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Travelling to Pakistan with expired Pakistani passport?
Timatic, the database which airlines use to verify passenger travel documents, states:
Passport required.
Passports and other documents accepted for entry must be
valid on arrival.
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Can I travel to Malta without a visa?
Whether visas are required of holders of refugee travel documents is one of the corner cases that the Schengen rules have not harmonized between member states.
Most but not all Schengen states are ...
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Boarded a flight and flew to the US with no visa, is the airline liable?
JAL is liable to the USA, but not to you. There is no chance that JAL will refund the amount you paid and they might even attempt to get back the money they paid as fine to USCBP.
For the USA, there ...
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Do I need a Schengen visa for a direct flight to Amsterdam?
As a citizen of Eritrea, yes, you need a Schengen visa to go to Amsterdam. This is true whether you fly there by way of Iceland (or any other Schengen country) or directly.
If you fly through ...
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Transit visa for a 6.5-hour layover in Hong Kong
Hong Kong does not permit nationals of Bangladesh (and several other countries) to transit without a visa, not even in the international transit area of the airport. If you try to go without one, the ...
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Transit Visa Requirement with a self-transfer in Paris
The problem is that for the first airline, your final destination is Paris, not Delhi.
In that case, they will want to see paperwork showing you can enter France, not just do an airside transit. That ...
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Does a Canadian permanent resident need a transit visa in Canada?
Citizens and permanent residents of Canada don't need a visa to enter Canada. Now that you are a permanent resident, you have a guaranteed right to enter Canada without a visa (as well as live and ...
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Entering the UK as a British citizen who is a Canadian permanent resident
As you're a British citizen, you'll be allowed into the UK with minimal fuss whether or not you actually live there. The border guards won't know or care what country you're living in, and are very ...
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I’m an international student in Canada. I want to see my girlfriend in the US
This answer relates to a time when there are no extraordinary restrictions on travel, such as Covid19.
As a Pakistani citizen you are required to get a visa to visit the US. For the purposes you ...
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Will USA border agents think it's suspicious that I take my personal and work laptop?
Not in itself. It is a reasonably normal occurrence for people to take a personal and work laptop. The suspicious part is the duration of the trip which you may have to explain. Which questions get ...
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When I come back, why does Canada ask when I left the country?
There are several reasons why they ask: the most relevant is that when the form was designed, they either didn't have that information any other way, or didn't have it an easy way the officer could ...
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Expiration date on Argentina ETA (AVE)
Just to answer my own question here in case some one out there has the same situation as me and can't find any more help.
What I ended up doing was (and I successfully went to Argentina in August ...
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Non US or Canada citizen travelling to Windsor through Windsor/Detroit tunnel on tunnel bus
The tunnel bus between Windsor and Detroit runs frequently. If your clearance takes too long the bus will leave without you and you will take the next tunnel bus. You will be shown where to wait in ...
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Transit visa for a 6.5-hour layover in Hong Kong
I think you're screwed. Go here:
https://www.immd.gov.hk/eng/services/visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html#notes
You are unfortunately a caret symbol country:
Wikipedia for example ...
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Travelling to Pakistan with expired Pakistani passport?
Note that getting to Pakistan and getting into Pakistan are two different things.
As a citizen, you generally have the right to enter the country. (This is true for many countries.) Without a valid ...
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Do I need a US Transit visa (C) if I have the Canadian green card?
Yes, you will require a visa, unless you are a citizen of a country which can enter the US through the Visa Waiver Program.
Per the US Department of State:
Permanent residents (landed immigrants) of ...
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Entering the UK as a British citizen who is a Canadian permanent resident
As a citizen of the UK, you are entitled to enter the UK. To get past the immigration checkpoint, however, you have to establish to the satisfaction of an immigration officer that you are a citizen ...
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Can I travel to the USA with a Canadian refugee travel document?
Yes, it is possible (assuming you are not inadmissible under US law), but you will need a visa. It's hard to find the right page on the US embassy's pages because Canadian citizens generally don't ...
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I entered Hungary as a Schengen visitor, but left on a Temp. Residence Permit. When can I return as a Schengen visitor?
Time spent in Hungary on a Hungarian residence permit does not count towards the 90/180 rule. Time spent in other Schengen countries does count, but that is not generally enforced. The rest of this ...
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Can I buy a PC part in the US and bring it back to Canada?
Yes, you can, but it's not completely free. First, your personal exemption depends on how long you have been outside Canada. In short, approximately (the actual rules are in hours spent outside Canada)...
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8 hours stay at frankfurt
As a Pakistani citizen you would need a Schengen Visa to enter Germany. As a Canadian resident you can apply for it at a German consulate in Canada, but you still need a Visa. https://www....
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I'm an AU citizen living in Canada...how do I regularly visit my friend in the USA?
What matters here is the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), not ESTA. If you are legally resident in Canada, which I presume is the case if you're working there, you are exempt from the usual VWP requirement ...
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Wrong dates on Argentina ETA
So it seems they approve only for approval date + 90 days regardless of when you actually want to travel. They won't change the dates on my ETA and I have to pay the fees again and apply again if I ...
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Visit US for Conference after F1 Visa
You are a German citizen, lawfully living in Canada whilst attending a university course. Assuming you never overstayed your visa in the US, I am pretty sure you can enter USA on the Visa Waiver ...
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Do NEXUS cards issued to permanent residents of Canada become invalid if you no longer live in Canada?
You have a duty to report to the NEXUS enrolment office any material changes in your circumstances. https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexus/contact-coordonnees-eng.html is a list of material changes. ...
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Transit visa for a 6.5-hour layover in Hong Kong
A transit visa is not required if the flights are booked with Cathay Pacific and the conditions outlined below are satisfied.
This is straight from the IATA's website:
Nationals of Bangladesh and ...
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Indian passport and Canadian resident schengen visa
Germany is allowed to give you a visa if they accept that it would be a hardship for you to apply from your usual place of residence. They are not required to consider your application.
You would ...
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Can a Canadian citizen, resident in one province, be refunded provincial taxes paid during interprovincial travel?
Generally, no. Canada has no general sales tax refund for visitors and provinces that administer their taxes, only allow this is very specific and limited cases. It certain provinces, the saves tax is ...
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