I have been doing a bunch of yachting courses here in South Africa and would like to know if I can exit and re-enter South Africa on the same day to get a new visa?
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How many times can an Australian leave and re-enter South Africa (90 days at a time without a visa) in a year, and do they need to be out of the country for a certain period of time before they re-enter?  I want to be in South Africa for as long as I can, however as an Australian without a visa I can only stay for 90 days at a time. What I would like to do is simply leave South Africa and go to another country in Africa for a few days, before returning with a new 90 day allowance.    Is this possible, or must I wait a certain period before re-entering South Africa/is there a limit to the amount of times I can do this in one year?
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My Chinese in-laws intend to visit us in one month from now. Their visa is valid from Nov 23rd. Would it be possible for them to take the airplane on November 22nd in China and arrive in Schengen area on November 23rd?  Or does the visa already have to be valid upon departure?  In our particular case, they still need to transfer in Beijing first. The actual flight to Schengen zone effectively only departs on the 23rd so I guess that should be completely fine then?
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I think some body here would help me out of this first-time-travelling-blues.  I have applied for Schengen Visa to travel to Greece for four days; I applied to VFS Mumbai, on 13th April, 2016. I have tickets to Greece on 30th April, 2016 and return on 6th May, 2016. I have booked hotels there and am going to attend a scientific conference scheduled for the first week of May, 2016. I was informed during biometric process that as I am travelling abroad for the first time, I may need to attend an interview, scheduled at 22nd April. Now, I am worried, because the date is just 8 days ahead of my departure.   Will I get the visa in time?
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I am a UK citizen, and therefore qualify for the USA's  (VWP). If I enter by  I need to apply for (and pay for) ESTA beforehand. If I enter by , I don't need ESTA. But I do get a 90 day visa waiver which allows me to go to Canada and return to the USA, on the same VWP.   My question is: If I first enter the USA on foot, from Canada (at Niagara Falls), return to Canada on foot, and then 3 days later fly from Canada into the USA, do I need ESTA? Or as my existing visa waiver is still in place, is that good enough?
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I'll be traveling to Germany this May and my planes would arrive at 4 May 20.30 at Frankfurt Airport but the Schengen visa that I received is valid only at 5 May.  Is it possible to enter if it's only a few hours before the day change? Or do I have to wait until day change in the transit area?  Another thing, would the airline rejected me from boarding the plane?
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I want to go to Indonesia for 4 months to travel, I am a dutch citizen and getting a 60 days tourist visa in the Netherlands.  I am planning on booking a ticket to Singapore to visit universal studio's and obtain another 60 days tourist visa there.  Will they give out the 60 days tourist visa if I already have a 60 days tourist visa from a couple days back?
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I just realized that I am in a tricky situation right now.   I'm traveling with an Indonesian passport. I'm flying from New York to Christchurch, New Zealand in a couple of days, with a connection in Sydney, Australia. Upon scrutinizing my ticket recently, I realized that said connection is 11 hours long, with two different flights (Delta and Virgin) although it was bought on the same ticket, and that I am likely to have to collect my luggages in Sydney and recheck my luggages to Christchurch (which means that I have to pass Australian immigration).  There is no way I can get the Australian transit visa in time. Can anyone provide any helpful suggestions to solve this problem when I get to Sydney? Or share any similar past experience with the Australian border agents?  Thank you so very much.
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I'm an Indian and my brother has been working in Sharjah around ten years. It is the first time I'm travelling abroad. He arranged me a tourist visa of 60 days validity and I can stay there up to 39 days (as stated by the visa agent). I should leave on the 40th day.   But in India my travel ticket agent said that I can stay there up to 29 days and I should leave on the 30th day.  I have added my visa image below.   Could someone please clear up the confusion for me?
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On 15 May, I entered Chile; my visa was for 3 months. On 10 July, I booked a ticket to go to New Zealand. I bought the ticket from LATAM Airlines for $1700 (USD).  But they didn’t let me board the flight to go to New Zealand and also they didn’t refund my money. Now, it is three months that I have been trying to get back my money, but they don’t want to give it to me unfortunately.  Now I want to leave Chile and go back to Amsterdam, my home. What should I do ?
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Is it possible to enter US on a one way ticket without any problem ? I am coming over to help a friend sail his boat from mainland US down to Caribbean.So am not sure exactly when I will be returning to UK and from where. I have a valid ESTA and am travelling on a UK passport. What supporting documents are customs likely to ask for ?
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I was granted a visa to Australia few months ago. I’d like to travel to Australia in few days. However, I’ve just renewed my passport and I don’t have enough time to inform them about my passport renewal. Can I travel to Australia by carrying both my old and my new passports?
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I'm an Indian. I'm planning to book a journey from Mumbai to Johannesburg, South Africa and back (conference visa). I looked at refundable tickets, while they are priced higher, they give you half your money back, for instance if the to and fro flight costs INR 40,000 they give you INR 20,000 . But this is if you are cancelling for some reason.   What if you have to cancel because your visa application or the transit visa application got rejected. As far as I understand the procedure is :-  a. Buy airline tickets   b. Apply for Visa   c. Wait between 1-6 weeks to get update about your visa application, for both visa and transit visa (although transit visa should be shorter I guess.)  d. If visa is granted then move on to planning other things about the trip.   Now in case, if the visa application fails (for whatever reason ) what recourse does the traveler have ?  Are there any airlines who are better understanding than others about this situation ?  In non-refundable tickets, I guess that all is lost or is there some way to save money there too.   Lastly, I read travel insurance can help in this case. How does travel insurance help in the above scenario ?  Edit :- One of the pre-conditions of getting the visa is   Proof of a Valid Return or onward ticket or purchase of ticket. This is from   and
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I was given a Schengen Visa by the Greek embassy in Cape Town, valid for one year, duration of stay 90 days. I went to Greece last Sept for 10 days.  It says valid for all Schengen States.  Can I use it again to go to France this year in July? Or do I have to apply for a new Schengen for France?  My visa expires on 14 Sept 2014.
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I applied for the visa to participate in a university students conference. But I had to cancel my travel plans because of a family emergency.  I wanted to know if I can still can use the multiple entry Visa I have, until it expires, to enter UK for a similar type of conference and business related travel reasons or if I have to apply again to enter UK for the different reason of travel other than I applied for initially.
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I received an undesirable status for overstaying a SA visa while hospitalized for injuries sustained in Lesotho. I had to cross into SA from Lesotho. Now I am banned entry into SA until Feb 2016 and though I have submitted a waiver request to remove the undesirable status, I hear from some the waiver request may take 4-5 months or even take longer than the time of banishment.  I have a pre-paid safari planned in October in which I need to fly through Johannesburg to get to Botswana. The Jburg border control requires tourists to pass through SA immigration even when simply changing planes.  1) Will SA grant me "transit" access if I don't leave the airport?  2) Will SA allow me to spend a night in the airport as the layover is 12 hours>  Thanks for passing on any info.
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We are UK citizens driving from Patagonia to Alaska, then shipping home from New York. We hope to be in the US for 3 months, a couple of months in Canada then into Alaska for a couple of  months and then back into Canada and the US. But cannot find information about whether we can get a new visa waiver in Canada for driving to Alaska and then back into the US?
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My multiple entry student visa was issued on June 25th, 2012 and expires on June 24th, 2013.  I entered Israel on August 26th, 2012.  I am planning to leave Israel on June 13th (to Poland) and return approximately a month later in order to take my return flight home to the United States (I am a U.S. citizen); staying in Israel no longer than a week.  Will I be able to re enter Israel in order to do so?