Proof of onward journey..need some info

Proof of onward journey..need some info

Hi

I'm new to this site. I have searched for info regarding my question and haven't found much. Sorry if iy has already been covered.

I will be moving to Canada on a working holiday visa. I'm from New Zealand and it is a requirement that we have a retrurn ticket or proof of onward journey. I dont want to get a return ticket. Does anyone know if I can purchase a cheap ticket to the US or Ireland...I don't know! anywhere one way just to show I have a way out. Has anyone else done this? I have heard thay your onward journey has to be outside of America?

I have found it really hard to find any info and I dont want to get there and run into trouble. I'm assuming it is the airline that want to see it anyway.

Any advice would be great

the cheapest airline i know of that flies to the uk is zoom : http://www.flyzoom.ca-- depending on when you're flying you might be able to get a cheap one way flight.
also check http://www.flightcentre.ca, though they're usually best if you're looking last-minute.
where in canada are you moving to?

If you are going for a year, you can't get a reservation, since you can only book tickets 300 days in advance. Tickets themselves are only valid for one year, so if you bought one in advance to prove you have an onward ticket, it would expire before your year would be up. I'm surprised they require this, as it is impossible to fulfill with anything other than a full fare open ticket. You can do this by purchasing a one-way return or onward ticket, full fare and fully refundable on a credit card, then cashing in the ticket for a credit once you are safely in the country.

If they don't require a visa to go with the ticket, you could look at buying a bus ticket or a flight into the US.

Hey guys

Thanks for your advice. I'll be heading to Toronto. I'm waiting to hear back from the consulate to see if there are any restrictons on where I can fly to with my onward ticket. I'm sure they prob don't care where and when you are going, as long as you can move on. I want to make sure anyway. I checked out the websites that were posted here and found some super cheap flights. I have thought about buying a fully refundable ticket but we'll see how it goes.

If anyone hears of anything else regarding this feel free to flick a line on here

I have just returned from spending a year in Canada on a working holiday and also didn't want a return ticket becuase I would be travelling afterwards.

However......when it says you must show an onward ticket it actually means to leave North America - US included- so don't book anything into the US! I found it less hassle to just book a cheap return flight to get me into Canada and then just didn't use the return leg. Instead I booked my return trip on a rtw ticket because I was spending 6 weeks travelling back to London.

It does not matter that the return date cannot be more than 10 months in advance. Immigration understood it was a flexible ticket and I could change the date later.