Onward Ticket Guides
The definitive answers on proof of onward travel — what it is, whether it is checked, the requirements by country and visa, and how to get a real, verifiable onward ticket.
什么是回程票？离境证明要求详解
回程票是您将在允许的居留期限结束前离开一个国家的证明——一份航空公司和领事馆可以在其系统中确认的真实、可验证的机票预订。
回程机票 vs 假机票 vs 航班预订
区别归结为一点：可验证性。真正的回程机票有航空公司可以确认的PNR；而"假机票"通常没有。以下是安全的选择。
航空公司和入境移民局真的会检查离境机票吗？
是的——航空公司办理值机时会因承运人责任而检查离境机票。入境移民局的检查因国家而异。以下是执行现状以及跳过它的风险。
如何获取可验证的离境机票：6种方法对比
获取离境机票的六种方法，按成本、速度和可验证性排名——从可退的真实机票到专门的离境机票服务7美元起
各国及签证类型回程机票要求
是否需要回程机票取决于您的目的地国家及签证类型。使用本索引按目的地和签证类型查看要求，并链接至详细指南。
The short version
Proof of onward travel is evidence that you intend to leave a country before your permitted stay ends — normally a flight, bus, train or ferry booking out of it. Airlines ask for it at check-in and immigration officers ask for it on arrival, and either can refuse you without it.
They ask because the airline carries the cost. Under the carrier-liability rules airlines check through IATA’s Timatic system, an airline that flies a passenger who is then refused entry pays to fly them back, and often a fine on top. That is why the question comes at the check-in desk rather than the gate, and why “I’ll book something later” is not accepted.
What counts is verifiability. A booking is checked by looking up its record locator — the six-character PNR — in the airline’s own system. A screenshot, a search-result page, or a PDF with no working reference proves nothing, because there is nothing for the agent to look up.
Where to start
- You are not sure what is being asked for
- Start with what an onward ticket is. It covers the terminology, who asks, and what a booking has to contain to be accepted.
- You have been told a “dummy ticket” will do
- Read onward ticket vs dummy ticket. The three terms are used interchangeably and mean different things, and one of them is not verifiable.
- You want to know if anyone really checks
- See whether onward tickets are checked — which is a question about airlines and immigration separately, because they check at different moments and for different reasons.
- You need the rule for a specific country
- Go to requirements by country and visa type. Rules differ by nationality and by the visa you are travelling on, not just by destination.
- You already know what you need and want to get one
- Six methods compared sets out the options — including buying a refundable fare and holding a reservation — with the trade-offs of each.