Proof of Travel
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China L-visa applicants need a round-trip itinerary that matches their requested dates, and a dummy or onward ticket is the usual way to provide one without prepaying for a flight.
A one-way traveller was held at Heathrow check-in until she produced a dated onward ticket, the document Ghana's entry rules require but her visa file never flagged.
A Thailand Tourist Visa (TR) application and the 60-day visa exemption each expect proof of onward travel, but at different points and in different forms.
A Swedish backpacker held at Auckland check-in for lacking onward travel proof shows exactly where Fiji's document requirements bite. Here's the full gap analysis.
A contractor's approved Oman e-visa wasn't enough at a Doha connection. This case study unpacks the documentation gap and how carrier liability applies.
A Brazilian passport holder was held at a Wizz Air desk in Budapest over a comparison-site PDF mistaken for proof of onward travel. Here's the document gap analysis that explains why.
A trekker's 90-day Nepal visa-on-arrival application stalled over one missing document. This case study unpacks the gap and the carrier-liability rules behind it.
A visa-waiver-eligible traveller was held at check-in in Accra over a missing onward ticket. The case shows why entry eligibility and departure proof are separate compliance questions.
A traveller's Saudi e-visa was approved, but her one-way ticket still triggered a check-in hold. Here's the document gap that caused it.
A Norwegian traveller's ETA cleared him to enter Sri Lanka, but a one-way ticket still triggered secondary inspection at CMB. Here's the document that would have prevented it.
A traveller held at Tocumen over a missing onward ticket shows exactly where Panama's document requirement is enforced, and how to close the gap.
A Skyscanner comparison PDF isn't a booking. This case study examines the document gap Jordan's carriers and border officers identify at check-in, and what a compliant dummy ticket must provide.