Can you be denied if you have a visa?
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Can you be denied if you have a visa?
I am going to travel for some months in Africa and have one important question. I can't find any info regarding this question, which is simple.If I have a valid visa for a country can I count they will let me in? Or can I be denied if I don't have an ongoing ticket, hotel reservation or similar? I know I have to provide these at the embassy, but if I have the visa in my passport, will I always be ready to go?
Hope for your help. Many thanks in advance!
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Most of these questions are often asked when you apply for your visa. Its one of the few advantages of applying for a visa in advance. However as both Richard and Wilco advise this can be changed by the actual immigration officer who stamps your passport. If your plans are uncertain the next question will concern the actual funds you have or the ability to access those funds. If the officer thinks you are looking to stay "indefinitely" then you may have a problem. However it is rare to be refused entry purely on these grounds. Have a look at the immigration/visa web sites for the countries you intend to visit this may help. Good luck4
You can definitely be denied entry if you are found to be an undesireable alien, or if do not have an onward ticket, or if you do not have sufficient funds to support yourself for the duration of your planned stay, or if you do not have the required number of completely blank pages in your passport, or if your passport will expire within six months after your planned departure from the country, or if the immigration officer takes a dislike to you.These regulations may vary from country to country, but they have certainly been applied from time to time by South Africa. That would also apply if you are from a country whose passport holders do not need visas to enter the country.
Notwithstanding having a valid visa and complying with any other regulation, entry into the United States, for example, is at the discretion of the immigration officer.
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Thanks a lot everyone.Ongoing ticket? What if I plan to travel overland? This is tricky.
My plan is as follow: Fly into Hurghada, Egypt, then bus to Aswan, get Sudan visa, then fly from Cairo to Khartoum. Get my Eritrea visa in Khartoum in 2-3 days, then overland to Djibouti, get somali-land visa, get there, then back to Djibouti and then fly to Dubai..
I have only booked the Hurghada ticket in advance, is it neccesary to book any other tickets? I would like to wait and see if I get my Eritrea visa and then chance my plans if I can't get it...
Can this be done?
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Thanks a lot... is there a flight Somaliland-Dubai? but it's very expensive then? Because flydubai flies Djibouti-Dubai...How about Eritrea-Djibouti, can I just buy an air ticket after I (if) get the visa?
Thanks for the ferry info, how long time does the ferry take? and as far as I can see it's only once a week?
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A flight from Somaliland to Dubai will probably be more expensive than FlyDubai but verify the price difference. And don't forget you have to consider the cost (and hassle) of getting back to Djibouti (and a double or multiple entry visa).How about Eritrea-Djibouti, can I just buy an air ticket after I (if) get the visa?
If it didn't change recently, there aren't direct flights from Eritrea to Djibouti. Yemenia changing planes in Sanaa could be an option (if the security situation allows it, the airport of Sanaa was closed some months ago).
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Johannesburg (South AFrica) - Maseru (Lesotho) - Cape Town (Souh AFrica) - Windhoek (Namibia) - Maun (Botswana) - Livingstone (Zambia) - Victria Falls (Zimbabwe) - Harare (Zimbabwe) - Lusaka (Zambia) - Lilongwe and/or Blantyre (Malawi) - Maputo (Mozambique) - Mbabane (Swaziland) - Johannesburg (South AFrica).That is a skeleton of the loop you could do to add 9 countries to your tally. Obviously it would have to be fleshed out considerably for you to turn it into a tour that might interest you. Various modes of transport might be involved - planes, trains, buses and even ships may be considered.
have fun planning the trip.
