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Check-in / Boarding Emirates Airline Boarded a Child on Plane without the Required Visa

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Jan 8, 2012, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by mquamar

Airlines are responsible to verify passport and the visa if the destination country requires a visa to enter. If the airlines are not held responsible to check valid visa then so many illegals would have been entered in to the country.

Can Emirates board a passenger from Dubai traveling to USA if the passenger does not have a valid visa to the United States. Of course not!

Who know what Emirates did, they are not US immigration experts. But luckily the US provides a site where parents of children visiting the US from UAE can check visa requirements to avoid what must have been a horrific experience.
http://dubai.usconsulate.gov/general...tructions.html

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