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Agents questioning residence - why?

Old Jun 30, 2016, 6:53 am
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Agents questioning residence - why?

Recently I have noticed that AC agents at both LHR and FRA have started asking me whether I live in Canada after I show them my Canadian passport for the docs check. I don't recall them asking this additional question before. I wonder why they are doing it - surely a Canadian passport should be sufficient to determine if I can board the plane.

Anyone else notice this or have any ideas?
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 7:13 am
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Originally Posted by Geoflying
Recently I have noticed that AC agents at both LHR and FRA have started asking me whether I live in Canada after I show them my Canadian passport for the docs check. I don't recall them asking this additional question before. I wonder why they are doing it - surely a Canadian passport should be sufficient to determine if I can board the plane.

Anyone else notice this or have any ideas?
Is your Altitude address also in Canada? Maybe they're checking for AQD purposes.
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 7:47 am
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Why is it their business if you have CDN passport?
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 7:53 am
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Originally Posted by Geoflying
Anyone else notice this or have any ideas?
No, this hasn't happened on my last ex-Europe TATLs.

Also:

Originally Posted by Bartolo
Why is it their business if you have CDN passport?
This ^
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 7:53 am
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Were these roundtrips from Europe, or itineraries that went anywhere other than Canada?

If you answered 'no', you might (reasonably) be asked for a live/work visa for the place the ticket ended.
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 8:23 am
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On TIMATIC one is usually asked to enter country of residence as well as passport. Sometimes, in rare cases, this can affect entry requirements.
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 8:56 am
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Interesting theories - thanks for sharing - if it happens again I'll ask why they want to know
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 10:26 am
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One time flying LH MUC-SFO, I had to go through a huge hassle because the address I had listed when I checked in was the in US, and I had a Canadian passport.

Had I said I lived in Canada, it would have been a lot less pain, but living in the US, they had to go enter all kinds of visa information, etc.

So if there was a connection on the ticket to somewhere other than Canada, this makes a lot of sense.
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 11:23 am
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Originally Posted by canadiancow
One time flying LH MUC-SFO, I had to go through a huge hassle because the address I had listed when I checked in was the in US, and I had a Canadian passport.

Had I said I lived in Canada, it would have been a lot less pain, but living in the US, they had to go enter all kinds of visa information, etc.

So if there was a connection on the ticket to somewhere other than Canada, this makes a lot of sense.
When feeling lazy, I generally told them I plan to drive back home / take the bus
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 12:33 pm
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Originally Posted by Geoflying
... have any ideas?
Another layer in the security theatre?
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 1:44 pm
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Residency is a APIS requirement:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanc...rmation_System
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 4:09 pm
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You have to state your country of residence when doing OLCI or kiosk check-in for international flights to Canada or the US, so why does it matter if a human agent asks you the same question?
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Old Jun 30, 2016, 5:32 pm
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This may be part of the "enhanced security questioning" all airlines are required to do to fly to North America to catch terrorists, it's usually more common with departures to the US. Yes, that involves asking small-talk like what you were visiting Europe for, how long you stayed, where are you going, where do you live, etc.

It's annoying as all hell.

There's also the new ETA requirement that came out too, for visitors to Canada, might be related to that.

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Old Jul 1, 2016, 4:41 am
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All you have to do is smile, and shuffle your head right and left a couple of times, and the interrogation will stop. you will be then invited to board in zone 0.
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Old Jul 1, 2016, 8:37 am
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Originally Posted by kwflyer
All you have to do is smile, and shuffle your head right and left a couple of times, and the interrogation will stop. you will be then invited to board in zone 0.
Like in a bollywood movie? Or some genie?
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