I am traveling from the UK to Delhi and I am bringing 4 phones with me + mine the rest are for friends.  These phones are all used so will this be an issue in bringing them through customs?
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I am planning to travel to India (COK airport, Kerala) from United States. I want to take my laptop as well as my tablet (iPad). Am I allowed to take both in my backpack with my documents related my work. I think I am allowed to take only one computer as per the rule. Will the customs consider my iPad as a computer?  What all I can take?   One of my friends took 2 laptops (1 work and 1 personal) and had trouble at the airport.  Also I am planning to take some wristwatches (7 of them, each avg price is 45 $). I read in a website that I can take stuff up to max 35000 INR. Is that true? In that case, how will I manage my stuff?
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Someone told me that he has opened a phone only 4 days ago, but by the look of it, it is not less than a month.  When trying to buy a used phone, is there any way to check how long this phone is in use? Or the date when this phone is turned on the first time? Or the time of unboxing? Or the time of the first usage?
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What are the ramifications of driving someone else's car across  borders?  I'm planning a road trip from the US into Canada and back. My girlfriend has offered to let me use her car but I am not listed on her insurance as a driver and she will not be coming with me.    has already done a good job of covering the issue of driving someone else's car without insurance, but it does not address the issue of actually crossing the border in someone else's car.    Will customs officials take issue with the fact that the car I'm driving is registered to someone else?  Could I be denied entry or arrested for this?
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I am planning to visit London for 6 days from the US. I have given my biometrics and when I was preparing to mail my documents to the UK visa processing center in the US, I used this link from the UK government website to cross-check the documents to be sent to the processing center.     (Guide to supporting documents).  Something that really surprised me was in Section 4 (documents that should NOT be sent along with the package) was hotel bookings and flights bookings.     Section 4: documents you should not send unless specifically requested      This page provides guidance on the types of documents that are not required to consider your application.         hotel bookings   flight bookings      Typically I have always been asked to provide my travel plans, accommodation plans and proof of them. This is the first time that travel plans and accommodation plans are not asked to be sent. What might be the reason behind it? This really confuses me. Any help in clearing my confusion would be greatly welcome.
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What's that type of phone called that you don't need a cable for and you can use everywhere in the world (provided there's coverage ;-))?  And what differences are there between the regions?  USA/UK/AUS etc... and even within, say, the US (or even UK).  I've even read rumors that in parts of the east of the US, people use the term "handy" (which is a really crazy German "Americanism").  EDIT: Clarification: The colloquial usage is more interesting (to me) than the "correct" official terminology (though that's of interest, too).
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I'm heading to India next week and have a connection in Munich, Germany. I made the mistake of booking a flight with only an hour and a half layover (freaking out!) and I'm wondering if I'll have to go through customs in Munich or if I can pass right on through.
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I have read a lot on this subject on the Lonely Planet forum and it looks like the staff on ground can transfer your bags through the Delhi airport if you have a connecting flight without you having to go out to check them in again and therefore needing a visa. I refer of course to the situation when you go with 2 different airlines, because otherwise the luggage is transfered automatically.  I posted a  and mentioned it briefly there, however I think this subject deserves a separate question and a detailed answer.  Does it depend on the type on an airline? I have read that Jet is no problem, what about AirIndia and IndiGo? And what about the incoming flight to Delhi from Europe or USA, do they all can hand over you luggage to the Indian airlines and pick it up again on the way home? Do you have to contact them before and explain your situation? Or check in your luggage directly to your desired destination?
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I am going to India (Delhi) from USA (California) for the first time. When talking about how many items (electronics, jewelry, perfumes, watches etc) we can take in luggage bags and/or cabin bags there is always confusion. Some people say you can't take more than two phones or at most four electronic items. Some other mention different numbers. I was never terrified with numbers until I came to this situation.   Can anybody provide me with an official link stating the amount of items I can bring to India? Or any authentic resource where I can find the exact answer?
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I'll be taking a flight from Tokyo to Singapore. If I take a "pocket pussy" (artificial vagina) as carry on, will it be confiscated? Also will it be removed from my bag? I'm traveling with my family and don't want any embarrassment.
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My daughter who is just under 18 has a child accompanied visa to the UK. I am traveling with her to the UK for a few days. We return from UK on the same day except that she returns to India and I am heading to San Francisco an hour later on the same day.   Is that okay or will we have an issue at immigration into the United Kingdom?
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I will travel from USA to London in Aug. I want to buy an iPad in USA which will work with a data sim card, which I assume to be available in London.  Questions:    Which type of iPad has the highest probability of working with a data sim card bought in London? Also, once I land in London with my iPad, what would be an optimal type of data sim card?   I hope to find people who are walking around in London now with a data sim card in their iPad. I'd like to find out how happy they are with the service and any pitfalls which might await me.  I have studied ; it told me to contact my carrier, so I called T-Mobile USA and found them not to be knowledgeable. I spent lots of time on their site and talking to phone support. Also I tried contacting T-Mobile UK via their website and gave up after it seemed they want me to have a UK phone to set up an account.
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I have a flight from Bangalore, India to Manila, Philippines via Bangkok. It’s with the same airline (Thai Airways) but I will have to spend 10 hours in the airport at Bangkok for the connecting flight to Manila. Do I need a transit visa for Bangkok? Also, do I have to pass through immigration with luggage at Bangkok? I don’t have a visa for the Philippines as I will be staying there for a week. I have an Indian passport and a UK standard visit visa.
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I was a first time traveler and didn't know what to do.  I got my luggage and exited the airport without going through the customs. I didn't pass when I arrived in the country that I travelled to and didn't pass again when I arrived at the country I travelled from.  It's an honest mistake, I just didn't know what to do then until my friend told me.    I am planning to travel again but I am afraid that I may have violated something and they will not allow me to leave.  Can I get penalized?
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I'm travelling to LAX and from some anecdotal horror stories I've seen online and in real life, I worry that customs officers may ask to search my laptop, seize it indefinitely and/or possibly clone the hard drive seeing as I've read that they have power to inspect you and every item when entering/leaving the United States.  I have a significant amount of pornography (all legal) on my laptop which I wonder would I have to declare to the officers as other countries such as Australia make travellers declare on arrival.
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I am an Indian citizen travelling from New York to Delhi with a layover in Paris where I need to transfer between Paris Orly Airport (ORY) and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG).  Do I need to have a visa to make this transfer?  I didn't notice that while booking the ticket.
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I intend to travel to the US for a month, and I would really like to use a lot of data traffic during the trip, for browsing, maps, Skype calls, etc. How can I do that? Should I buy a SIM? Do I have to order one in advance, or are data SIMs readily available in the airport? Is there any website that can show me competing options and maybe compare them?  Also, I guess SIMs are linked to one specific carrier. Does it matter which cellular carrier I choose, or do all have similar coverage and do all support GSM phones? Does it change from state to state? e.g. do some of the more states, like Hawaii, have limited coverage for some of the carriers?  In short I am clueless here, and would really appreciate any information about this.  EDIT: meanwhile I have found , seems very useful though I'm not sure how reliable or up-to-date this page is.
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I'll be traveling to the UK (London) on a study abroad in the spring and will be bring my laptop for school and intern purposes.  I was just curious what/if any rights UK customs has to search laptops at the border, and how common laptop seizure and search is when returning to the good old U.S.A.