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Can my wife visit me in the UK before we apply for a Spouse Visa?
I'm a British citizen and recently got married in Japan to a Japanese woman. Eventually my visa ran out and I had to return to the UK, and the plan is for her to eventually move here.
Because it will be a while before I get a job, hold it for 6…
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What does this sticker on the back of my passport mean?
I am currently travelling in the USA and when checking in on the boarding flight to enter the country, the security personnel attached a small yellow-white sticker to my passport (see a somewhat terrible photo below):
This happened on Stockholm…
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What will happen if my flight gets cancelled after my 90 days is up and I am already at the gate?
What will happen if I were to go to the airport on my last day of my Schengen visa, I get to the airport, and my flight is not canceled. I go through security and immigration. I get to my gate and my flight is canceled. Since I am through the gate…
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What happens on the immigration gate if a passenger lost their fingerprints?
This is not about me but my science teacher back in my junior high school. After performing scientific experiments for most of his lifetime, he lost all his fingerprints and bragged about it.
However, the immigrant gate in many countries requires…
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Can a mixed-Muslim unmarried couple share hotel rooms in Indonesia?
I am a muslima with Moroccan passport, and my boyfriend is European. Do you think that we might have problems sharing a room in Indonesia? We do not plan on going to Aceh. We will mostly go to Yogjakarta, Borneo, Gili Islands and Bali.
What kind of…
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Rent clothing in Frankfurt / Being warm without cold weather clothing
I'm travelling to Thailand on the 12th January (in a few days). I'll have a connecting flight at Frankfurt and I'll stay there for eight hours. I was planning on going out to the city to visit a couple of places and to eat as well. But, looking at…
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Leaving Italy without paying a fine for a bus fare violation
I'm in Florence on vacation with my parents and we've run into some trouble with the city buses. We took an ATAF bus and were confused on how the system worked. Apparently you stamp the ticket when you get on and it's good for 90 minutes, which was…
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Stuck without toilet paper while travelling - what is the best approach?
Well, this has happened to everyone at some point - you find out there is no toilet paper just after you need it the most. Usually it's not a big deal, even in public toilet room you can wait until you hear someone nearby and kindly ask for…
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Optimal packing method for bras?
This is a question for all the ladies of StackExchange.
As a frequent traveller, I've found a few ways to pack bras better but I wanted to reach out to the peanut gallery and see if there was any other way to pack these things any more efficiently.
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Why don't airlines offer last minute empty seats cheap?
There are lots of empty seats out there. Why aren't airlines selling them cheap on the day of the flight?
I've seen a few anecdotal answers to this question. A lot of the answers come down to "cannibalization." If flyers know a flight will be…
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Is it legal to sleep in a parked car on the streets of Munich?
Oktoberfest is the world's largest beer festival held annually in Munich, Germany. Being the largest beer festival means accommodation during the festival is either super-expensive or hard to book within a short notice. Showers, breakfast, lunch…
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Is tipping a flight attendant acceptable?
This article is full of supposed "secrets" that most everyone knows about flying. But one thing it mentions is:
14. Tipping could go a long way.
My girlfriend is a flight attendant. NO ONE tips flight attendants. If you give your FA a fiver with…
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Why do they sell luggage in airports?
It seems that in almost every airport I'm in, there are luggage stores behind security. How often do people get to the airport carrying handfuls of clothes and needing something to put them in? I realize that there are limited cases in which they…
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What should I do with my expired passport?
I recently renewed my passport, and have a shiny new one. When renewing, I sent in the old one as proof of citizenship/identity, but was surprised that, along with my new passport, the old one was sent back - with a few holes punched in it to verify…
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Why are there no 2,3,4,5 tier bunk beds on airplanes?
Lie-flat seats in business class, are a fact of life. Even private cabins and showers are now a fact of life on airplanes. I have traveled on bunk beds in economy style class train cabins for >22 hours trips in China. Every time I travel on cramped…
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