Unanswered Questions
676 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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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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Missing biometric info from US Passport
My daughter has the US Global Entry but since we have obtained a passport for her as a baby she's missing biometric information.
How does one go about getting the passport with the biometric ...
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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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Administrative processing for B2 US Visa for 6 months, is this time normal?
I am dual citizen of France and Lebanon and have been using an ESTA to visit the USA for the past years. (2-3 trips to the US per year to visit kids studying there).
When I tried to renew my ESTA on ...
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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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Riding PVTA buses (in Amherst)
From https://www.umass.edu/transportation/how-much-bus-fare:
Bus drivers will not collect fares/passes, but passengers are expected to have either a valid Five College student, faculty or staff ID ...
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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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Entering the United States on a return ticket from Mexico under the VWP
I am a UK citizen intending to travel to the United States via Mexico in order to see my fiancee. I will spend the necessary fourteen days there before traveling onward to the US in order to ...
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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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