Gathering Info for flights (Casablanca to Alaska)

[Love_Bug 95]

Hey All!

 

I'm starting to gather information for my fiance for in the event of him receiving his visa and I want to see what kind of flight routes did everyone have when leaving Casablanca. My initial thought was to have him fly from Casa to Paris and do POE in Seattle, WA and then from there head to Alaska. Anyone have any issues with a K1 visa in Paris? How was it going thru customs/passport control? Any transit visa's needed?

 

Any experiences would be great!

 

Thanks!  

[JeanneAdil 6,191]

With a valid US visa no transit visa needed unless the following applys

 

the ticket is in more than one part / a ticket to paris and picking up a new ticket to the  USA/ some have bought online and been stopped at checking in as the ticket there was only to Paris

get a travel agent to make sure this does not happen as online sites don't say but all boarding passes need to be picked up in Morocco

or

if you have to change airports 

or 

if you are in paris over 24 hours

 

If you find a ticket to Canada for transit ,  they have a $7 transit visa fee and can apply online (easy)   and the international Canadian airports do US customs and immigration

 

 

[RJandHamid 1,128]

Mine flew Casablanca - Frankfurt - Chicago 

Customs/immigration was super simple and quick in his experience. 

 

Like mentioned above, no transit visa is needed to transit through the EU as long as you don't leave the secure area of the airport.

 

Great news about your fiance's visa progress, everything sounds very promising! 😊

[BA/M 8]

2 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

With a valid US visa no transit visa needed unless the following applys

 

the ticket is in more than one part / a ticket to paris and picking up a new ticket to the  USA/ some have bought online and been stopped at checking in as the ticket there was only to Paris

get a travel agent to make sure this does not happen as online sites don't say but all boarding passes need to be picked up in Morocco

or

if you have to change airports 

or 

if you are in paris over 24 hours

 

If you find a ticket to Canada for transit ,  they have a $7 transit visa fee and can apply online (easy)   and the international Canadian airports do US customs and immigration

 

 

We don’t need transit visa even if the second flight company isn’t the same as the first?? 

[JeanneAdil 6,191]

36 minutes ago, BA/M said:

We don’t need transit visa even if the second flight company isn’t the same as the first?? 

If staying with the same airline and just changing planes ,  no transit visa needed 

If changing airlines ,  not needed unless you can not pick up that airline boarding pass in Morocco at check in

this is when a ticket is bought in 2 phases (one to Paris and one to the US)

 

you need to be able to  get all boarding passes in Morocco when checking in

make sure the check luggage is set to go to the final desination so you don't have to pick it up anywhere and check it back in

also ,   make sure he doesn't put any of his important papers like the passport in check luggage (heard of some doing that also)

embassy no longer gives out a packet to hand to border officer,   it is all on computer

just passport with visa stamp

he would be wise to pick up an extra birth certificate, record of shots and any school transcrpits he has 

Edited October 4, 2019 by JeanneAdil

[BA/M 8]

2 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

If staying with the same airline and just changing planes ,  no transit visa needed 

If changing airlines ,  not needed unless you can not pick up that airline boarding pass in Morocco at check in

this is when a ticket is bought in 2 phases (one to Paris and one to the US)

 

you need to be able to  get all boarding passes in Morocco when checking in

make sure the check luggage is set to go to the final desination so you don't have to pick it up anywhere and check it back in

also ,   make sure he doesn't put any of his important papers like the passport in check luggage (heard of some doing that also)

embassy no longer gives out a packet to hand to border officer,   it is all on computer

just passport with visa stamp

he would be wise to pick up an extra birth certificate, record of shots and any school transcrpits he has 

Thank u so much 

[Ryan H 3,790]

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