Latest Travel Questions

• Is OPT a "passport or national identity card" for ESTA purposes? 19/04/2024
  Filling in the ESTA application, I was asked this question: "Have you ever been issued a passport or national identity card for travel by any other country?" If I was approved for OPT once, is the answer yes or no?
• Air France combined Air+Rail ticket [closed] 19/04/2024
  Anyone cares to share their experiences with the Air France combined ticket? The reason for asking is that in September I'll be temporarily relocating to Strasbourg, and the first thing that was evident was the lack of direct flight connections. After weighing my alternatives, I decided to go for the combined Air+Rail ticket, which would […]
• Which consulate should I contact when my country doesn't have one in the destination country? 18/04/2024
  I'm a Polish citizen travelling to Timor-Leste. There's no Polish diplomatic mission there. There's an embassy of Portugal in Dili, and I understand that according to EU rules they're supposed to help any EU citizen in case of an emergency. However on the website of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Jakarta, Indonesia […]
• Proof of Income in homecountry UK visitor visa [duplicate] 18/04/2024
  I have a quite a complicated question about UK visitor visa for my mom and sister. My husband will sponsor their visa, we have savings and sufficient funds for it, but I think my mom's financial situation might be strange to officers: She's been married housewife for 6 years. Her husband earns around 36k a […]
• Transit visa For Manchester Airport [duplicate] 18/04/2024
  Travelling from Dubai to Atlanta, transiting Manchester from terminal 1 to 2 , Indian passport with Valid USA visa. Do I need a transit visa for 3 hours layover
• Dubrovnik airport doesn't support online check-in. Does it mean that I should be ready to pay for check-in at the airport? 18/04/2024
  I am using LOT airline. I managed to check in on the airline's website from Warsaw to Dubrovnik, but not the other way around. This flight is not supported. LOT's website has a hint: If you were able to log into the check-in panel, but did not receive your boarding pass, check-in at the airport. […]
• Getting on or off Greyhound Australia buses at night? 18/04/2024
  I've been thinking of using Greyhound Australia's buses to travel around Australia. The issue is that their buses can depart or arrive quite late at night, such as at midnight. When should I come to a bus stop to get on one of these late-night buses? And after getting off a bus, what should I […]
• DB Super Sparpreis Europa cancellation help 18/04/2024
  I have a trip this coming Friday and the original itinerary was: However looking into the DB navigator I see that the trip has been cancelled. When I click to search alternatives, it gives me a blank page, but looking at the same route the trip appears, but now starting at 6.15 am and with […]
• Can I leave Poland before my student visa expires and come back into Poland without issue (after the visa has expired) to fly home to the US? 18/04/2024
  Similar questions have been asked, but my situation is a little different because I have a student visa that expires at the end of June. I wanted to travel in the Schengen area after this, and then come back to Poland to fly home in the middle of the July. Will I be allowed back […]
• One of my family members' B1/B2 visa interview waived due to age 17/04/2024
  One of my family members' B1/B2 visa interview was waived due to his age, 80 years old. What is the chance of success for visa approval? They did not accept any supporting documents with the visa application.
• How can I reserve a TGV seat on a Germany-Switzerland ticket purchased via Deutsche Bahn? 17/04/2024
  I booked a ticket via DB for a journey that starts in Germany and ends in Switzerland. One leg is operated by TGV Lyria (Paris-Zürich). Now I learned (by accident) that TGV requires a seat reservation which apparently is not part of the ticket (I don't see any seats information). A DB seat-only-query does not […]
• Change of country in US visa portal [duplicate] 17/04/2024
  I am an Indian citizen but currently living in Germany with a long-term research visa (D Type). Now, I have an opportunity from the US, and I need to apply for a J1 (DS-2019 is already approved and sent to me by the university), but in the CGI portal I can't see the option for […]
• Long-stay German nurse visa from the Philippines 17/04/2024
  I applied for a long-stay German nurse visa in the Philippines five months ago. My agency told me that the German embassy sent my papers to the wrong personnel and that only 3 weeks ago they have sent it to the right one. My concern now is how long will it take for my visa […]
• Entry to the US after recent travel to Russia by a green card holder 17/04/2024
  16th April 2024, I visited Russia for educational purposes. I am going to return soon to the US. I am a green card holder. Will I be denied entry by the US Border Security because of the Russian stamp in my passport?
• Is it possible to check in one bag in advance and another on the morning of departure? 17/04/2024
  If you have an airport/airline that allows checking in bags the day before, and you've completed online check-in, is it possible to check in one bag in advance and another on the morning of departure? I was going to ask a more specific question about doing this for an ANA domestic flight from Haneda, but […]
• Flight: Baggage add-on need to be for a separate checked bag? Or can it be added to the total weight of one bag? 17/04/2024
  I'm flying with Batik Air from KUL to NRT. There is 20-kg checked baggage included in the ticket but my suitcase weighs almost 30 kg. When booking I added a +10-kg baggage "add-on", thinking this would allow me to bring a 30-kg bag. Now I've heard from somebody else that the add-on needs to be […]
• Traveling from outside the EU to Spain with Carta d’identita? 16/04/2024
  I'm travelling to EU (Spain) from Argentina next June. I have Italian citizenship and I have the Carta d’identita, Can I use it to enter to Spain? I have an Argentinian passport, but I used it to enter Europe last year (in February to process my Italian identity card) and then stayed until March of […]
• Malaysia 90-day stamp but with return date written on top 16/04/2024
  I have a short question. When I entered Malaysia I was given a 90-day stamp but my return ticket was for 1 month. The officer didn't really say anything regarding that, but he did write down the return date on top of the 90-day stamp. So my question is, would it be okay for me […]
• Tourist Entry to Spain - Accreditation of Financial Means 16/04/2024
  I'm trying to understand the financial documentation that meets the requirements for entry to Spain. I see this documentation on the government website At the request of the competent authorities, the traveller must present proof of having sufficient financial means for the proposed stay, or of the ability to legally obtain such means. In 2023, […]
• Applying for a Schengen visa after going back to Pakistan from the Netherlands voluntarily 15/04/2024
  I was in the Netherlands from 01 January 2022 until 19 December 2022, then left the Netherlands on 19 December 2022 voluntarily as I was there because of the war in the Ukraine. I was in the Ukraine for studies but due to the war with Russia all the people in Ukraine moved towards Europe. […]