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Old Jan 18, 2024 | 11:38 pm
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Originally Posted by milehighj
I travel on a passport which does not need any visa to enter Malaysia. Just tried to OLCI for my flight HKG-KUL flight and the system would not allow me to do so, saying I need to input additional visa or residency info - and that I need to do a manual check-in at the counter.
I often have this issue with CX OLCI. I've given up on it now in general and just check in at the airport.

Originally Posted by Cambo
You will need to show "something", that lets you leave the country. A ticket on another airline, an online bus-ticket, or whatever. And for some countries, a permissive VOA mechanism in the arrival country could be enough.
For travel into Hong Kong in particular, this is true. For passengers with tickets ending in Hong Kong, airlines rarely if ever (1 in 100 flights) ask for proof on onward travel or residency if you're entering HK on a passport that has 3-6 months visa free stay. For example nothing in my passport says I'm entitled to live in Hong Kong. Yet, at the same time no airline ever asks for proof of residence (HKID) for travel terminating in Hong Kong.
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