Hey all,
A quick question. I have a one year cultural activities visa and was wondering… Are you required to have a return flight booked for a year down the road? I can’t seem to find an answer anywhere.
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Thanks in advance!
Hey all,
A quick question. I have a one year cultural activities visa and was wondering… Are you required to have a return flight booked for a year down the road? I can’t seem to find an answer anywhere.
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Thanks in advance!
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Where are you flying from? Your country’s government should say.
There used to be something called an ‘Open Return’ ticket that you could buy, which is what I used both when I did my working holiday visa and my cultural visa.
A quick googling says that they’re not really a thing anymore, although you may still be in luck if you contact a travel agent rather than book directly through an airline (at least according to these guys: [https://www.skyscanner.com/tips-and-inspiration/open-ticket-flights](https://www.skyscanner.com/tips-and-inspiration/open-ticket-flights)).
Certainly for me in both cases I used tentative dates for form filling purposes only.
Surprisingly, you’ll usually find that a return ticket is cheaper than a one-way one! Just pick the cheapest possible return journey and don’t use it. You can pay to reschedule the return leg, in any case.
I didn’t, and also have an initial 1 year visa, and nobody seems to care about not having a return flight.
On all forms I left it blank and when asked said I have a visa.