Travel Question / VISA Process

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Every country has it's own quirks. A couple of years ago I traveled to Russia right after 9/11. In response to the new travel rules the US put into place, I had to get a visa. One of the forms asked the question if I was a current/former member of the US military and if so t fill out an addendum to the visa application. One of the questions was if I was an expert in high-explosives (Hmmm, define expert??!!)

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I'd advise always to check before you fly - and in good time, the time spent checking could mean that you don't arrive at your destination, or part way there, and find that you need to obtain a form from the embassy in your country of origin - it might be a rubber stamp job, but if that rubber stamp is several thousand mile and two weeks away then you are well and truly stuffed.

It might mean a long delay at the airport - or worse, a return flight far sooner than you had planned for. There is even the amusing option of your luggage sitting at the hotel you ought to be at, and you being back in your own country without the keys to your car and house which you put into the case as you would not be needing them for some time, and with only foreign currency and travellers cheques.