on this. I'm a permanent US resident and went to a 2 week vacation on another country with only my European passport, ...
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Free movement between the US and Compact of Free Association countries
Such foreign born FSM and RMI citizens would be required to present a certificate of actual residence for admission under the compact. See: https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/fact-...
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Is security at the airport connected with immigration exit point in Ukraine?
When leaving the Ukraine your documents will be checked at least three times:
During check-in, the airline will verify that you have the required documents to enter the US. Since you are a US citizen,...
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re-entering the UK after code 3 stamp
I'd stay out of the UK for now until you get your new student visa. In fact, I'd enlist a solicitor specialised in UK immigration law if I were you as I'm not convinced getting a new student visa will ...
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Bringing gifted wedge tail eagle feather back from Australia via Canada to the US
I once brought back a conch shell, which is on the CITES list of things you can't bring back, but there is an exception if you actually picked it off the seafloor yourself (rather than buying it) and ...
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When should I have declared some thing when pre-clearing US customs in Dublin?
Trip report: Yesterday I went through pre-clearance in Toronto (YYZ) with Global Entry. The person checking passport specifically asked: "do you have anything to declare: food, vegetables, fruits?...
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Which countries allow short term remote work without a visa or with a regular tourist visa?
I think Brazil allows work for up to 90 days. I'm not a lawyer, but based on this sentence from the Digital Nomad guide:
For stays of up to 90 days, digital nomads may enter the country as
visitor/...
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I'm filling out ds 260 and i have a problem with country/authority that issued my travel documents
Your passport was issued:
by Nigeria (issuing authority)
in Cotonou (issuing place)
The answer is clearly Nigeria.
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Is there any country/case where entering with two different passports at two different times may cause an issue?
Another ‘contrived’ scenario could be a problematic immigration history using passport 1 (over-staying, denial of entry, frequency/length of stay etc).
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Is security at the airport connected with immigration exit point in Ukraine?
In short: unrelated, but...
The documents you use to exit a country is independent to the documents you specify in ticket (or just the name in the ticket), for API (advanced passenger information) and ...
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Is 1 hour and 20 minutes enough time to make an international layover in El Dorado International in Bogota
It's tight.
Since Avianca sold you this as a single ticket, you have a good chance of making it but there is no guarantee and little room for error or anything unusual.
I found the airport to be a bit ...
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