What one country expects and another does not is rarely predictable from the outside. The variation is substantial and gets taken for granted. Multiple factors apply. The country itself. Less obvious. Arrangements between countries mean one destination treats arrivals differently depending on which passport they carry. The practical consequence. And frequently discovering it late. The length of stay changes the position in a great many cases. The threshold. The purpose matters as well. The categories. Rarely stated. It usually did not. Different situations. Everybody is describing their own case accurately. And the cases differ. The remedy. The cost. Not close. The other variable. Arrangements get revised, sensible spending suspended, extended and reinstated without any announcement reaching ordinary travellers. Short shelf life. An account from eighteen months ago may describe a position that no longer holds. The practice. Even for a country already travelled to. The distinction. The mistake. Anyone who has not been turned away at a desk generally checked for their own document rather than for travellers in general.
