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-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Morris-Cotterill [mailto:nigelmc at countermoneylaundering.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:16 PM
To: taxman at centa.com; centapede at lists.centa.com
Subject: Re: passport names - ask international income tax
expert consultant david ingram from North Vancouver, BC, Canada experts
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David
I may be able to be of help, particularly bearing in mind the places he
is travelling to / through.
First, it's not the airlines that have / cause the problem: it's
governments. If there is a mismatch between ticket and passport, then -
if immigration spot it - the airline faces up to USD2,000 per sector fine.
US airlines are required to present to the destination immigration a
passenger list whilst the aircraft is in flight - there is a proposeal
in some countries e.g. New Zealand for this to be before the plane takes
off, hence the increasing demand for you to be in the airport long
before flight time - sothat this can be compared against a variety of
watch lists. You will remember Cat Stevens under his adopted Yusof
Mohamed name was the cause of an aircraft from London to somewhere in
the US being diverted to a high security airport just because his name
was similar to that on a watch list, and even internally, one of the
Kennedy's was not permitted to fly from somewhere in the North West to
Washington because there was someone with a similar name on a list.
This is why it is now the usual practice, even on internal flights, to
compare at the boarding gate the boarding pass with a valid identity
document.
He may be able to overcome the issue on a pragmatic basis by explaining
the problem at the check in desk with a copy of his sales invoice and
producing the credit card that it refers to and requesting that his
boarding passes be made out to match the passport.
Both HK and Malaysia are becoming very cautious and ground crew are
receiving strict instructions to report any mismatch, and I can tell you
that they are certainly scrutinising documents carefully.
What is surprising is that your correspondent has a passport which does
not show his correct name. That's far more likely, if spotted, to get
him into trouble and he should short that out before even considering
getting on a plane, I think.
And finally, I hope your correspondent has a fine time in HK, the best
place on the planet and in Malaysia, which is a very pleasant place to
live, work and play.
N
centapede at lists.centa.com wrote:
> QUESTION:
>
> I recently purchased airline tickets from vancouver to malaysia for myself
> my wife and my son.We are traveling via hong kong and kota kinabalu in
> malaysia.My question is regarding the names in our passports.When booking
> the tickets I gave my full name (including my middle name)but in hindsight
I
> discovered that my passport only lists my first and last name. Also with
my
> son who carries my first name as his middle name (hense the confusion for
> me)I ommited his middle name on the tickets but his middle nam is on his
> passport.I also made a similar mistake on one of my wifes tickets,
ommiting
> her middle name. My wife is convinced that these differences between
ticket
> names and passpot names will possibly cause some problems with immigration
> in the countrys we are travelling through. I was told by one source that
as
> long as the first and last names match with the ticket and passports that
> the ommission or inclusion of the middle names become inconsequencial.
>
> My wife is determined that I change all the tickets at a considerable
charge
> to us in order to avoid any possible problems.
> Please advise on this matter.
> In appreciation of your pending reply, thank you!
>
> PS. I am travelling out on June 1st. I am hoping by some chance that you
> read this early and reply as soon as possible.
>
> ======================================
> david ingram replies:
>
> I would not fly to Seattle from Vancouver without having the name on my
> passport match my airplane ticket.
>
> There are a dozen agencies checking airline manifests looking for bad
guys.
>
> The more names on the tickets, the less chance that you will be picked out
> as the wrong person.
>
> Another David Ingram and I used to fly back and forth to Ottawa on a
regular
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T
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>
> Today, I would use David Glenn Towers Ingram because that is what my
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