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Old Jun 10, 2018, 8:12 pm
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hdogan
 
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Originally Posted by paragffm
I am just saying that the airline visa check is so that they don't have to bear the cost of transporting someone out if they can't clear immigration.
... and a fine. Airlines are fined for flying in unauthorised passengers. See here for an example: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/abou...ised-passenger

Also, whatever the visa check is for, that's the airline SOP, and the check-in agent *will not* check you in if TIMATIC spits out an error that you need to have a visa.
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