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> not having sufficient funds to support themselves for the duration of the trip How do they know? Do they check/request bank account details at the airport?
by TheArcane 10y ago
> not having sufficient funds to support themselves for the duration of the trip
How do they know? Do they check/request bank account details at the airport?
- viraptor 10y agoSometimes yes. Same happens for Australia for example (you may be asked for a bank statement with your visa application)
- SyneRyder 10y agoYep. Wish I could find a link, but there's one episode of Border Security: Australia's Front Line, where a tourist / backpacker is asked to demonstrate proof of sufficient funds to enter the country. He's escorted by Border Security to an ATM, where they ask him to access his account and display the account balance on screen for them to verify. He didn't have to comply, but if he didn't do so they intended to deport him back to his home country, at which point he would have been subject to a 3 year exclusion period from visiting Australia again.