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As a family of five we want to relocate to America, how do we go about it. My wife and I are teachers and we are presently in Nigeria.

Asked by: 105.112.98.96 19:30, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Wikivoyage is a travel guide. We are not in a position to give legal advice about immigration to the United States. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 21:45, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

What we do have is at Working in the United States. For authoritative information, browse the US government sites linked in that article, or consult a US embassy or consulate. Pashley (talk) 00:17, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

how does this go by?

I was seeing a video about short traveling (by train.) Then later when the video ended, it shows the next video about some travel tips, with airports. Like from U.S. to Peru, (an one way trip) and another trip to Spain. As when the trip ended from Spain, the person went back to the U.S. (For some parts of the video was about food tasting and see the sights/ go travel around.)

So I wondered, when you pay for the airplane fee, from U.S. to Peru, do you pay it in USD. Then from Peru, you pay the fee in whichever money they use there. and the same to Spain, and on the way back to the U.S. Asked by: 2601:640:C680:2E10:A9EA:964A:2037:1664 03:10, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Normally in any country you pay for more-or-less everything, including plane tickets, in that country's currency. There are various exceptions, for example merchants in countries with a weak currency may prefer payment in USD or Euros, merchants near borders or in tourist areas may be flexible about payment, and so on.

For a US-Peru-US or US-Spain-US trip you would normally buy a return ticket in the US; this is usually cheaper than two one-way flights.

A decade ago Iberia (Spanish airline) had a good deal on "triangle flights", three stops in Madrid. Montreal & Mexico City for about the same price everyone else charged for two-stop transatlantic return trips. I do not know if they still do that. Pashley (talk) 11:37, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

When you pay in cash it is obvious what currency you use. Nowadays you will probably be using a card and the fee may pass several hands (read: computer systems), so seeing the price in one currency does not necessarily mean that is the (only) currency being used. Obviously, if your bank/card account is in USD it is USD that will be withdrawn from it, but what currency the bank or credit company uses to pay the airline may not be obvious. And the plane leaving from Spain does not mean the airline company is Spanish, so it could use its home currency (or any major currency) instead of the local currency, at least if you buy tickets on the net. I suppose there is legislation about what exchange rates can be used and what prices have to be told to the customers, but exchange rates could be calculated regardless of whether any of those currencies are in fact used in the transaction. --LPfi (talk) 13:27, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Oh, well in this day in age, on some computer stuff. When doing round trip, if living in U.S. you use USD, that will pay for that fee/ fair. But from that video was during when using a "mutiple cities" wasn't an option yet. Or from when the airplane company places/ any airplane companies was first trying that "in those days." As it was like "an hour long history channel video preview" (the video was using stuff from the 1960's or 70's, in the prospective of the person's grandpa and he told it to the grand kid) but the person (in this case he's a grandpa) that wanted to try it, does it. Like their grandpa did, but the great-grandpa's side family was in an army family. And from one of the last wills the grandpa had, was to do this airplane trip to Peru and Spain, to give back some old items to his old families stuff.

It ranged from an clay model of an urn with engravings to the great-grandpa (in Peru) then this other thing in Spain. Where the great-grandpa met the great-grandma and whatever happen there. (that feels like a long story.) Then the person (the story still talked about the grandpa) that did it once, they did it again and got interested in food tasting for a restaurant place (or some food company) and it was a subsidiary to some airport/ airplane food service. Like how when an airplane leaves with a resupply of food for a 6 hour trip, etc. Then later the airport/ airplane food service will resupply that again, before the plane leaves. (story ended, but the grand kid is grown up and doing travel videos. that would be on youtube, or such)

And while I was looking at the video, or one of their videos, that was something I wondered about. 2601:640:C680:2E10:A9EA:964A:2037:1664 23:48, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

migration

I want to relocate to California,how do I get all the papers requirements to enable to stay and works without harassment and what Amount will this costs me alone.thanks. —The preceding comment was added by El-yunus (talk • contribs)

El-yunus, that is a big move, and it won't be easy. You will have to do a lot of research yourself. This article - Working in the United States - is a good place to start. Ground Zero (talk) 13:14, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Yemen/Socotra/Sana'a

I know western governments advise against all travel to Yemen including Socotra, but I was speaking with a Yemeni native that I met in Dubai and he said that it is not as bad as governments make it out to be as long as you stay in places that aren't as dangerous such as larger cities like Sana'a and places that aren't off the beaten path. Being a native, he does not stand out as much because of race (I hate to bring it up but it's something that must be thought about) and probably does not think of it to be as dangerous for him. Also, I am an American and I know that Americans are sometime targeted in countries that the U.S. does not have the best relations with. Does anyone have any advise on traveling there?

Asked by: BrysonH44 (talk) 17:35, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

A few years ago, I read an article about a Dutch would-be tourist to the U.S. who was detained by customs and ultimately refused entry, partially because of having previously travelled to Socotra. Importantly, the person in question was not a U.S. citizen and was unused to the degree to which it's not advisable to joke around or be overly chatty with folks at the border (apparently Europeans are a lot more easygoing about these things; that was the main thrust of the article), but if I were you I'd expect some surprised and perhaps alarmed reactions from TSA, and I'd not expect to breeze through Customs on your way back home.

On the plus side, if the author is to be believed, Socotra was apparently perfectly safe at the time the article was written. Obviously YMMV.

-- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 18:09, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Before the current civil war, Yemen was particularly known for its various tribes kidnapping people to hold for ransom. I would think that foreigners would be attractive targets for this activity. Ground Zero (talk) 19:24, 27 April 2018 (UTC)

Our Yemen page has a fairly strong warning & links to government warnings. I'd say heeding them would obviously be the prudent course. If you do decide to go, see War zone safety.

How is your Arabic? Will you travel alone or with friends? Those can greatly affect the risks. Pashley (talk) 03:13, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

As others have said, already before the civil war, Yemen wasn't exactly the safest country in the world.

It's possible that no war is taking place in Socotra, which is separate from the rest of the country. But if WP is correct, there are no flights to the island since 2015 and while I would imagine you could get in by some informal boats from Somalia (!), which is not far away, traveling that way as an obvious non-local will probably raise suspicions among Yemeni authorities in Socotra.

Moreover, people who normally can visit the US without a visa, lose this option if the US authorities find out they've been to certain Middle Eastern countries including Yemen. In other words, setting one's foot in Yemen at the moment makes a person "dubious" in the eyes of the US authorities, and I think this applies to Americans as well. ϒpsilon (talk) 04:56, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Whilst in no way recommending visiting at the moment, I thought that this article in the Independent, a UK broadsheet newspaper about a recent visit was interesting. AlasdairW (talk) 21:48, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

visit to liberland

Hi, I wants to visit liberland? what is the easy route to travel in liberland. now I am in Denmark and wants to travel liberland. i have denmark residence visa till 2018. can you give me some idea please. Thank you. - Asked by: 62.44.135.54 12:11, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Our article on Liberland gives some guidance. It looks like one option would be to drive or take a bus to the small town of Zmajevac, Croatia, and continue from there, but apparently several people who have tried have been detained by Croatian authorities. For more detailed and up-to-date information you could contact the Liberland Settlement Association, whose contact information is given in the article. If you do try to go, please update our article afterwards based on your experience! —Granger (talk · contribs) 12:39, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Depending on your nationality you many also not want to find yourself on an EU border when your residency permit is close to running out. --Traveler100 (talk) 12:49, 28 April 2018 (UTC)