The peculiarities of passing through passport control depend on the country, whether a person enters or leaves it. In some cases, a valid foreign or even internal passport is sufficient. Others require slightly less paperwork than applying for a visa.
Necessary
- - international passport (or internal, child's birth certificate, if permissible on the basis of interstate agreements);
- - permission to leave the parents or one of them, if relevant;
- - migration card (if provided by the legislation of the country);
- - documents confirming the purpose of your entry and its compliance with the one specified in the visa, availability of accommodation, insurance, money.
Instructions
Step 1
If the legislation of the country provides for the filling out of the migration card by the visitors, it is usually necessary to do this in advance. A migration card is usually issued by a stewardess, a conductor, a ship's crew, a driver, depending on the vehicle with which you cross the border. When driving your car, bicycle or on foot, you can take it directly at the checkpoint at the border.
There are also known cases when a migration card is issued directly at the consulate. For example, the Czech Republic practiced this before joining Schengen, after which it lost the need for passport control, since it has no borders with countries that are not part of the agreement.
Step 2
Submit your passport to the border guard with a completed migration card, if applicable. In any case, he is interested in whether your document gives the right to leave or enter, whether its validity period has expired, whether you are in the photo.
When a foreigner leaves, it is also checked whether the visa has expired and whether the period of stay has expired from the date of entry indicated in the mark in his passport and / or migration card.
Step 3
If you are accompanied by a child, submit his passport (or birth certificate) along with yours and do not forget to enter his details in the migration card, if required, or fill out a separate one for him.
When a minor travels with one of the parents, a notarial permit from the other is required. Or from both, if the child is traveling with an outside guide or as part of a group.
Step 4
In many visa countries, in particular those in the European Union, the border guard is also empowered to decide on the appropriateness of your entry into the country on the basis of whether you have evidence of the well-meaning of your goals and their compliance with those stated in the visa.
Confirmations are usually the same as for the consulate: an invitation, a voucher for accommodation, a letter of enrollment for a course for students, a return ticket (not always), the presence of insurance, a sufficient amount of money, etc. The nuances associated with a specific country can be clarified in its diplomatic missions and ask tourists who have recently returned from there (for example, from their reviews on the Internet).
Step 5
Prepare the necessary documents in advance.
Clearly answer the questions of the border guard, if necessary, support your words with papers.
If they are all right, you will make the most favorable impression on him, and you will easily enter or leave the country.
