What's the easiest/best way for us to be together with regard to immigration and all the associated considerations? [more inside]
posted by nostrich on Aug 4, 2009 - 16 answers

UK Expat Work Filter: Worth getting a working visa before getting a job offer? [more inside]
posted by qwip on Aug 2, 2009 - 7 answers

American guy and British girl - how and where to work and travel together? Looking for advice / tales of experience [more inside]
posted by crayz on Aug 2, 2009 - 14 answers

A Bulgarian friend of mine has applied for a non-immigrant visa for the US and her application has been placed on hold indefinitely. Is there anything I can do? [more inside]
posted by emmykm on Jun 18, 2009 - 6 answers

Last year I visited Spain on a vacation for 10 days. I just realized that I did not turn in the part of the entry form I was supposed to when I left Spain. What should I do? [more inside]
posted by mbarryf on Mar 23, 2009 - 7 answers

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how to go about getting a visa to China. My problem involves currently living in a country other than either of my two citizenships. More details within. [more inside]
posted by Planet F on Nov 11, 2008 - 2 answers

Need info on applying for a Tier-1 (Post-Study work) Visa in the UK while holding a soon-to-expire student visa. [more inside]
posted by nímwunnan on Oct 5, 2008 - 2 answers

Can you help me find a chart I once saw online that ranked countries by how many other countries its citizens could enter without a visa. I believe Finland and the U.S. came out on the top--most Middle Eastern countries near the bottom. Can anyone help me find this again? I'm pretty sure it was from a research institution or think tank.
posted by whitewall on Jul 29, 2008 - 5 answers

I want to keep my American job but live abroad (in Argentina)-- what does this mean for taxes and visas? [more inside]
posted by inactivist on Jul 6, 2008 - 18 answers

I'm completely confused about UK immigration policy and am getting conflicting information re: extended stays for academic research. [more inside]
posted by venividivici on Apr 18, 2008 - 10 answers

I have travel plans! I am thinking of giving up on America again and going to Argentina for a couple weeks then travelling by bus through Uruguay and ultimately ending up in Brazil [Recife area] and living on a travelling state-sponsored commune. But I have questions... [more inside]
posted by cloeburner on Mar 10, 2008 - 2 answers

Travel filter! Researching a trip next year to Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Mideast and Iran. Any visa/general travel suggestions? [more inside]
posted by mixer on Dec 13, 2006 - 10 answers

How is a reasonable person supposed to deal with the Italian Consulate? [more inside]
posted by jeb on Nov 1, 2006 - 25 answers

What's the point of a visa? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Jun 15, 2006 - 21 answers

Say you're a professional golfer/tennis player/racing driver on the international circuit. This presumably means you're going to need a lot of visas and work permits. While you're likely to get waved through on a 'outstanding ability' class, how do the logistics work? Does Michael Schumacher get to skip interviews at consulates? What about support staff: coaches, caddies, technical crew, etc?
posted by holgate on May 7, 2006 - 7 answers

remember that time i was going to china? i need to pick up our visas (which are ready), but it looks like the visa office is closed (for 'office overhaul') for the next 2 days, and our flight leaves before the office opens friday! help! [more inside]
posted by soma lkzx on Apr 19, 2006 - 10 answers

On a 13 hour layover in the Moscow airport I met a Palestinian refugee who'd been living in the international territory inside customs for 11 months; later I learned about a refugee who's lived in Charles de Gaulle for over a decade. All this makes me curious about international territory: the space between disembarking the airplane & going through customs, & the empty fenced-off stretch between some national borders (I seem to remember Turkey & Syria have a large Syrian/Druze refugee population living between the borders & at the mercy of assistance from passing tourists, but I could be totally wrong). [more inside]
posted by soviet sleepover on Feb 22, 2006 - 12 answers

Myself and my fiance will be travelling in Europe later this year, and he needs a visa to visit pretty much anywhere. A colleague has mentioned that there is one Europe-wide (apart from Ireland and the UK) tourist visa available, which would save us the time and expense of getting six separate visas, but I can't find any info about this. Does it exist? If so, where do we apply? Or would an e.g. French visa be valid to visit Spain? Thanks.
posted by dublinemma on May 18, 2005 - 5 answers

EUTravelFilter: say I have a EU residence permit and as expected leave for my home country (Argentina) before it expires. How long I'm required to wait before I can re-enter the EU as a simple lowly tourist? [more inside]
posted by Iosephus on Feb 24, 2005 - 9 answers

I'm looking for recommendations for London-based legal firms who can, for a fee, quickly turn around a US H1B visa app. next time I'm in London. I have a UK passport. [more] [more inside]
posted by carter on Jul 20, 2004 - 6 answers

Passport issue: Suddenly, the day before departure, I discover 2 facts. 1) South Africa requires a complete blank visa page in a passport for a tourist's entry. 2) My passport has no such pages remaining. WTF? Anyone ever hear of this before, and been barred from an entry because of it? [more inside]
posted by Goofyy on May 28, 2004 - 10 answers