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Can you fill in API at the airport?

If the airline still offers check-in desks at the airport, you'll be able to supply API information when you arrive at the airport.



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What information do I need to provide?
  1. Full name, as shown on your passport or travel document.
  2. Gender.
  3. Date of birth.
  4. Nationality.
  5. Travel document type (e.g. passport).
  6. Travel document number.
  7. Travel document expiry date.
  8. Travel document country of issue.


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In most cases, you may not be allowed to travel if you do not provide your API in the time required. Providing your API should not be confused with applying for a visa. You will still need to follow the entry rules for every country you visit, as well as any customs and passport control regulations.

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So long as your name in your booking — not your boarding pass — matches your ID, you should be okay. In case of uncertainty, promptly contact your airline's customer service to avoid any potential issues, advises Thai.

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API (Advance Passenger Information) data is biographic information on passengers (as contained in travel documents) collected by air carriers during check-in and, complemented with travel route information, transmitted by these carriers to the border control authorities of the country of destination.

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While it is not required to have a passport to make flight reservations, it is strongly recommended. While you may be able to book your airline ticket without your passport number, you must have a valid passport in hand before you arrive at the airport.

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Advance Passenger Information (API) involves the capture of a passenger's biographic data and other flight details by the carrier prior to departure and the transmission of the details by electronic means to the Border Control Agencies in the destination country.

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Answer: As part of the TSA's Secure Flight Program, the names on airline tickets must match the name on passports. We recommend that you contact the airline you are traveling with to see if they can provide a solution for the name mismatch.

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No it will not cause you problems. Airline reservation systems don't use middle names. No problem. What you have to remember is if you're known by your middle name, be sure to book the ticket in the first name as it appears on your passport, not the name you're known by.

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Airlines do not use middle names on tickets. Along with dad where do babies come from this is one of the most asked questions on here. Don't worry about it. As long as his first and last names are the same you will be ok.

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