Do you count visiting a territory as having visited its mother country?
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Just jumping in to share this antidote. I recently returned from Puerto Rico and had a doctor's appointment where I was asked if I was out of the country within the past 30 days. At first I said no, and then I said, well, I went to Puerto Rico, does that count? Apparently it did!
They probably meant to ask if you've been out of the Continental US, but worded the question poorly.
So, if you visit Tahiti you visited France? That does not make any sense.
Yes. If you visit Tahiti you visit France. People are French and you get a French stamp on your passport. Doesn't matter if you don't view them as French.
If I visit Tahiti, I don't tell people I went to France, I tell people I went to Tahiti. Does that make sense? Tahiti is as much a part of France as Paris, but obviously it would create confusion if I simply tell people I went to France. If someone cared enough to clarify, I could say I went to Tahiti which is part of France.
Using that rule you can technically go to the Great Britian consulate office in downtown Houston or wherever they have them and then say you've been to Great Britian.
Claim to have taken a trip around the world? - Go to DC and visit embassies.
No, you can't. This is a common misconception. Embassies are still the territory of the host country. Legal immunities simply apply.
That being said, I would not say that I've been to the UK. I'm in a similar position as the OP. I've been to the British Virgin Islands, but not the actual UK.
Yes. If you visit Tahiti you visit France. People are French and you get a French stamp on your passport. Doesn't matter if you don't view them as French.
If I visit Tahiti, I don't tell people I went to France, I tell people I went to Tahiti. Does that make sense? Tahiti is as much a part of France as Paris, but obviously it would create confusion if I simply tell people I went to France. If someone cared enough to clarify, I could say I went to Tahiti which is part of France.
No, Tahiti is not as a part of France as Paris. France has 5 overseas departments, all are identical to French department, as they use the euro and are member of the European Union. French Polynesia is not even part of the European union and uses a different currency.
Just jumping in to share this antidote. I recently returned from Puerto Rico and had a doctor's appointment where I was asked if I was out of the country within the past 30 days. At first I said no, and then I said, well, I went to Puerto Rico, does that count? Apparently it did!
All this business about counting probably matters on the context. Territories are and are not a part of their "mother" countries all at the same time.
That was probably because of Chik V and Zika concerns
Yes. If you visit a territory you visit the county. Doesn't matter what cultural or language differences there are. A territory with a French flag is part of France. British Overseas Territories are part of the U.K. Hong Kong and Macau are China. Guam, USVI, American Samoa, and Puerto Rico are the US. Etc etc etc. French Guyana is as much a part of France as Paris.
Now if I visit the British Virgin Islands. I don't tell people I just returned from the U.K. even though I did, why, because it creates confusion and misunderstanding. Doesn't make it not true.
The British Virgin Islands are not part of the United Kingdom.
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The British Virgin Islands are not part of the United Kingdom.
My passport from my 1991 honeymoon says otherwise. A funny story.
My wife and I took a day trip from what was then the Hyatt to BVI. Being a honeymoon we obviously went the same day. When we next traveled I noticed that her passport said "May 14, 1991" and mine said "May 15, 1991". I said "honey we have something to talk about." I was kidding but I forget which of the two days we went, since our honeymoon ran from May 10, 1991 to May 19, 1991. Either day was possible.
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