[crb]

I have heard that if someone flies into a country on Your Airline Inc., and is denied entry, it's the financial responsibility of Your Airline Inc. to take them back to where they come from.

I've not only had my passport, but visas, checked at check-in, flying into Canada from the US.

Looking at the web for a citation, it seems this may just be a Canadian regulation: http://www.passengerprotect.gc.ca/home.html

[ajtaylor]

This was certainly the case for Etihad when I flew from Dublin => Sydney last year. Of course, the airline managed to not notice the problem with my passport/visa until I was Abu Dhabi and Sydney said "Do not let him on the plane". The airline security representative told me if I had managed to get to Australia, the Sydney visa office would have forced the airline to return me to Ireland on the next flight.

This triggered 3 days of dealing with the US embassy in Abu Dhabi, but that's another story. :)

[yardie]

Last time I flew to Australia I paid $45 and got one of their electronic visas; it was a 15 minute process. My departure was from Singapore and I assumed, wrongly, that Australia was a member of the VFW program.

Why would the US embassy be involved? This seemed like a matter between you, the airline and Australia.

[ajtaylor]

Sorry for the late reply, but yes it was a problem with my passport (it was wrongly reported as being stolen). When checking in in Dublin, the airline employee checking me in mentioned something about my passport but we were allowed on the plane anyway.

FYI, I was traveling on a 457 visa as part of my new job.

[underwater]

It could have been a problem with his Passport (e.g. within six months of expiring).

[xxpor]

>I have heard that if someone flies into a country on Your Airline Inc., and is denied entry, it's the financial responsibility of Your Airline Inc. to take them back to where they come from.

It's been this way for over 100 years. If someone was denied entry at say Ellis Island, it would be the steamship co.'s responsibility to get them back at no cost to the passenger.

[X-Istence]

Not just Canadian. Amsterdam airport has extra security theatre where they ask you a bunch of really dumb questions because the United States mandated such questions be asked, and then verify your boarding pass and ID against the flight manifest (good thing!)

[jarek]

Canada also requires photo ID at gate on domestic flights