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Does a UK visit visa automatically become invalid when you apply for a UK family visa?
The UKVI helpline is known for giving bad advice.
Unless your visit visa has been physically cancelled in your passport, it is still valid. It would have been cancelled had your family visa been ...
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Is there a transit visa requirement for Chinese airports?
I had a similar question for a transit in Guangzhou. I found it best to check the airport website, and bingo: https://www.baiyunairport.com/byairport-web/menu/index?urlKey=notice_en&id=7728
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Renewing VLSTS French visa
Can someone how can I extend my stay?
I am not really sure about that because there is very little information about that
I have no idea what is the website of "Prefecture of my residence"
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Outward journey embarkment point for Hong Kong entry permit
Short answer: Yes, you can enter through Hong Kong and leave through Macau. Technically, the onward tickets requirement does not apply at Hong Kong given the travel plan in question, but you are not ...
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Outward journey embarkment point for Hong Kong entry permit
While HK and Macau have their own immigration system and policies, China insists very much on the fact that it is a single country, even if Macau and Hong Kong have a special status (under the “one ...
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Do I need to own assets to prove to Canada immigration officer I will leave?
Not necessarily.
Short an actual immigration officer willing to share an answer, we can only make assumptions here. Mine is that a country ends up with a number of overstay/deportation/crime cases ...
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Do I need to own assets to prove to Canada immigration officer I will leave?
No, it is not a general requirement, many people who don’t own any property or other tangible assets in their own country get visas from many different countries (including Canada) every day.
However, ...
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Do I need to own assets to prove to Canada immigration officer I will leave?
There is no single thing that will ensure you are admitted to visit, and no single thing whose absence will ensure you are not. The officers look at a bunch of things to see if, overall, it's ...
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Germany: Freelance visa and traveling in Schengen
A D visa (and by extension a residence pemit), allows you to visit other Schengen states for 90 days in a 180 days period. The stays in the issuing countries doesn't count
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US Visa with ACRO Record Deletion
Would such a person be required to answer "yes"
Well,
Have you ever been arrested
Yes, you have been arrested, there are no ways around it. The fact that a prosecutor didn't take action ...
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How long is an incomplete UK visa saved on Gov.UK site
As per the UK GOV website:
When you cannot sign in
You can only sign in if you’ve started a visa application and entered your email address.
You may not be able to sign in if you’ve not returned to ...
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When can I apply for a short stay visa after consuming the 90/180 rule?
The general rules and recommendations apply, you should apply for your next short-stay visa around three months before your next trip. That trip however has to occur after 90 days (or wherever you can ...
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I have an approved ESTA but then realised I need a visa J1
You don't need to "cancel" your ESTA. When you arrive to the US, you'll need to tell the CBP (immigration) officer that you're coming for your exchange studies/work and present the J visa in ...
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Transit Visa in Saudi Arabia
No, you likely won't need it
TIMATIC for Saudi Arabia states :
TWOV (Transit Without Visa)
Passengers transiting through Dammam (DMM), Jeddah (JED) or Riyadh (RUH) with a confirmed onward ticket ...
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Do I need any visa for transit via Amsterdam (Beijing to Oslo via Amsterdam)?
In this case, do I need any type of visa in Amsterdam?
No, you already have the required visa.
The Norwegen Type D visa allows you to enter the Schengen Area (in Amsterdam) and travel on to Norway (...
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Passport/visa requirements for a US citizen traveling to Brazil
A) Does a US citizen with a US passport require a visa to travel to Brazil for two weeks as a tourist?
A) You could, but as of 2023-03 the Brazilian government decided to re-enforce visa reciprocity ...
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I arrive 30 minutes before my visa start date. Would I be allowed to board the plane in my home airport?
Would I be allowed to board the plane?
Assuming the airline doesn't make a mistake, you will most likely be denied boarding. Yes, this might not make sense from a practical standpoint, but airlines ...
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Non-EU citizen living in Switzerland and traveling within Schengen area while the passport is with the US consulate for issuing a visa
Do flights from Switzerland to Germany have an immigration check?
No immigration check (i.e. you are very unlikely to see a police officer) but airlines frequently do check passports. Even if that's ...
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As an Indian National, can I use my Maltese Resident card to travel to Schengen countries
As stated in a comment by @Thomas Cruise, a residence card from a Schengen country acts as a C category short stay visa for other Schengen countries. So you can travel to other Schengen countries as a ...
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How to apply for a new UK visitor visa after cancelling an earlier one?
A cancelled application is not the same as a refusal. It will however still be in UKVI’s records, although IIRC the application does not ask about previously cancelled applications.
You can submit a ...
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Turkish e-Visa. Roundtrip ticket for certain nationalities
The requirement for a "round trip" ticket is really just short-hand for saying that you need to hold a ticket to leave the country. There is no need for this ticket to leave from the ...
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Disclosure of USA visa refusal
The AVATS guide from the immigration department states :
You will then be asked if you have ever been refused permission to
enter Ireland. Have you ever arrived at a Port of Entry to Ireland and
been ...
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Canadian tourist visa refused due to lack of family ties to and immigration status in country of residence. Can anything be done?
In addition to starting your own family, the following factors could be seen as proof of your ties to the country of residence:
obtaining a citizenship (as opposed to a permanent resident status you ...
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Canadian tourist visa refused due to lack of family ties to and immigration status in country of residence. Can anything be done?
Your interpretation of the reasons 'made up' is off.
It is a common reason to deny visa, one that is hard to fight.
Lack of ties to where you live is an other way of wording it.
Our usual advice is to ...
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Will I go through immigration/need a visa if I don't have checked luggage?
Assume you will not be let onto the first flight unless you have the right to enter India, as that is the standard for most airlines.
Whether you need to go through passport control, customs (even ...
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Pass. talent PT4 VLS exact meaning
You have a VLS (long stay visa), and not a VLS-TS (long stay, valid as a residence permit)
You need to ask for your residence permit at your local Préfecture before the visa expires
From @jcaron
VLS-...
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Does the 90/180 rule still apply after obtaining a visa?
You can return to Romania at any point with a Romanian long-stay (type D) visa because the 90/180 rule does not apply to long-stay visas.
However, in no case do you need to wait 180 days before ...
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Visa application for Egypt journey as a German citizen
"the first google results seem pretty scammy": a better approach than using a search engine to find visa information is to use the search engine to find the destination country's consulate's ...
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UK Refugee travel document (blue color) and visas for Netherlands and Germany
Assuming your blue travel document says "Convention of 28 July 1951" then no, you do not need a visa. It's important to add however, that (as you've noticed) the rules are not uniform ...
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Can I travel to Denmark with UK refugee travel documents?
With the blue UK travel documents you can’t go to Denmark. If you go there, they will reject you and send you back again to the UK.
It’s happened to me on March 2023. I went to London Stansted airport ...
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Do I need a transit visa for overnight transit in Chengdu China with Nepalese passport?
When inputting your info into the IATA Travel Centre tool it spits out the following:
Document: Nepal Passport
Itinerary: Kathmandu-Chengdu 22 MAR 1545-2100 -> Chengdu-Melbourne: 23 MAR 0130-1520
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Which European Union countries can an Indian citizen with Georgian temporary residence visit without advance application for a visa?
As of 2023, the only European countries that are visa-free for holders of Indian passports are Albania and Moldova. Both are quite "off the beaten track", so it'll require some research to ...
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Self employment, how to fill my annual income?
Co-mingling of business and personal funds unfortunately does make this a bit complicated. To summarise: Your father's business operates from his personal account. Income for his business goes into it,...
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Can I use Advance Parole (I-131 Travel Document) to transit through European airports?
I'm sure this trip already happened, but for other Iranian citizens in a similar situation, see the Timatic output below for travel from USA to third-country via the Netherlands.
Note: An I-131 ...
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Experience with Irish short stay visa waiver programme?
I have not used this program myself, however as long as you meet the conditions (and there are more than just what you've stated) then you should not expect to have any problems.
Many airline check-in ...
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US Visa Name not matching with the passport name
I suggest you give some thought to what you want your first and last name to be. If you sign some document in the Singapore, what do you write, "Hari Kumar" or something else? When you sign ...
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When traveling from Brazil to the UK, is an invitation letter required?
The official UK website states that Brazilian citizens do not need a visa to visit the UK for up to 6 months. It goes on to mention documents that may be needed at the UK border:
You must provide a ...
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Visa for layover in Narita Airport?
Sounds like you've answered your own question, it's required, so they wouldn't let you board.
If you're not from one of the list of countries here, you will need a transit visa.
Based on your post I'm ...
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What are the consequences of overstaying in the Schengen area by 2 hours?
Some sort of sanction is always theoretically possible but would seem unlikely, at least if you already are on your way out. However, I think the question and earlier answer miss the main issue, which ...
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