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My mother was a refused a UK visa due to her previous visa application containing an erroneous statement. What are my options?
My mother was denied a visa to attend my graduation and she has been crying since she received this heartbreaking news. I really want her to attend my graduation. How do I remedy this problem?
After working for an organisation, she started her own…
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Where is this solitary building with a town and mountains in the background behind a valley?
This is an image from the LG TV screen saver. Does anyone have any idea where this place is?
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Can you reserve a seat with a free child ticket for trains in the UK?
I'm trying to book train tickets from Edinburgh to London, we have a child who just turned 4. Whenever I go to reserve seats I'm given the option to reserve only 2 seats and not one for the child who will travel free.
How do I reserve 3 seats? One…
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Why would an aircraft take off earlier than the planned departure time?
It happened to me just one time, I don't know how common it is. I wonder why it can happen.
I was hanging at duty-free shops before a flight from Germany to Turkey. I heard the last call announcement 40 minutes before the departure time and my name…
user63373
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Confused about visa question: "Voluntarily elected to depart the UK" ? Yes or No?
I applied and successfully received a student visa from India in October 2017. I traveled to the UK on October 12, but could not register for the course. Since the latest registration date for my course, October 13, was already over, I left the UK…
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How to pay a Norwegian customs penalty fine from abroad
I recently entered a Norwegian port and was issued a fixed penalty notice for exceeding the cigarettes allowance, I therefore have to pay a fine of 400 kroner. I am now back in the UK and the fine has to be paid by Friday 26th of January. I have…
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Aruba says tourists are not allowed to work there. How strictly should I interpret this?
I'm planning a trip to Aruba and so I was checking out the passport requirements. I found them here. Near the top, it says, "During their stay in Aruba tourists are not allowed to work" (emphasis theirs)
Does this mean that I can't so much as…
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Is it possible to be denied entry into USA after being granted a tourist visa by my local embassy?
I have a trip to the USA planned for 2018. I am a citizen of Montenegro - we are on good standing with the Americans, but we do need to apply for a visa in order to visit.
The possible issue is - I visited Iran earlier this year as a tourist. I am a…
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Can I recover cost for being denied entry in a country. Flight, Hotel or even transfer money
Me and my family, my wife my son aged 11 and daughter aged 9 travelled via Germany from UK to Tunisia for a 8 night holiday. We all hold UK passport therefore no visa is required. Hotel and transfer and return flight had been booked. On arriving at…
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Environmental impact of ferries
When I travel, I try to limit my environmental impact. I don't want to refrain from travelling completely, but when I do travel, I tend to favour ground-level transportation over air-transportation, if distances are not too large (e.g., if traveling…
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Can I re-enter the USA after a 1-day overstay 3 years ago?
I visited the USA with an ESTA Visa Waiver 3 years ago and I left the country one day late; instead of 90 days I left on the 91st day, because the flight was bought like this. I do not have any stamp in my passport showing when I left the country.…
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What is the minimum time to consider with a connecting flight in the USA?
Given the extensive time taken for immigration formalities in the US, what is the shortest time to consider between connecting flights in the US, when coming from abroad?
Until now I have always entered the US at my destination. This is not always…
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Do road signs showing a country and a city as destinations really exist?
I was watching the movie "The Day of the Jackal (1973)", where Jackal was driving on a road, past this road sign.
It shows one country(Italie) & one city(Paris) on the road sign. I never saw a country name on a road sign.
Do road signs showing one…
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Does anything stop identical twins from traveling on each other's passports?
Assuming two identical twins want to swap their passports (e.g. to travel using the other guy's visa or to make visa runs easier) - would there be anything to stop them?
Some visas do record the applicant's fingerprints but would you really be…
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How to complete ESTA application when "THE PAYMENT STATUS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME"?
I received a payment error during my ESTA application and still need to pay.
The current application status for the last few hours shows:
THE PAYMENT STATUS COULD NOT BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.
PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER FOR THE PAYMENT…
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