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I will live on a boat while in the US. What's my "US street address" for the customs declaration form?
I will be travelling to the US as a tourist for a few days (I have an ESTA, I'm from an EU contry). When you arrive at the border, you must fill a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Declaration Form 6059B, which the flight attendants usually give…
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What is the purpose of a round-trip ticket?
I had assumed that buying round-trip plane tickets saves a lot of money, but lately I've been comparing prices and the round-trips I've seen are almost identical in price to just buying two one-way tickets separately.
If round-trip tickets are just…
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How to submit required forms to customs when leaving USA?
In a situation when a passenger of a scheduled flight leaving USA has something that has to be declared (like submitting FinCEN Form 105 for monetary instruments), what is the proper procedure for submitting the declaration?
As far as I understand,…
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What's the value of the “genocide” and similar questions on the US immigration form I-94?
It's been a while since I’ve been to the United States, so I’m not sure whether it’s still being used, but I remember having to always fill out form I-94 which asked some odd questions: such as whether you've ever been involved in genocide or…
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Third Reich eagle on a pots & pans shop in Osaka - why?
During my visit to Osaka I came across a shop's door with this Third Reich eagle:
If I can remember correctly, it was most likely supposed to be a plain pots & pans shop.
Can anyone explain why would that eagle exist (and be kept) on the shop's…
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Can a UK Border Immigration Officer remove a stop indicator flag?
Today at Belfast airport I was detained for about twenty minutes while the border officer left her terminal at the primary control point (PCP) and went to review my profile/files at the secure control point.
Stop indicator. It's a simple yes/no…
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Does an EU citizen need to get health insurance before flying to London?
I'm 16 years old, from Lithuania, and I'll be travelling solo to London.
In the unlucky case something happens, will the needed health treatments be free? Or is advised to buy an health insurance, because otherwise I'll end up having to pay…
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Sleeping options when under 18 and travelling solo
I'm a 16 year old citizen of Ukraine, living in Poland, and I want to travel to Lofoten, northern Norway, by hitchhiking from Warsaw. One of the adventure's goals is to spend as little money as possible. And when it comes to where to sleep, problems…
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How can I look up exactly how delayed my UK train was?
Earlier today, my UK train trip was delayed by signalling problems. When we set off, the guard announced about these, and said we'd probably be about 25 minutes late to our destination. (On this particular train company, 30 minutes is the magic…
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Shipping my car from Europe to Canada or the U.S
The plan is to drive my car (a small 4x4) from Prudhoe Bay1 (Deadhorse), Alaska to Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego in Chile. I will be travelling for an undetermined duration, with a minimum of two years. (I know it can be done a lot faster, but it's…
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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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Why was my colleague refused a US B1 visa?
I work for a small company in Sweden specialized in niched environmental consultancy involving a lot of field work. We have previously done sporadic projects in the US and have traveled under the Visa Waiver Program. My understanding is that we are…
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Airline won't let me pay to upgrade due to purchasing original economy ticket via low-fares site - what's the logic in this?
Tomorrow I fly long-haul on a TAM (theoretically now LATAM) flight. To my surprise eventually after chasing and chasing them on the cost of an upgrade to business I was told that it wasn't possible due to the kind of ticket I have (purchased via a…
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How can I cross the English channel with a car?
I believe there's the Euro Tunnel as well as a number of ferry options, but which can I use to travel with a car between the UK and France, Belgium or the Netherlands?
If there aren't too many options an exhaustive list would be great. If not, what…
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Can't smugglers just walk straight through E.U. customs checks?
I am just curious why everybody coming into the U.S. must fill out a customs declaration, while in the E.U. you make your declaration by walking either through "Nothing to declare" or "Things to declare" (and sometimes there is a separate lane for…
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