Hi everyone,
I tried to visit my friend (who is a Canadian citizen) in Welland, Ontario 2 days ago (04.06.2019).
To my greatest surprise I was not able to board my airplane on BUD (Hungary) airport due to an ad-hoc decision made in the Embassy of Canada to Austria in Vienna.
I have a valid passport, had an eTA registration and had my round-trip booked and paid for (departure from Canada back to Hungary on 03.07.2019). Before the check-in, the security crew asked me some questions, like the purpose of the visit, amount of cash I have, and how can I manage being away from work for 4 weeks. Here I kindly explained that I am planning this trip for months now, and I intentionally timed my job change for this period to be able to spend 1 month in Canada and then a few more weeks in Hungary with my family before taking a new job. Now 2 days later I think being that honest was a mistake.
The security crew took some pictures of my documents and sent it to the embassy in Vienna. Roughly an hour later they had received an answer, saying that somebody denied my boarding and already deleted my eTA registration. I still don't know the official reasons, they only told me to contact the embassy. The embassy is not available by phone due to lack of resources, they only accept emails. Processing time of an inquiry is 10 working days.
What can I do now to improve the situation, besides waiting for the embassy's answer? And is it a standard procedure, denying boarding on foreign airports based on assumptions? Not mentioning that all information is gathered and forwarded by airport workers with questionable qualifications.
I tried to visit my friend (who is a Canadian citizen) in Welland, Ontario 2 days ago (04.06.2019).
To my greatest surprise I was not able to board my airplane on BUD (Hungary) airport due to an ad-hoc decision made in the Embassy of Canada to Austria in Vienna.
I have a valid passport, had an eTA registration and had my round-trip booked and paid for (departure from Canada back to Hungary on 03.07.2019). Before the check-in, the security crew asked me some questions, like the purpose of the visit, amount of cash I have, and how can I manage being away from work for 4 weeks. Here I kindly explained that I am planning this trip for months now, and I intentionally timed my job change for this period to be able to spend 1 month in Canada and then a few more weeks in Hungary with my family before taking a new job. Now 2 days later I think being that honest was a mistake.
The security crew took some pictures of my documents and sent it to the embassy in Vienna. Roughly an hour later they had received an answer, saying that somebody denied my boarding and already deleted my eTA registration. I still don't know the official reasons, they only told me to contact the embassy. The embassy is not available by phone due to lack of resources, they only accept emails. Processing time of an inquiry is 10 working days.
What can I do now to improve the situation, besides waiting for the embassy's answer? And is it a standard procedure, denying boarding on foreign airports based on assumptions? Not mentioning that all information is gathered and forwarded by airport workers with questionable qualifications.