Originally Posted by
xyzzy
Can the folks at the airport really tell whether you've registered? I think not. There is no longer any registration data written on migration cards. Registrations (or, more accurately, I believe, notification) performed via the post office will be delayed while the paperwork is delivered to the appropriate government agency. So, even then it will quite often not be in the computer when you leave the country.
True indeed but we do get asked every time we leave OVB (save during eclipses) where our registration docs are. We show them Xeroxed copies of it (our sponsor holds the originals) and they let us through. I think (assume) that a little shake down is what they are after when they ask you for them. If one does not have them then I don't there is anything stopping them from not letting you advance through security and on to ticketing. Of course...YMMV!