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Flying into Germany on a one-way ticket
Problems with immigration and customs etc.
so you do need other documents for next destination. hmmm
thanks for the added info thoe I am back to paranoid again hahah
It will be your next destination country's prob. if you don't have the required entry paperwork.
You'll just get sent back (Perhaps even at your expense + a fine).. So make sure you have all
required docs before you go anywhere.
You'll just get sent back (Perhaps even at your expense + a fine).. So make sure you have all
required docs before you go anywhere.
I usually have a round-trip ticket when I travel to the US, but originating in Germany, as this is where I live. And more than once I have had the run-around with the check-in person in the States on the return flight trying to tell me I can't go into Germany with a "one way" ticket. Most of the time, once I say I am a German permanent resident, that clears it up. But one time the check-in bimbo (and she truly was...) wanted proof that I am a German resident, so I showed her my Aufenthaltserlaubnis (sp?) in my passport, and she said, "But, this is in German. I can't read it. It could say anything..."
How daft can you be? Really, official documentation from Germany... in German! Who woulda thought? So in my infinite patience I translated it for her, in particular the word "Unbefristet". Finally the people behind me got really restless and she let it go.
I've never had a problem coming in through passport control in Munich. It is the easiest airport I have ever been through for passport and customs. But like others said before, it is usually the airlines that will give you grief before you board the flight.
How daft can you be? Really, official documentation from Germany... in German! Who woulda thought? So in my infinite patience I translated it for her, in particular the word "Unbefristet". Finally the people behind me got really restless and she let it go.
I've never had a problem coming in through passport control in Munich. It is the easiest airport I have ever been through for passport and customs. But like others said before, it is usually the airlines that will give you grief before you board the flight.
QUOTE (leeza @ Apr 24 2008, 8:49 am) 
I've never had a problem coming in through passport control in Munich. It is the easiest airport I have ever been through for passport and customs. But like others said before, it is usually the airlines that will give you grief before you board the flight.
Yep, because they can get fined and have to carry you back home if your inadmissible. Plus, check-in agents can get disciplined if they make an error that results in a fine for the airline.
I've accepted a job in Germany, but I plan on getting my visa once I'm there. I was assured I could do this since I'm an American citizen. I plan to fly to Germany on a one-way ticket from the USA.
Will I be held up at customs without a return ticket? I don't have any documentation from my employer stating I've got a job, but perhaps I could get something like that.
Please advise. Thanks.
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Will I be held up at customs without a return ticket? I don't have any documentation from my employer stating I've got a job, but perhaps I could get something like that.
Please advise. Thanks.
Topics merged by admin
Most of the airlines do not sell you or do not let you travel only one way if you are not a resident of the destination country.
Well I already have my one-way ticket to Germany. I'll probably just buy another one-way back to the USA that is refundable.
QUOTE (smg2008 @ Aug 4 2008, 2:15 pm)
... I've accepted a job in Germany, but I plan on getting my visa once I'm there ...
Once in Germany, the following procedure generally applies for job seekers:
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Once you have an offer of employment and have registered your residence,
• go to the Ausländerbehörde (Immigration Office). Check with your local Einwohnermeldeamt or Rathaus for the exact address and office hours of the Ausländerbehörde in your city.
• They will check whether the general legal prerequisites are fulfilled for issuing an "Aufenthaltserlaubnis". If these are fulfilled,
• the immigration authorities request approval from the "Bundesagentur für Arbeit" (Federal Employment Agency) for taking up employment in a particular job for which you are applying.
Approval is only given if the job cannot be filled by a German, EU citizen or other applicants given preferential treatment (e.g. third-country nationals who have been living in Germany for a longer period of time). This is known as the Priority Principle ("Vorrangprinzip"). After a specific period of time has lapsed, it is possible for the U.S. citizen applicant to have the same access to the labor market as German and EU citizens ...
• go to the Ausländerbehörde (Immigration Office). Check with your local Einwohnermeldeamt or Rathaus for the exact address and office hours of the Ausländerbehörde in your city.
• They will check whether the general legal prerequisites are fulfilled for issuing an "Aufenthaltserlaubnis". If these are fulfilled,
• the immigration authorities request approval from the "Bundesagentur für Arbeit" (Federal Employment Agency) for taking up employment in a particular job for which you are applying.
Approval is only given if the job cannot be filled by a German, EU citizen or other applicants given preferential treatment (e.g. third-country nationals who have been living in Germany for a longer period of time). This is known as the Priority Principle ("Vorrangprinzip"). After a specific period of time has lapsed, it is possible for the U.S. citizen applicant to have the same access to the labor market as German and EU citizens ...
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