So I was looking at a travel site where when you make a booking, it asks for both your country of citizenship AND country of passport.  I have dual citizenship, and thus am eligible for both passports.  So I could I suppose put South Africa for the citizenship and New Zealand for the passport field if I'm feeling like it, but it seems pointless to have the two fields like that.    Then I wondered - is it possible to get a passport without having citizenship of that country?
120990
On multiple occasions I have seen forms where it needs to be stated what the Country of Issue and what the Country of Citizenship is. What is the difference between the two, if your passport is issued by a consulate in a foreign country. Technically the soil of a consulate belongs to its own country. So both the country of issue and citizenship should be the same. At least that is what I would say. But if this is the case, why do some forms require to fill in both?
39820
I'm applying for a fresh Passport from India but I don't know what "ECR" &amp; "NON-ECR" mean:     "Is applicant eligible for Non-ECR category?"      [Yes] [No]   I've already Graduated from University. I don't know whether to choose "YES" or "NO"?. I'm Indian by birth.
43677
I'll be arriving at Heathrow in June 2015 with my current girlfriend for a holiday in the UK. I've been trying to find out which immigration queue to join at Heathrow Passport Control without much luck. I have a British passport, my girlfriend has a non-EU passport.     Should I join the EU queue and she the non-EU queue or should we both queue together (and if so, which of the queues should we join)?
40471
When I was transferring this morning at Schipol, the staff directed non-EU citizens with Schengen area residence permits to the "EU" line at passport control.  Is this always allowed for people with residence permits, or was it just because the lines had become particularly unbalanced?
12640
My husband is a Sri Lankan national with a Sri Lankan passport. He holds an indefinite leave to remain in the UK (card). Our 3 kids and I have British passports, we are all going to go to France. Does he (my husband) need to apply for a Schengen visa before travelling to France?
8396
Is it the airport security at the country you flying from? I highly doubt it because I have been to countries where it's so corrupted that you buy the airport officials for the price of a dinner.   Is it the aircrew' responsibility? Again I don't think they care much - unless there is severe punishments - in corrupted third world countries.   I have been personally in a situation when an officer at a certain airport insisted on examining my British passport before he allowed me to move to the gate because I refused to slip him a $100 note. I was travelling to the UK yet I have another passport which is valid and it is issued by the country I was flying from, which means he had no reason whatsoever - nor I think he cared - to examine my British passport to check if it's valid.  Edit to summarize it, I want to expose as little as possible of information about my dual nationality. For that I need to know whom I am obligated to show my passport(s)
4162
It is known that passport stamps are a kind of collection for many people. But, inside European Union, we -EU citizens- are allowed to travel without passport, just with our national ID card (if we have in our countries).  Is there any way to get passport stamps like non-EU citizens? You can identify yourself with the passport of course, but they don't stamp it.
118758
Recently I learnt that  has  to its visitors (citizens of any country) and free to enter if they hold a passport or EU national identity card.   Are there any other country(ies) which have similar no visa restrictions for its visitors irrespective of citizenship?   PS: Though Andorra has not restrictions, one needs to have a multiple-entry Schengen visa, as it's a land-locked country and only be accessed via Spain or France.
113242
US citizens travelling to Cuba are restricted to a set of "reasons" for travel, of which tourism is not one. I have US-Philippines dual citizenship, and both passports. Would I just buy the ticket using my Filipino passport? What kind of documentation/proof would I need to return back to the US? And as a US citizen travelling with a foreign passport, where would I go for US customs?  Thanks.
99723
I would like to travel to South Africa as a tourist 6-months after I overstayed a SA visa due to emergency hospitalization. As a result of the overstay I was classified as undesirable &amp; am restricted from re-entry for 1 year (under the new May 2015 SA Home Affairs policies). The overstay is associated with a US passport but I am also a citizen of Spain with a Spanish passport.   Is the SA border control electronic system at the Johannesburg International airport able to cross reference passports from 2 nations (e.g, by name &amp; birth date)?  Has anyone had experience crossing the SA border with the undesirable status?
73789
Is it generally possible to apply for a visa to another country from a country that is not my country of origin? As a concrete example to clarify, I have a German passport and I can travel without applying for a visa beforehand through France, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia and Guinea-Bissau, but in order to enter Guinea, I need to apply for a visa. Is it possible to do this from Senegal (for example)? Also, which embassy will be responsible for that?
73154
When I first started travelling internationally about 20 years ago I was young and naive and bought an international driver's license for my trip to the United States.  Then I discovered that it was not at all needed. All that was needed was a licence from my own country with a photo. At that time photo licences were relatively new in Australia.  So my question is, is this the case everywhere or are there some countries which really do not permit foreigners to drive without an international licence?  (I don't need a full list of countries as an answer, just a yes or no with a couple of examples is fine)
52357
I was wondering if someone could help me out with the following question. I bought a ticket New York - Zurich - Vienna - Lviv (Ukraine). I read online on Swiss immigration website the following information (actually your website states the same):  If you a a permanent resident of the United States (which is my case), you can travel through Schengen airports (I read specifically about Swiss airports) without transit visa, regardless of your citizenship.  I am a Ukranian but I have the old non-biometric passport, which still should have been fine, since as a US permanent resident, I can travel through Swiss airports without a transfer visa (I don't have to leave the Schengen zone inside the airport.  In New York airport, I was denied boarding. I spoke with 2 supervisors and they all said the same: if you are doing 2 transfers in the Schengen zone, you have to have a transit visa, with no exemptions. I showed them 2 websites including the Swiss immigration and was told it's not the information they would acknowledge.  I still think I was right and that exemption rules should apply to me. I ended up buying another ticket and missing Christmas dinner with my family. Anyone with any suggestions, please help!
14872
I'm traveling from JED Saudi Arabia to Singapore by Saudi airlines. My last name doesn't match the passport. But all other details are same, e.g. passport no., DOB, etc.
112222
My wife (a doctor) has the opportunity to work in NZ for several months from a negotiable point in July, and as such has applied for transfer of her medical registration to the NZ medical body, and is in the process of applying for a work visa.  On an non-related basis we were planning a holiday from the start of July to NZ, and as such we already have flights booked for the 27th of June.  It just happened that the opportunity to work came up separately.  As the medical registration will take the next week to finalise (20 days to complete), and the work visa can't be applied for until that has been done, the work visa is unlikely to be issued prior to us departing for NZ on the 27th (it takes 25 days).  We are both UK citizens, and as such can travel to NZ on a visa waiver basis for a holiday visit.  We have enough funds to support a long term holiday, as we were intending on touring NZ and Australia at the same time.  We also seem to be eligible for an electronic visa from NZ, so there shouldn't be any issue with a passport being out of our possession for travel.  I will remain on my holiday visa for the duration, I have no intention to work and I have ample funds for this.  So my question is: if we present ourselves to NZ immigration on arrival with the truth (entering on a holiday visa, work visa pending, if work visa isn't issued then we are happy to carry on with our holiday, otherwise my wife will start work under the work visa) are we likely to encounter any difficulties?  Update:  As it turns out, both the medical registration was completed and the visa was issued before our travel date, so we never got to test this scenario - my wife entered New Zealand under a working visa.
112263
My name consists of just a first name and no surname.  Will there be a problem regarding my name in the country I visit with a tourist or employment visa? Are there countries in the world where this might be a problem?
97859
I'm travelling from Amsterdam, to Bangkok, via Helsinki. Bought a ticket with Finnair. I filled in the web form, and as it said "One first name is enough" (as also laid out ), I foolishly didn't fill in my middle name.  My first name and last name are correctly filled in. My passport has both my first name and my middle name under "Given names", which may cause confusion.  Is it OK? Seeing as I have a layover in Helsinki, it'd be even more stupid of me to be able to depart from Amsterdam, but not from Helsinki.  Can a name change occur?