Passports/visa
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Your VISA is something your girlfriend buys jewelry with. :gorgeous:
It's really just another country's way of saying that they want advance notice of your arrival so in case they have to have you watched...
Or, maybe the country is just having a pishing contest with another over some minor issue and this is a way of being pishy, or...
Maybe they just want the cash, they do charge for them, you know.
Here's a quick country-by-country reference http://www.worldtravelguide.net/cou...a/North-America/United-States-of-America.html
It's really just another country's way of saying that they want advance notice of your arrival so in case they have to have you watched...
Or, maybe the country is just having a pishing contest with another over some minor issue and this is a way of being pishy, or...
Maybe they just want the cash, they do charge for them, you know.
Here's a quick country-by-country reference http://www.worldtravelguide.net/cou...a/North-America/United-States-of-America.html
A passport is issued by the country of origin, a visa is issued by the destination country . From Curacao Travel Guide:
II. Admission of tourists
By "tourist" is meant any person who visits the Netherlands Antilles for a period not exceeding three month's for the purpose of recreation, sports, health, family reasons, study, religious purposes or business; and does not take up any gainful occupation during his stay in the Netherlands Antilles.
In general, tourists nay enter the Netherlands Antilles, without a written permit and may remain for a period not exceeding fourteen days. However, for tourists who are nationals of the countries mentioned in appendix I, this period is three month's.
Both periods can be extended locally by the same period.
II. Admission of tourists
By "tourist" is meant any person who visits the Netherlands Antilles for a period not exceeding three month's for the purpose of recreation, sports, health, family reasons, study, religious purposes or business; and does not take up any gainful occupation during his stay in the Netherlands Antilles.
In general, tourists nay enter the Netherlands Antilles, without a written permit and may remain for a period not exceeding fourteen days. However, for tourists who are nationals of the countries mentioned in appendix I, this period is three month's.
Both periods can be extended locally by the same period.
RICHinNC
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http://www.passportexpress.com/?page=visa&affid=Overture&source=overture
This site will tell you all.
This site will tell you all.
Damselfish
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From the US, you don't need a visa in advance to enter Curacao. They will stamp your passport when you get there.
drl
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You don't need a visa to enter if you're from the U.S. However, there is an exit fee (I think it was $36 US) that no one told us about until we got to the airport. Some airlines include it in their ticket, others do not. Luckily they take credit cards!
mike_s
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This all is based on the citizenship of your country your passport is issued from, even if youl live in the US now.
For US Citizens, most caribbean countries don't require a visa or a passport to travel to them. Why? because most Americans don't have passports and they don't want to miss out on getting you to spend your tourist dollars there.
They don't require Visas (pre issued stamps/certificates to enter their country) to US citizens, but they might if were from some 'non favored' country, but this is all different per island you go to.
The new Passport requirement to travel to these countries that is mandated that everyone have passports for all travel by the end of this year is a US requirement. You can prob legally still go with a birth certificate, but you will have trouble re-entereing the US. Because of this, airlines aren't going to let you depart in the first place unless you've got the proper travel documentation to start with. I've seen them deny boarding because of this before to someone. (They just don't want to have to mess with the problems with a person who isn't properly documents. Now days also they would consider it a security concern).
For US Citizens, most caribbean countries don't require a visa or a passport to travel to them. Why? because most Americans don't have passports and they don't want to miss out on getting you to spend your tourist dollars there.
They don't require Visas (pre issued stamps/certificates to enter their country) to US citizens, but they might if were from some 'non favored' country, but this is all different per island you go to.
The new Passport requirement to travel to these countries that is mandated that everyone have passports for all travel by the end of this year is a US requirement. You can prob legally still go with a birth certificate, but you will have trouble re-entereing the US. Because of this, airlines aren't going to let you depart in the first place unless you've got the proper travel documentation to start with. I've seen them deny boarding because of this before to someone. (They just don't want to have to mess with the problems with a person who isn't properly documents. Now days also they would consider it a security concern).
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