A lot depends on the airline staff as well as the immigration officer at point of entry.harry30 said:
Do not worry about airline. They have no right to deny you boarding if you do not have a return ticket. But, a return ticket is a document expected by immigration officials when you enter a country on a visitor visa.harry30 said:
I disagree airlines have every right to deny boarding for any number of reasons and they do. Remember it is the airline that gets hit with a fine if any immigration issues should arise should an airline not follow procedure. In this case with a multi entry visa probably not an issue but never say never and usually a return is expected when you land but if you are convincing about leaving then should not have an issue, after all you could you drive to the land border and leave. If you were on a one way from India to Canada even with a multi entry tourist visa then would expect the airline to have an issue with that but from the US probably not an issuejairichi said:
I had spoken about this specifically with two immigration officials during my multiple travel abroad. They confirmed that an airline has the authority to check your passport details, validity of visa and provide boarding pass. They have absolutely no right to demand for a return air ticket or deny boarding if a passenger does not have one. That authority rests with immigration officials at POE. If an issue of this sort arises the passenger has absolute rights to contact higher officials of that airline or airport manager.Bs65 said:
The fact is we've seen many cases here were boarding has in fact been denied for not having a return flight or a valid visa and contacting a higher authority has resulted in the same outcome. This has nothing to do with immigration policy (which is what the immigration officers were talking about) and everything to do with the airline's policy. The airline can set whatever policies they wish and if you check their websites, you'll find these policies are quite liberal in what they allow the airline to do.jairichi said:
You are incorrect. It does a lot with immigration (visit purposes). If a foreign national come to Canada without return tickets it raises a red flag about the reason for his/her visit to Canada.
Incorrect. Some flights DO check return or onward tickets from Canada, and will cause problems or in some cases deny boarding if you don't have any onward from Canada. There are first hand reports of this happening, one such example here: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/inland-vs-outland-application-t434738.15.htmlRegina said:
This has gone off topic slightly but agree that ultimately an airline has the final say on checkin/boarding subject to their T&Cs which may in some cases include validating intentions of a one way ticket holder if the documentation presented does not back it up to support the destination country requirements for onward travel.Rob_TO said:
As you have I assume applied for an ESTA so you are a visa exempt passport holder so travelling under visa waiver program which supports visits to the US no longer than 90 days. Not sure where you read this North Continent statement as the US has no influence over entry to Canada much as sometimes they like to think so and visitors to Canada can in fact get a stay upto 6 months so the North Continent or North America statement is a nonsense , only applying to the US.Becikl007 said:
go with whatever you are comfortable with as the airlines are just covering themselves they are not US immigration and their only real obligation to to ensure a valid passport and visa. After all whats to stop someone having a return and cancelling it or no show so a return is just an intent not a guarantee.Becikl007 said:
