Unanswered Questions
593 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Where can I view Timatic information for a given day in the past?
Where can I access Timatic information for a given day in the past? E.g. see Timatic information when flying from country X to country Y on date yyyy-mm-dd.
From what I can see searching for a ...
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Can I send a different passport than I applied for the Canadian visa with?
I have applied for a Canada Visitor visa and after a long long wait, I have received a letter from Canada requesting I send my passport to the embassy. My passport will expire after exactly one year ...
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Why was my visa identified by the airline as invalid?
This is a curious case. My tourist visa was issued at the embassy of the Philippines in Tehran, Iran. My visa was valid until November 29, 2023. That means that I was allowed to enter the Philippines ...
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Is there a Schengen equivalent of a Redress Control Number?
I recently learnt that I have the same first name, last name and birthdate as someone who has been banned from entering the Schengen area.
According to a border police officer, this will cause me to ...
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Apply for ESTA while having an unexpired B1/B2 visa in another citizenship passport (expired)
I have 2 nationalities and 2 passports.
Passport 1 -> expired (with no possibility of renewing because of country political reasons) -> Valid B1/B2 visa until 2026
Passport 2 -> eligible ...
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The date of birth on the US visa is different from the date of birth on the passport
I have had a US visa for a few years and have been travelling for work purposes for a couple of years now. However, I recently discovered that the date of birth on the visa is different from the one ...
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DS160: consequences of answering NO to "Do you wish to provide information about your presence on any other websites"?
In the online US visa application form (DS160) there is the following question about social media presence:
Do you wish to provide information about your presence on any other websites or ...
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Does any country retaliate if a visitor doesn't use a visa they were granted?
In all the cases I am aware of, if a visitor applies and obtains a visa to enter a country but don't use it, nothing happens.
This makes me wonder: does any country retaliate if a visitor doesn't use ...
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Which US visa for interviews with citizens for a political book. B-1 (ESTA) or Media (I) or else?
I am an independent German author who plans to write a book about politics and culture in the western world including the US and would like to go to the US to do interviews with regular citizens about ...
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Wife is a Chinese Citizen I am a US Citizen, should we go through Chinese passport control together or separately?
I recently got married and my wife and I are flying back to China for a wedding reception. When we enter china should we go through passport control together as we are a family unit or separately ...
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US visa validity for Dual Citizen of Syria and Antigua
I presented myself to the US embassy for a B2 visa appointment as an Antigua and Barbuda citizen, but I also hold a Syrian passport. The visa processing officer ended up approving my application but ...
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UK Citizen visiting Norway for a month volunteering
My son, a 26 year old English university student and bird watching fanatic is hoping to go to Norway for one month to a nature reserve to assist in bird ringing, migration monitoring and other related ...
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Traveling to Sri Lanka with Finland Refugee Travel Document
My girlfriend is from Myanmar. She has been granted refugee status in Finland and has a refugee travel document (RTD) issued by Finland. We are planning to visit Sri Lanka this year.
Is it possible to ...
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Schengen visa after appeal : will it count as rejection?
I got my Schengen visa after appealing against rejection. So effectively rejection was overruled.
Now many countries ask if your visa has ever been rejected during a visa application, and I am ...
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Where to apply for Serbian visa in Singapore?
I am an Indian citizen, residing in Singapore. Since Serbia discontinued the visa on arrival for Indians, I have to apply for visa, if I wish to visit Serbia.
But, there is no embassy for Serbia in ...
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Is the 90 day restriction in Panama per year or per trip?
I am an EU citizen and I got a tourist stamp upon arrival in Panama. From this answer I understand I can stay maximum 90 days in Panama. The linked source does not elaborate on the exact details ...
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I inserted a space between my first and last name in my passport, do I need a new US visa?
Do I need to apply for a new visa since I have inserted a space in my passport name (the name in the old passport and the US visa is RASHEEDKHAN, and the name in the new passport is RASHEED KHAN), or ...
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How can babies travel from Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to the South (ROC)?
An officer on the Greek side of the Cyprus Green Line told me that a baby being carried by a parent can cross with a birth certificate; no passport or photo ID is required for the baby. I'm wondering:
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How do I know about judgement on Schengen Visa overstay for 2 days in Switzerland?
I am an Indian graduate student in US and was doing internship in Switzerland last summer. I entered Switzerland via Zurich on June 1 2019 and left Zurich on August 31 2019. I had a 90 days visa as my ...
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Romanian visa processing time for short stay visa
I've applied for a Romanian business visa on August 15 through the online website. However, it is still says:
Request - Short stay visa
Status of your visa application - Sent for validation
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Does a sponsor in a Chinese visa application have to do anything upfront?
We are currently attempting to get a Chinese visa (about the 6th one I have held in the past few years, but the first one I am applying for while using the China Visa Service Center's online form).
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Visa Type for Nesin Mathematics Village, Turkey
I am a student travelling from India, and I am unsure of the type of visa to apply for when travelling for the purpose of attending the Nesin Mathematics Village. It's a summer school type programme ...
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Do Chinese L Visas Require the Roundtrip Ticket Evidence to be to One's Country of Residence?
I am going to be travelling in South Korea, and would like to visit China. However, I'm not quite sure of the dates that I will be flying to and from Seoul yet.
According to the Chinese Embassy, in ...
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German citizen, US LLC, living in Germany: Can I use an VWP?
So:
I am a German citizen with no US visa status
I am one of two members of an US LLC (the other member is US citizen)
I am getting paid in the form of member distributions in USD
My questions are:
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Are non-commercial vessels leaving the US required to make a passenger manifest available to the US government?
The background for this question is the lack of any formal exit (emigration) procedures when exiting the US. Instead, when such exit records are required, the government relies on airlines' passenger ...
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Can I take nicotine patches to Saudi Arabia?
I am traveling to Riyadh. One of my friends requested nicotine patches like Vellore. Can I take them to Saudi Arabia?
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Crossing the Irish border with my non-EU citizen spouse
I'll be traveling to Ireland this fall. I'm an Irish citizen, but I'll be traveling with my American spouse. Can we use the EU line, or do we need to use the non-EU line at passport control?
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Is undertaking lab research on the USA Visa Waiver program allowed?
I am a UK medical student and wanted to do some lab research this summer.
I got in contact with a university professor and sorted out a 11-week project at his lab. I also received a grant from a ...
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Schengen Visa photo printing error
My wife received her Schengen visa for Iceland today. Her face is clearly visible but there is a portion of her shoulder that wasn't printed. We have also reached out to the embassy just now, I ...
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U.S asylee approved / Mexico visit
I have a refugee travel document and was granted asylum but I don’t have a green card / permanent resident card. I have my I-94 stamped and would like to visit Mexico. Would I need a visa to enter ...
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