this is the turning point for a story i'm writing. if you need background, the scheme is that the main character goes on a business trip to dubai (in the u.a.e. or, the united arab emirates), negligent of her passport's expiration date. upon departure, the customs officials deny her and she is ultimately stuck there.
-how long would you be detained?
-would the american embassy intervene?
-would there be a way to return to america via an alternate & urgent route back home?
basically, what happens next??
2006-09-19 17:41:58 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Until Jan 1, 2007, you would be able to use your birth certificate and a license in its place. If you don't have your birth certificate, then you would probably be stuck there for a few days, until they could verify you are a U.S. citizen. You would have to enlist the help of the American Embassy to get this done. I'm sure exceptions could be made if you had high up political connections and a private jet. But for regular old civilians it would be an inconvenience. (I don't think you would be detained though).
2006-09-19 17:49:12 · answer #1 · answered by acage123 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
maximum international locations won't furnish bypass away to go into to a non everlasting centred visitor (vacationer, business enterprise centred visitor and so on) until the passport continues to be valid for the proposed length stay, making this undertaking no longer likely for many travelers. airways are attentive to that and could shy away persons no longer in possession of the return and forth records required for get admission to. at times validity previous the proposed stay is needed, for some international locations as much as six months. besides overstaying, there are circumstances the place the passport could expire mutually as overseas. someone residing for a protracted volume of time overseas, eg an replace student or an immigrant, could could desire to renew his/her passport mutually as outdoors his/her u . s . of citizenship. the placement may additionally upward thrust up if the passport gets broken or lost. in spite of everything the hot passport could desire to be issued by the country of citizenship, generally by utilising at a consulate. counting on the country and the placement, the two a usual passport or an emergency passport (valid purely for an extremely little while) would be issued.
2016-10-17 07:44:18 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually the company that flies you in to UAE would have checked for this before allowing the passenger to fly as passport control at UAE should not allow the person into the country on a short trip therfore international law says the company that flew the passenger is pays for thier return.
However it is a regular occurance for foreigners passports to expire whilst studying / working abroad, at which point you contact the embassy in that country for a replacement in the same way you would contact the passprt agency in your own country.
2006-09-20 00:21:13 · answer #3 · answered by Paul D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Passports certainly do expire.
The previous responder is correct in saying that the person would never have been allowed to travel into the country in the first place if they did not have the required passport validity for the type of visa they were on in the first place. Most countries require a minimum 6 months validity.
2006-09-20 03:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by bugboy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the American embassy would help her she would have to find the embassy office on her own.My friend went to El Salvador and some stold her ID and passport, She went to embassy and they helped her they had her mom fax birth certificate to her.They don't detain you. You can go to other countries with out passport you just can't come back to united states.
2006-09-19 17:46:36 · answer #5 · answered by Andrea M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's very simple procedure to apply for a new passport at the local American consulate with the expired passport in hand.
Most all countries would not even allow one in with a passport about to expire.
2006-09-19 17:53:51 · answer #6 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Taurus is wrong -- American passports expire every ten years.
2006-09-19 19:48:50 · answer #7 · answered by expatturk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she would either be deported to her home country, or she could get her passport issues sorted out in the american embassy in the nation she is currently in
2006-09-19 17:44:54 · answer #8 · answered by D_Herz 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
American Consolata for all legal matters. before you go, ask passport office what the rules are.
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you may end up as a stoe-a-way ona shipping vessel.
2006-09-19 17:43:03 · answer #9 · answered by the_shepherd's_child 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your consulate in the country you are visiting will simply issue an extension.
2006-09-19 17:49:59 · answer #10 · answered by Yacine B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋