urgent new york passport help asap

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duchy wrote: »

Why do people do this ?
I don't mean the OP but the numb-brain who gave the sister such duff info.
I used to be a travel agent and it never ceased to amaze me the rubbish people got told-and more so that they believed it (was often the MIL who had never travelled further than Blackpool)

It's the "machine readable", lots of people assume that means the biometric chip when really it's the 2 rows of letters on the photo page.

Reggie_Rebel

But basically it's false logic. They take a fact ('to travel to country X you need 6 months on your passport') and then generalise it ('to travel anywhere you need 6 months on your passport'). They assume that everything is the same everywhere.

I also used to be a Travel Agent and we used that line to cover our own bums, because of some of the idiots we had in the shop.

"I'm going to Australia will I need a Visa"
"Yes"
"Didn't need one for Spain"
"Spain's not Australia"
"Didn't need one for Greece"
"Nor is Greece"
"Didn't need for Turkey"
"Yes you did but you got it on entry"
"Don't think I'll bother then I don't believe you"

Two months later

"I want my money back. They wouldn't let me into Australia because I didn't have a Visa"

jackieblack

Reggie_Rebel wrote: »

I also used to be a Travel Agent and we used that line to cover our own bums, because of some of the idiots we had in the shop.

"I'm going to Australia will I need a Visa"
"Yes"
"Didn't need one for Spain"
"Spain's not Australia"
"Didn't need one for Greece"
"Nor is Greece"
"Didn't need for Turkey"
"Yes you did but you got it on entry"
"Don't think I'll bother then I don't believe you"

Two months later

"I want my money back. They wouldn't let me into Australia because I didn't have a Visa"

sadly, I can believe that, but nearly fell off my chair laughing!!!!