USA entry

rhapsody

Hi all,

I'm going to New York in a month, and am flying over with Delta, and home with Aer Lingus. My Lonely Planet says I must have a non-refundable return ticket to enter the US. Will I have problems boarding in Dublin? Surely if I have my home flight details its ok? Any thoughts appreciated, thanks

watna

I don't understand the question. You said you have return flights booked with aer lingus so why are you worrying that they won't let you board?

rossie1977

rhapsody wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm going to New York in a month, and am flying over with Delta, and home with Aer Lingus. My Lonely Planet says I must have a non-refundable return ticket to enter the US. Will I have problems boarding in Dublin? Surely if I have my home flight details its ok? Any thoughts appreciated, thanks

you won't have a problem. i always book separate one-way tickets when flying to the states because it normally works out cheaper and i usually fly into one city and out of another. I have never been been questioned about my flight ticket either at checkin or immigration

rhapsody

Watna- I have two one way tickets booked with different airlines, my Lonely Planet says I must have a return ticket, hence my worry...

Rossie1977- Thanks for calming me! I'll bring my home flight details just in case. Since you seem to know these things- whats the situation with visas? I'm just going for a week and my fellow traveller says we dont need visas (Irish citizens) but internet searching tells me we do. I'm clearly getting v worried about this stuff, when it'll probably all be grand, but I don't want some sort of show down in Dublin airport!

Neamhshuntasach

Nah it doesn't matter bout them being 2 one way tickets. The return refers to having a return flight out of the the country. Not an actual return ticket. And even if you were asked about your one way ticket when heading over. Just print off the details for your return flight as a precaution. But more than likely you won't be asked and you'll have no problems.

rossie1977

rhapsody wrote: »

Rossie1977- Thanks for calming me! I'll bring my home flight details just in case. Since you seem to know these things- whats the situation with visas? I'm just going for a week and my fellow traveller says we dont need visas (Irish citizens) but internet searching tells me we do. I'm clearly getting v worried about this stuff, when it'll probably all be grand, but I don't want some sort of show down in Dublin airport!

if you are a citizen of ireland which i assume you are you will get two forms at checkin, one form is a visa waiver (I-94W) which ireland participate in, each person travelling requires ONE of these forms

i-94w http://amsterdam.usconsulate.gov/uploads/images/P9Iq5HW2NS8hA2EWdGRSFg/I-94W.JPG

the other form is a customs declarations of which only one PER FAMILY is required http://www.lot.com/Portal/media_all/celny_USA.jpg

these forms will be taken off you at immigration (that may be in dublin or it may be in usa). the bottom part of the i-94w will be stapled to your passport, do not lose this part under any circumstance

rhapsody

Thank you indeed for the info everyone, I can start planning things now as opposed to wondering if they'll let me in the country