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Nicaragua is the fourth true CA-4 signatory alongside Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, and the agreement does not remove the onward or dummy ticket check required at first entry to the zone.
Honduras runs flights through three airports and shares a 90-day CA-4 clock with its neighbors, and an onward ticket has to satisfy both the airline and that shared timeline.
El Salvador belongs to the CA-4 border bloc, but that shared zone doesn't remove the onward ticket check at your first port of entry. Here's what actually gets verified, and by whom.
Belize sits outside the CA-4 agreement, so its Guatemala border and Belize City airport each run independent onward-ticket checks for visa-exempt visitors.
Tanzania checks for proof of onward travel at check-in and immigration alike, and a dummy ticket, also called an onward ticket, is the document that satisfies it.
Thailand's visa-exemption scheme requires proof of onward travel, but enforcement varies by checkpoint. A compliance case study walks through booking, check-in, and arrival requirements.
A Thailand border run to Laos or Cambodia rarely triggers an onward ticket check at the land crossing, but the flight home almost always does.
Australia runs three separate travel-authorization pathways, and each one treats onward-ticket documentation differently at application, check-in, and arrival.
A UK Standard Visitor visa reviews onward travel proof at the application stage, while a UK Electronic Travel Authorisation defers that same question to check-in and arrival.
Guatemala immigration can ask for proof of onward travel at arrival, but the CA-4 Border Control Agreement shifts where document checks actually happen.
Le consulat japonais et l'officier d'immigration à Narita n'examinent pas le même document, ni au même moment. Cette étude de cas explique pourquoi.
A Japan visa applicant in Pretoria used a dummy ticket, also called an onward ticket, to satisfy her consulate file. Here is why the airline checks it again at boarding.