BristolFlyer From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 1875 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 6564 times:
So supposing you're refused entry into a country by the aiport immigration peeps. What happens about getting a return flight? I assume the passenger has to pay for it, but does the airline charge the usual high last minute price or do they cut the pax a deal?
And what happens if the flights are not regular or full - does the passenger stay in the airport waiting?
Lredlefsen From United States, joined Apr 2006, 151 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 6522 times:
If trying to enter the US, the airline that brought you there is responsible for getting you back out. How they recover their expenses is the airline's problem as far as the US govt is concerned. (And that makes sense, if you ask me.)
This is one reason why airlines check your immigration credentials into the US pretty carefully at checkin (even before Sept 11, 2001) -- the airline has an economic incentive not to transport people who will be denied entry, and therefore go home on the airline's nickel.
I suppose the airline can try to get you to pay for the flight back... but in many cases, they're not going to get very far.
Amwest2United From United States, joined Jun 2006, 200 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 6465 times:
Quoting BristolFlyer (Thread starter): So supposing you're refused entry into a country by the airport immigration peeps. What happens about getting a return flight? I assume the passenger has to pay for it, but does the airline charge the usual high last minute price or do they cut the pax a deal?
And what happens if the flights are not regular or full - does the passenger stay in the airport waiting?
If an Airline allows a customer to fly into a country and the country refusing them entry, the Arline is responsible to carry the said customer out of that country. If the return flight is not for several hours or even a day, the said customer will be detained by the immigration "peeps", then turned back over to the airline. The airline MUST carry the customer on the 1st flight out of the country, period! If the airline has to deny boarding to another customer, they must do that. It is up to the airline to insure everything is in order. If the country of entry denies a customer due to the airlines failure to insure the customer has all the correct paperwork, the airline will get levied a fine.
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FOLOV From United States, joined Sep 2005, 166 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 6427 times:
I always found it funny that the airline are responsible for the PAX if refused in the US... We get some that are refused because they overstayed 10years ago... or got arrested in past vacation... how are we suppose to know that....
When check in someone to Australia, they have submitted their information with an ETA... if they tried to check in the system will say do not board...
Or to new zealand, as you enter an APS, the system will refused the pax or ask you to contact them....
I think this is great
As per the US, you get sent to secondary and 2 hours a call is made to the airline telling to book them on the next flight.... if they have a return ticket great... if not your lost...
Recently we had a pax who was depoted back to his country...if moved to the US 4 years ago, and flew in with us... We had to pay for his tkt, the escorts plus their hotel...
How fair is this
Baron95 From United States, joined May 2006, 1321 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 6423 times:
Quoting Lredlefsen (Reply 1): I suppose the airline can try to get you to pay for the flight back... but in many cases, they're not going to get very far.
That is rarelly an issue as most passangers (except business travellers unlikely to be returned) purchase a round-trip, non-refundable ticket - so they fly you back on your ticket.
Ikramerica From United States, joined May 2005, 17686 posts, RR: 57 Reply 6, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 6317 times:
Quoting FOLOV (Reply 3): Recently we had a pax who was depoted back to his country...if moved to the US 4 years ago, and flew in with us... We had to pay for his tkt, the escorts plus their hotel...
How fair is this
May not sound fair, but it is the cost of doing business internationally. Airlines know this when they start service to the USA.
Fairness is not equal to logic. Fairness only means that you know the rules going into a situation and you choose to enter the situation knowing those rules and play by them. So an airline knows these are the rules, and thus it is fair to make them play by them, no matter how illogical the rules may be.
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Aerorobnz From Rwanda, joined Feb 2001, 4078 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 6300 times:
Quoting Lredlefsen (Reply 1): If trying to enter the US, the airline that brought you there is responsible for getting you back out.
That's any country. I have been working at the gate with flights up to 14 deportees. That's those without correct visas,deportees that have overstayed etc.
The deportees can be locked up until they can fit the passenger on due to loads, but unless there's a specific reciprical agreement on other airlines to carry UPs the airline must uplift at their earliest convenience.
SFOMEX From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 6269 times:
I read somewhere that if you are refused entry, the immigration officer would still stamp your passport with a big indication that your entry was denied. Is that true?
NZ8800 From New Zealand, joined May 2006, 424 posts, RR: 3 Reply 9, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 6191 times:
Quoting SFOMEX (Reply 8): I read somewhere that if you are refused entry, the immigration officer would still stamp your passport with a big indication that your entry was denied. Is that true?
As far as I know, yes it is - likely quite a few countries do it. And if you've been careless enough not to check that you comply with the entry requirements to a foreign country - you deserve to have the book thrown at you.
If you get one of those stamps, it can make it difficult to enter any country after that - and you may be formally deported as well. One of THOSE stamps means you need to apply for a visa pretty much anywhere you go after that.
As to the rest - it is per the above. If you check the entry requirements for almost any country, it is the airline's responsibility at the end of the day to ensure each passenger they carry has complied with the entry requirements; and if they haven't they must deny them boarding.
Not only do they have to take the passenger back to the originating airport on the first available flight, they also get fined - often around $5000 per passenger, although this varies from country to country.
When I went to Syria each passenger had their passport details and visas very carefully checked by Austrian staff at Vienna Schwechat, before we were allowed to board the flight to Damascus.
As another example, here is part of the requirements for a visit to Tonga, info supplied courtesy of the ICAO via Virgin Atlantic's website. This is for a New Zealand passport holder - requirements for other nationals may vary.
Passport required (must be valid for at least 3 months upon
arrival).
Visa required, which can be obtained on arrival for touristic
purposes only, free of charge, for a stay of max. 31 days
(extension possible).
Visitor must hold:
- return/onward ticket; and
- all documents required for next destination; and
- sufficient funds to cover stay.
If holding one-way ticket, a multiple entry visa issued prior
to arrival is required.
Non-compliance with entry regulations (i.e. expired passports)
will result in a fine of TOP 5,000.- for transporting carrier.
5000 pa'anga is around US$2450
The final responsibility though, ends with the passenger. No travel agent or insurance company will be likely to assist with this sort of problem - it's up to the individual traveller to check visa requirements, or if they're a child/incapacitated, the person caring for them.
Quoting BristolFlyer (Thread starter): So supposing you're refused entry into a country by the aiport immigration peeps. What happens about getting a return flight? I assume the passenger has to pay for it, but does the airline charge the usual high last minute price or do they cut the pax a deal?
And what happens if the flights are not regular or full - does the passenger stay in the airport waiting?
No charge to the passenger - the airline is responsible for taking them back to where the flight originated from as soon as a seat is available, even if it means bumping a confirmed passenger off. If the next flight is not for several days (as is the case in several Pacific Island countries, for example), the passenger may be held in jail until the next available flight.
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57AZ From United States, joined Nov 2004, 2479 posts, RR: 2 Reply 10, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 5971 times:
The rationale behind most immigration laws dates back to the steamship age. If you examine the history of immigration and the steamship companies, the laws of the United States in the 19th century then required that persons refused entry into the United States would be returned to their country of origin at the expense of the steamship line. Many progressive lines instituted programs where immigrants to the United States would be quarintined for several days and examined by the company's own medical team as part of their fare. That allowed them to identify immigrants likely to be refused entry before they got onto the ship, costing the company the expense of a return passage and preventing other healthy immigrants from being exposed to potentially contagious and costly illnesses. Vetting such as checking immigration credentials is nothing new in this sense-just good business sense.
Also, I would have to look up the specific code but I believe (if memory serves correctly) that it requires that the person be returned on the next departure to their country of origin. How the company handles the return is their own problem as it is their fault that the person was transported from the cuontry of origin to begin with. Whenever someone asks me how to find out what the travel requirements are for a foreign country that they intend to visit, I tell them to contact either the US Department of State or the destination country's US Consulate for those details.
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Joni From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 5947 times:
Quoting SFOMEX (Reply 8): I read somewhere that if you are refused entry, the immigration officer would still stamp your passport with a big indication that your entry was denied. Is that true?
Of course, a deportee can get a new passport to get rid of the stamp, or simply tear the page out.
Legacy135 From Switzerland, joined May 2005, 1046 posts, RR: 32 Reply 12, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 5929 times:
Actually it's not only the US, where the carrier is responsable to have it's PAX with valid documents. Without consulting my manuals, it's about everywhere I can remember, like this. The US may only be outlined here, as they are for many of us the best known place for checking relatively strict and applying straight rules, but other countries do the same. Swiss authorities for example do have a special force, checking people being suspect for traveling without valid documents right after leaving the aircraft. Only this way they can send unadmitted individuals right back to the airplane.
US immigrations explained me, that the visa wayver program, as in use with most European countries and others, is not only a contract signed by the countries, than also between the carrier and the US governement. The carrier must assure to transport anybody refused to enter right back. This also explains, why me for example, as a Swiss need to have a visa if I want to enter the US by car or private airplane. The visa waiver is only applicaple if an authorized carrier is involved.
SA7700 From South Africa, joined Dec 2003, 2135 posts, RR: 8 Reply 13, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 5922 times:
What happens when you have a valid visa, have no "record" (per se) of overstaying, sufficient funds, etc. and you are still refused entry into a particular country?
RP TPA From United States, joined Oct 1999, 557 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 5872 times:
Besides the expense the airlines incur in sending an inadmissible passenger back, there's also the issue of fines levied. In Canada, if someone is denied entry due to insufficient documents (usually not having a required visa) then not only are they returned from where they came from, but the airline that transported them is fined something like $3000.
There is a reason passport pages are numbered, for this reason. You will get a stamp saying your denied entry and it usually goes on a page specifically designated for this purpose. Getting a new passport would be the only way.
In Canada I know there was an issue with people traveling to Canada destroying all documentation en-route and landing with no passport or ID and claiming refugee status. The airline saw one when they boarded. I have had a Canadian Immigration Officer check all IDs exiting an aircraft once, I suspect for this reason.
RobertS975 From United States, joined Aug 2005, 649 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 5634 times:
Then there is the problem of some countries where you technically need a visa, but the visa can be obtained at the destination airport. Does the carrier allow you to board to even get to that destination airport?
Phollingsworth From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2004, 794 posts, RR: 8 Reply 18, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 5629 times:
Quoting SA7700 (Reply 13): What happens when you have a valid visa, have no "record" (per se) of overstaying, sufficient funds, etc. and you are still refused entry into a particular country?
My guess is that the same still applies. A visa does not give one the right to enter a country only the right to apply at the port of entry. In the US with a non-immagrant visa you must still prove to the immigration officer that you intend to leave the country prior to the expiration of your authority. This seems to cause problems with people that come here many times in one year.
BristolFlyer From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 1875 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 5472 times:
Thanks for your input everyone. I travelled from Belfast to Phoenix on Sunday and CO certainly checked my details before leaving Belfast.
Quoting Joni (Reply 11): Of course, a deportee can get a new passport to get rid of the stamp, or simply tear the page out.
As Manu said the pages are numbered, and I think there's also a statement in the passport saying 'this passport has 35 numbered pages'. As for getting a new passport I got a new British passport last week and I think I read that you can only get a new one if yours is due to expire within 9 months. Of course you could always say that it was stolen I guess.
BDL2DCA From United States, joined Jan 2006, 313 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 5384 times:
Quoting NZ8800 (Reply 9): the airline is responsible for taking them back to where the flight originated from as soon as a seat is available, even if it means bumping a confirmed passenger off.
For all of you who ask about preclearance in Ireland pending departure for the US, this explains why it exists. In prior decades, so many Irish were buying tickets to the US without having valid entry paperwork. The airlines did due dilligence in DUB and SNN, but still many, many passengers got through. That is why everyone goes through an immigration check prior to departure from Ireland.
Interestingly enough, this is much less of an issue these days, as Ireland has one of the highest rates of reverse migration in the world, but yet immigration preclearance still exists.
FlyingColours From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 2104 posts, RR: 15 Reply 21, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 5322 times:
I could have swore it was illegal to tear pages out or deface a passport.
Quoting Manu (Reply 16): Canada I know there was an issue with people traveling to Canada destroying all documentation en-route and landing with no passport or ID and claiming refugee status
We still have that problem here, the best way IMHO is to collect everyones passport once they are on the aircraft and hand them out as they leave the aircraft. Or they display it as they leave the aircraft (and are still airside). An airline tried the former once and all hell broke loose but I think its the best way to deal with this. Either that or just send them back to wherever the flight originated (although you can't do that either).
There was a case a few weeks ago of a little old lady flying from Manchester (UK) to Varna, Bulgaria. She had a British Passport but her's said "British Subject" instead of Citizen (I believe she was Irish). Before she even made it to passport control she was taken into a room for questioning and then rushed back onto the waiting A320 which was empty, just the crew.
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Gr8Circle From Canada, joined Dec 2005, 2289 posts, RR: 2 Reply 23, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 5285 times:
Quoting Lredlefsen (Reply 1): If trying to enter the US, the airline that brought you there is responsible for getting you back out. How they recover their expenses is the airline's problem as far as the US govt is concerned. (And that makes sense, if you ask me.)
This is one reason why airlines check your immigration credentials into the US pretty carefully at checkin (even before Sept 11, 2001) -- the airline has an economic incentive not to transport people who will be denied entry, and therefore go home on the airline's nickel.
I suppose the airline can try to get you to pay for the flight back... but in many cases, they're not going to get very far.
What happens if the pax is travelling on a fake passport which even the immigration officers at the point of embarkation, could not detect.....but the US inmmigrations identify it as a fake.....
In such a case, would the airline still be liable? They did their best to ensure that the pax are all legitimate......any ideas????
SA7700 From South Africa, joined Dec 2003, 2135 posts, RR: 8 Reply 24, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 5274 times:
Quoting FlyingColours (Reply 21): We still have that problem here, the best way IMHO is to collect everyones passport once they are on the aircraft and hand them out as they leave the aircraft.
IMHO that would be the recipe for a logistical disaster, especially on a fully packed widebody. Most passengers will be unable to complete arrival documentation, due to lack of passports in their personal possession on planes, disembark at their arrival airports and most likely face chaos. Personally I do not like the idea of handing over my passport to an unknown person for an extended period of time.
Apodino From United States, joined Apr 2005, 1957 posts, RR: 7 Reply 25, posted (2 years 11 months 4 weeks 9 hours ago) and read 5176 times:
Something like this happened to my parents a couple of years ago. Due to a blizzard hitting the northeast, American cancelled their flight into Miami which was going to take them to their cruise ship. After spending the whole day getting a tour of the southwest route system, they ended up in Ft. Lauderdale. The next day my dad went to the American Airlines ticket office in Ft. Lauderdale, and the agent rebooked them on a flight from Miami to Belize City, which was the first port of call for the cruise ship that they had missed.
My parents had only brought necessary documentation for travel on the cruise ship, which differed from the requirements by air. Upon landing in Belize, immigration detained them because they had bad documentation. After a bit of negotiating, the agent finally let them in after paying a single day visa fee.
That being said, the airlines can check documentation all they want, but it is not their responsibility to enforce the border laws, that still is up to Homeland Security. Its not the airlines fault if all the documentation is in order, but the person gets denied entry at the border for some reason. Thats why I don't agree with fines in all situations.
26 FlyingColours: I don't know, I think it may have been some kind of scheme to identify Foreigners who have GB Passports with Citizens who were Born here. But that is
27 BristolFlyer: So the passenger is standing in line at the immigration desk at an aiport having just got off a plane and doesn't have a passport? Man, that would ta
28 ORDagent: You betcha! When I worked for American we were trained on how to scrutinize passports. The INS staff were somewhat flexible when it came to levying f
29 BDL2DCA: It's a legacy of the Empire. Not always the most accurate source, but you get the gist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law http://e
30 Geo772: Often when a person intends to file for asylum they will board with al the correct paperwork which will go missing in flight. Quite often when this ha
31 YULWinterSkies: My guess (it's only a guess) is that they are insured for this kind of situation... Now, what would happen if a pax forgets its ID onboard and realiz
32 Brons2: Yes. This was the case when I visited Turkey. I flew STR-AYT on Hapag-Lloyd and was able to procure a visa upon arrival for 15 EUR. Since I was the o
33 Lhrmaccoll: Happened to my grandad while he was still alive, I can't remember why he wasn't let in, but it was something to do with communists....... He was sent
34 Jetdeltamsy: In the United States, the carrier that brings the illegal into the country is responsible for getting them out, whether or not the individual is will
35 FLY2LIM: Which is why they invented COMPUTERS. You can change passports all you want (remember, new passport, new visa application for that country) but you c
37 Legacy135: I am not aware about any airline flying regular from here (=Europe) to the US who is not approved in the visa waiver program, for sure, originating f
38 ORDagent: It happens. We had a German kid leave his Kinderausweiss (sic) on board. We got it just before the cleaning crew pitched it! People can be really loo
39 BristolFlyer: Not in the US. I got a new British passport last week whilst on holiday in the UK (from the US) and kept my old passport which contains my US visa. A
40 FLY2LIM: You are a British Citizen, possibly even more beloved in this country than Canadians. I was talking about the scenario where someone has their passpo
41 BA: A few years ago when I was checking in at British Airways in Denver to go to Beirut, Lebanon, the check in agent kept browsing my US passport and the
42 N1120A: No, actually, it has to do with the legacy of the monarchy. Technically, people in the UK are still SUBJECT to the will of the monarch, namely Elizab
43 RIXrat: Can someone explain this. In my US passport I have many arrivals at LGW and LHR with the usual entry to Britain stamp allowing me six months stay, but
44 SasA319: If a pax is deported back to pakistan on PIA, they ask for the cost of a ticket. If the pax cannot pay they get locked up until they get the funds fro
45 WildcatYXU: I dare to disagree. Several friends of mine, dual British/Canadian citizens, travel regularly to the US by car using only their British passport. Non
46 N1120A: Yep, you are correct. Visa waiver applies no matter how you enter, as long as your passport meets the criteria.
47 Legacy135: Then they just were lucky. I know personally about crewmembers, using their layover in Miami for a trip to Bahamas, rushing into big troubles on comi
48 BA: Legacy135, The Visa Waiver Program applies to those coming for the purpose of tourism or business. I do not believe airline crewmembers are included a
49 Legacyins: You were required to have a visa because you were not flying on an aircraft signatory to the visa waiver program. If you fly on LX, BA, or any other
50 WildcatYXU: Sorry Legacy 135, you're wrong. My friends weren't fortunate, the immigration officers were following the rules. This is excerpt from the www.travel.s
51 AirNZ: Not quite. Actually, from the original question I am very surprised that anyone recently had a passport of "British Subject" as, if my memory serves
52 Voyager747: Well at Pearson (Toronto) last time I went to the US the US Customs were at Pearson.So I all ready past US customs before I got on the plane.
53 BA: I can tell you that the border between Switzerland and its Schengen neighbors is very porous and there are several border crossings where they only d
54 BA: That's because in Canada, Calgary (YYC), Edmonton (YEG), Montreal (YUL), Ottawa (YOW), Toronto (YYZ), Vancouver (YVR), Victoria (YYJ), and Winnipeg (
55 JFK998: Oh I got a story!! In August 2003 I flew BA from LHR to JFK. When I checked in for my flight in LHR they checked my passport (U.S. Passport) and every
56 Legacy135: That's what I say. Travelling by private airplane, you either need an agent, backing you up in the US with the visa waiver agreement, or you need to
57 FLY2LIM: Every time I enter the US, the immigration officer enters a number next to the arrival stamp on the customs form, and I know that when the form is gi
58 Lredlefsen: I'm only guessing, but is it "In Transit", or "International Transit", or somesuch? Do you actually stay in England, or do you fly on to some other d
59 StarGoldLHR: This is to promote tourism and encourage airlines to pre-clear at SNN. I was just here last sunday. Only US Immigration. I flew AC from DUB - SNN - Y
60 Legacyins: There is no such a thing as " the number determines whether you will be search or not". AT SFO, the number means the number of passengers traveling.
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