My Onward Ticket
Plain-English answers from people who've worked both sides of the border counter. Written daily by four travel-industry insiders.
Tanzania's immigration officers can ask visa-exempt and eVisa arrivals for proof of onward travel at any of its three international airports. Here's what actually counts as proof, and when to book it.
Indonesia checks for proof of onward travel at airports, ferry terminals, and land borders alike, and the requirement does not relax just because you skip the plane.
The price of a dummy ticket comes down to validity window, GDS verifiability, and route complexity, not the design on the page.
Thailand waives the visa for many passports, but not the onward-ticket question. Here's what airline check-in and immigration actually check, and when.
A practical toolkit for digital nomads doing back-to-back border crossings: which onward ticket formats hold up, and how to track validity windows across countries.
A Thailand border run resets your stay, but it doesn't remove the onward ticket question at land immigration. Here are the mistakes that trip travelers up.
A practical breakdown of the Bali-Singapore onward ticket loop that long-term travelers use to reset their Indonesian visa, including what each border actually checks.
A dummy ticket and a paid ticket look identical in the booking system. Here is what genuinely changes between the two, and why a fabricated screenshot fails both tests.
Japan's visa waiver covers many travelers, but the itinerary field on a visa application still wants a real onward reservation, not a receipt.
India's e-Visa application, airline check-in, and immigration each check your onward travel plans differently, and a dummy ticket satisfies each one for a different reason.
Australia's ETA app skips the onward ticket question entirely, but airlines still check it at the gate. Here is where the requirement actually lives.
Canada's eTA does not ask for a return flight, but border officers can still request proof of onward travel on arrival.