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"message": "For several weeks now, I'm stuck with this problem: Given some $x_i$ for $i\\in1...n$ I have to make a prediction (by some regression algorithm such as OLS regression or regression trees, since the response is continuous) for $y_i$. Not only the 'predicted value' is necessary to know but also t... | Predict lower and upper bounds for some total value | stats | 2018-03-19T20:24:40.487 |
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"message": "I work with a unbalanced data set (it is about people who actually bought stuff):<pre><code>Bought stuff: Yes ~ 3%Bought stuff: NO ~97%</code></pre>The most important task for my machine learning model, is to optimize the sensitivity (I want to \"catch\" all the \"Yes\" people, the 3%). But I w... | Determine baseline for a machine learning project | stats | 2018-03-20T10:48:09.397 |
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"message": "I am using Coxnet package for a dataset of 457 observations and 180 variables and also for another dataset of 457 observations and 25000 variables. <pre><code>set.seed(1234)fit <- Coxnet(x,y,penalty=\"Lasso\")</code></pre>After creating the model I get some values as follows:<pre><code>The path... | How to interpret Coxnet in R? | stats | 2018-03-20T17:04:44.480 |
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"message": "The problem that I having is that I'm unable to choose a split. First, consider this picture <a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ona0Y.png\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">.So I have found the root node, i.e., the \"age\", going down the branches of the \"age\" I found that there are 3 child node... | ID3 algorithm in classification how to split? | stats | 2018-03-20T18:57:49.037 |
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"message": "I am selecting among a set of linear models that contain a harmonic regression model with up to four sine and cosine pairs. For visualization purposes, here is an example of the harmonic model with one and two sine/cosine pair. <pre><code>omega1<-1/24beta1<-1omega2<-2/24beta2<-2t<-0... | Incorporating additional terms in a harmonic/fourier regression | stats | 2018-03-20T20:35:16.113 |
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"message": "I am working on a weekly revenue forecasting problem and have developed time series models using Holt winter, ARIMA, SARIMA techniques. ARIMA/SARIMA models are able to follow the variation in training data. But it generates nearly flat prediction for the test period. These models have been develop... | Flat Forecast from ARIMA and SARIMA | stats | 2018-03-21T08:52:56.763 |
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"message": "I'm working on a project where we want to estimate how many of a particular bird species there potentially could be in every 10-km square in England. For this I want to use quantile regression to get a 0.90 quantile estimate rather than the mean and so better estimate the possible abundance rather... | Quantile regression for count data & the extended log-F family | stats | 2018-03-21T09:51:06.727 |
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"message": "We are working with 3 years of 15minute time-interval media data (1million+ entries) and have 14 external regressors (daypart, weekdays, holiday, genres).Objective is to forecast for next 15-minute intervals for given values of external regressors.What we did:- Used auto.arima (with xreg) from for... | Low forecast accuracy while using auto.arima for 15-minute interval data | stats | 2018-03-21T12:05:33.970 |
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"message": "There was given some data, in which I have carry out a linearizing procedure, using either a power model or a exponential model. From my understanding, power models and exponential models are linearized virtually in the same way, except my stats professor said they were not. How am I able to diffe... | Difference between a exponential model and power model | stats | 2018-03-21T16:01:42.893 |
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"message": "I am familiar with how to interpret linear regression coefficients when the independent variables are dummy coded and one of them is dropped. And <a href=\"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/231360/interpretation-of-coefficient-on-categorical-variable-when-all-categories-are-in\">this quest... | How does one interpret regression coefficients when no dummy variables nor intercept are dropped? | stats | 2018-03-21T18:29:28.513 |
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"message": "My dataset contains a set of samples from a set of normal RVs. Each RV is normally distributed with equal variances and varying means. However, I have only two samples from each RV.How to estimate the variance in this case?",
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"message": "These data can be described ... | Computing variance from a set of samples | stats | 2018-03-21T20:07:22.940 |
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"message": "I have 3 seasonal components in my data. I wanted to estimate each of them. The result is the following:<pre><code>times <- seq(ISOdate(2016, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0), ISOdate(2018, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0), \"hour\")y <- rnorm(length(times))data <- data.frame(date = times, month = factor(months(times)), ... | Deseasonalizing a time series with multiple seasonalities based on a linear model | stats | 2018-03-21T22:23:51.063 |
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"message": "What is the variance of a constant $k$ raised to a random exponent $x$?$$Var(k^x)=?$$",
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"message": "If $k >0$ this quantity is related to the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment-generating_function\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">moment-generating functi... | What is the variance of a constant raised to a random variable? | stats | 2018-03-22T01:41:57.010 |
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"message": "I've got a daily data set on Bitcoin's price. Trading continues in the weekends, hence there is price data in the weekends as well. On the other hand, i've got another daily data set. This set does not have data for the weekends. I want to make a time series regression with the two sets but what s... | Time series: daily data and daily data without weekends | stats | 2018-03-22T06:01:49.697 |
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"message": "Suppose I have a sample (S) of a graph where S is a subset of G -- the population Graph. Is there a way (theoretical) to compute for bias in the estimation of centralization (as in igraph::centr_degree(g)$centralization) AND use this computed bias to correct my estimate?Additional info: Suppose I ... | Bias correction of a sampled igraph | stats | 2018-03-22T07:31:29.943 |
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"message": "I am working in GLMMs applying lmer4 {glmer} function. In detailed, I have 2 fixed categorical variables (ecoregion and protection), and 1 random categorical variables (id). And I am running the next script:<pre><code>mdl3 <- glmer(Bimfull ~ ecoregion * proteccion + (1|id), full, family=gaussia... | Results of Fixed factor with four levels in lmer4 {glmer} | stats | 2018-03-22T08:16:43.310 |
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"message": "In a random effects regression across 2 waves of panel data in Stata (or really any statistical program) like below:xtreg health_y age_y income_y, cluster(current_county_y1) re robustWhen respondents are in 1 but not both waves are these respondents included in the random effects regression? Or ar... | Do Random Effects Regressions drop respondents with only 1 wave of data? | stats | 2018-03-22T21:45:55.350 |
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"message": "I'm a huge newbie when it comes to statistics and R. I'm trying to make sense of all of these functions as someone who hasn't taken statistics before.In R, from what I've understood, with dbinom, you enter the number of trails, the probability of success, and a number of successes n, all as argume... | What is the difference between dbinom and dnorm in R? | stats | 2018-03-22T21:47:17.427 |
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"message": "I have some rather basic questions that I suspect I know the answer to but would like to confirm.I have a simple experiment measuring the number of a certain insect growth stage in the proportional presence of a dietary treatment. I have modeled the data using a binomial glmm. I would now like to ... | Probability curve for glmm | stats | 2018-03-22T22:23:12.953 |
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"message": "I have a covariance matrix, <code>S</code>, which I use Cholesky decomposition to find <code>A</code>. <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariate_normal_distribution#Drawing_values_from_the_distribution\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">It is stated that <code>AA'=S</code>, however, I am not... | Why does the resulting matrix from Cholesky decomposition of a covariance matrix when multiplied by its transpose not give back the covariance matrix? | stats | 2018-03-22T22:25:30.527 |
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"message": "I'd like to know whether the occurence of certain keywords in a long document is representative or is it limited to a few paragraphs and the primary topic of the document is something different. I think this can be verified by clustering the locations of the keyword matches in the document. We can... | Which algorithm to use for clustering word occurences? | stats | 2018-03-23T04:12:33.087 |
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"message": "I am trying to model a user's behavior through an app and have come across the idea of Markov Chains to do the modeling. A similar problem in marketing seems to be the multi-channel attribution problem. What I don't quite understand is how to attribute the positive outcome's result to each node al... | How to use Markov Chain to calculate attribution worth of a state? | stats | 2018-03-23T06:28:15.713 |
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"message": "I am trying to model a user's behavior through an app and have come across the idea of Markov Chains to do the modeling. A similar problem in marketing seems to be the multi-channel attribution problem. What I don't quite understand is how to attribute the positive outcome's result to each node al... | How to use Markov Chain to calculate attribution worth of a state? | stats | 2018-03-23T06:28:15.713 |
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"message": "I have looked at the answers at:<a href=\"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/20523/difference-between-logit-and-probit-models/30909#30909\">Difference between logit and probit models<a href=\"https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/34636/interpretation-of-simple-predictions-to-odds-ratios... | Observed odds ratio | stats | 2018-03-23T11:25:34.067 |
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"message": "The sample space of the experiment of throwing a green and a red dice has 36 elements. The event, say $A$, that the sum $x+y>8$ in $(x,y)$, where $x$ is an outcome of the green die and $y$ that of red die will occur has the probability:$$P(A)=\\frac{10}{36}=\\frac{5}{18}$$And the probability o... | When is the law of product of probabilities applicable? | stats | 2018-03-23T16:47:46.630 |
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"message": "Is there a known distribution, $f(x|\\theta_1,\\theta_2,\\theta_3,\\theta_4)$, with the following properties:$E(X^n)=\\theta_n$ for $n \\in \\{1, 2, 3, 4\\}$.If $\\theta_3=0$ and $\\theta_4=3\\theta_2^2$, then $f$ is the normal density with mean $\\theta_1$ and variance $\\theta_2-\\theta_1^2$.$f$... | Generalized Normal Distribution | stats | 2018-03-23T17:20:01.613 |
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"message": "I want to match followers of some seed accounts with some random users on Twitter based on observed covariates using the coarsened exact matching method. My goal is to test whether following those seed Twitter accounts would change the outcome or not. As for observed covariates, I can get, for exa... | Can we perform matching on post-treatment variables? | stats | 2018-03-23T23:00:35.950 |
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"message": "I am confused as to how the breaks argument works in the \"hist()\" function.I have created a historgram of a rnorm(200, 0, 1). The default parameters make it look a certain way when writing hist(x). I then wanted to change the breakpoints by doing hist(x, breaks=5). I end up with 6 breakpoints (o... | How do you use the "break" option when making histograms? | stats | 2018-03-24T18:16:17.103 |
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"message": "I am trying to use PCA to compress pictures and audio. For example in the case of audio, the audio is cut into blocks and then the blocks are fed into the data array as new cases.Question: The data matrix for PCA is generally centered, sometimes even normalized. For compression application, should... | PCA compression: Am I supposed to center the data? Project the centered data or the original? | stats | 2018-03-25T10:08:27.027 |
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"message": "Recently learned that Levene's test is a one-way equal-variance ANOVA done on absolute values of residuals calculated from the mean within each group.For one-way ANOVA the minimal sample size seems to be having at least one group with more than 1 observation. But in the case of Levene's test it ge... | Smallest possible sample size per group in Levene's test | stats | 2018-03-25T17:17:52.200 |
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"message": "This is 100% curiosity, so I apologize if the question is under-constrained. If so, please comment with where my thinking is misguided! Can a feedforward neural network predict a sinusoidal relationship? In the simplest case, where y can be reliably predicted as sin(x) (that is, f(x) = sin(x)). Ca... | Feedforward neural network for sinusoidal prediction | stats | 2018-03-25T20:27:31.263 |
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"message": "If I have two OLS models with the same number of parameters, all of them zero p-value, then next thing I look at is which one has the largest $R^2$.But in the case of GLM, how do I decide which of two models is best? (Again, assuming that both have the same number of parameters, all with zero p-va... | How to compare the fit of two Generalized Linear Models? | stats | 2018-03-25T23:28:48.147 |
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"message": "I have to predict weekly order bookings. I have data from 2015 till 2018. The data is available at weekly level. It shows a repeat every 13 weeks..that is basically same variations in every quarter. Like last week of quarter having highest booking etc.Also I tried find the seasonality using <code>... | Correct seasonality for time series data | stats | 2018-03-26T03:37:10.390 |
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"message": "On November 2016 I bought a Wizz Air ticket, paying by credit card. The flight is in June 2017. Recently my friends, also interested in travelling to the same place as me, were checking flights and noticed that on the day and route of my ticket Wizz Air says there is no flight. It's like this for ... | Wizz Air website says "no flight" but I have already bought a ticket | travel | 2017-01-10T12:30:10.960 |
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"message": "I am planning a trip to Iceland with a few friends at the end of February, and we are looking to hire a couple of cars while out there.We have a slight issue at the moment though in that the car hire companies that we've looked at require that the driver pay by credit card, and a couple of the peo... | Car hire in Iceland which allows someone other than the driver to pay? | travel | 2017-01-11T00:00:59.497 |
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"message": "<a href=\"https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/tickets/ticket-types/advance\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">CrossCountry trains on Advance Tickets notes:<blockquote> Print your own tickets and m-tickets (via our Train tickets app) cannot be changed. Tickets collected from the station, a ticket mach... | When can train tickets booked through CrossCountry be amended free of charge? | travel | 2017-01-12T16:30:21.803 |
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"message": "He is a Russian citizen lives in China on an M-visa (business visa), and previously studied in a Chinese college. He is gapping a year from college to do business in China. I am an F-1 visa holder here in the United States. He is currently self-employed, has real estate back in Russia, but no much... | Should I disclose our relationship when sponsoring my boyfriend's trip to the US? | travel | 2017-01-16T22:26:36.983 |
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"message": "I have applied for a Residence Permit in Germany, and while the application is being processed, I've been given a Fiktionsbescheinigung (a temporary permit that allows me to stay in Germany with no consideration to the time left on my \"visa\"). I am a US citizen, so I don't have to get a visa for... | Traveling to the Schengen area with a German residency permit through other countries | travel | 2017-01-18T15:31:33.343 |
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"message": "Some parts of Taiwan that I would like to see are easier to cover by car, so I am seriously considering renting a car for part of my stay there. I've never driving in a place where the signs are not written with latin characters, so I Googled Taiwan road signs. This gave me an <a href=\"https://up... | Is it Possible to Understand Road Signs in Taiwan with Only Knowing Latin Characters? | travel | 2017-01-19T01:05:59.420 |
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"message": "Hi I'm a Nepalese citizen traveling to Nepal from Japan and holding the japanese resident card have 72 hours layover in incheon airport Seoul via Korean Airlines. Do I need a visa to go out for the visit?",
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"message": "There are conflicting answers on this website, ... | Do I need a transit visa to explore Seoul while in transit? | travel | 2017-01-22T11:15:44.823 |
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"message": "I am something of a Noob when it comes to travelling however, personal affairs with a friend of mine requires me to try and find a way out to Sousse.I am however, having really bad luck at finding a decent way out. I know the UK has stopped direct flights to Tunisia for the most part but even goin... | How to get from UK to Tunisia | travel | 2017-01-22T11:50:37.817 |
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"message": "I have applied for a UK visitor visa to see my sick husband (who has ILR) in the hospital. It was my very first application ever, as I never intended to go to the UK until I finish my mandatory housemanship/internship training. I urgently applied after my husband fell ill so suddenly, without thin... | I've applied for a UK Standard Visitor visa to attend to my sick husband, but my application was refused. How should I reapply? | travel | 2017-01-22T20:58:55.733 |
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"message": "I would like to have a one day visit of the <a href=\"https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geierlay\">Geierlay Footbridge (Fußgängerseilbrücke, don't know the English word for it). We are a group of 5 people who would like to visit it on a weekend using only local transport from Stuttgart (or preferably ... | How to reach Hängeseilbrücke Geierlay by using a Schönes Wochenende pass? | travel | 2017-01-23T11:39:58.943 |
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"message": "I want to book a room at the Incheon Airport Transit Hotel in South Korea. They have a rate for a \"12 hour use\" room. I'm booking it on hotels.com but there's nothing that lets me specify exactly which 12 hours I want. I just have a check-in date and check-out date (which I specified to be Ap... | Booking a "12 hour use" hotel room at the Incheon Airport Transit Hotel | travel | 2017-01-23T16:48:03.257 |
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"message": "I want to book a room at the Incheon Airport Transit Hotel in South Korea. They have a rate for a \"12 hour use\" room. I'm booking it on hotels.com but there's nothing that lets me specify exactly which 12 hours I want. I just have a check-in date and check-out date (which I specified to be Ap... | Booking a "12 hour use" hotel room at the Incheon Airport Transit Hotel | travel | 2017-01-23T16:48:03.257 |
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"message": "I was supposed to be flying Emirates from Mumbai -> Dubai -> Seattle for which I applied for an online visa through Emirates Airlines, who applied for a 96-hour transit visa, which got approved. I have not yet used this visa. However, I later changed my flight to Mumbai -> Dubai -> Mumbai (still f... | Dubai Transit 96-hour Visa for a Return Flight | travel | 2017-01-26T13:12:29.853 |
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"message": "It was possible to enter India with a new passport and the valid visa in the old passport last year. However I can't get any official confirmation on the current status.Notably, Timatic used to explicitly say that \"Valid visas in expired passports are still acceptable, provided accompanied by a v... | Can you travel to India with a valid visa in the old passport? | travel | 2017-01-29T02:21:32.537 |
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"message": "I am planning a self-travel itinerary in Cuba.I read a lot already but there are still confusing aspects.As I understand the best intercity transport is Viazul but is has few disadvantages (or maybe I misunderstand how it works):There are not so many stops (where you can get on or off) along the w... | Intercity transportation in Cuba | travel | 2017-01-30T14:12:54.990 |
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"message": "I applied for a Standard Visitor visa to UK on 23/01/2017. I was notified of refusal on 25/01/2017. The Entry Clearance Officer stated on my refusal notice:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/59YfK.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/NnPbT.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow nor... | UK Visitor visa refused due to unexplained bank deposits (V4.2 (a-c)). What are my options? | travel | 2017-02-01T07:37:37.167 |
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"message": "When arriving in the US, the passport control gave me an \"Admitted\" stamp with class \"WT until 04 may 2017\". However I have a (J-1) visa until June.Can this become a problem, or is the stamp unimportant as long as I have the visa?Update: I emailed the cbphoui94@cbp.dhs.gov address from the 'DE... | US gave me Visa Waiver stamp rather than stamp on Visa | travel | 2017-02-04T22:43:37.840 |
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"message": "I have my flights booked to fly to Canada on 17th February with just 15 more days left on my visa and study permit. Would I be allowed to re-enter and extend my stay in Canada? Is it safe to say I wont be deported?",
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"message": "Nothing related to obtaining a visa o... | Can I travel to Canada with my student visa almost expired? | travel | 2017-02-06T05:58:33.757 |
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"message": "I may be visiting the US soon for both work (conference) and leisure (sight-seeing) but was wondering whether it is possible to pay a visit to Cuba, as I see that direct commercial flights have been restarted. From what I can tell, it is still not permitted for US citizens to travel to Cuba as tou... | European citizen visiting Cuba while in US? | travel | 2017-02-07T09:52:56.013 |
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"message": "My son was born in Sweden 5 months back. I am taking him to India this month on vacation. He has his Indian passport but no residence permit yet (applied and waiting for decision).Will I face any problems when exiting the EU with him?I intend to bring him back to Sweden only after receiving his pe... | Is a residence permit required for an accompanied (newborn) minor to leave the EU? | travel | 2017-02-09T12:17:24.850 |
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"message": "I will travel to US for a conference at the end of the April, and I might be using British Airways which has a connecting flight in London. I am working in Spain and have a residence permit (since October). I wonder even if I have this card would I need to apply for a transit visa? I am a citizen ... | Do EU residents who are citizen of a non-EU country need a transit visa in London? | travel | 2017-02-11T09:09:00.943 |
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"message": "I intend to Fly from Cambodia to SydneyIn Sydney board a cruise ship with Bahamas flagBy said ship visit more places in Australia (Melbourne, Perth, ...)Leave by said ship towards IndonesiaWould that count as a single visit (=free eVisitor visa) where I just happen to use an alien transport vessel... | Australia: eVisitor or ETA | travel | 2017-02-11T13:40:51.360 |
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"message": "I've accepted a conditional offer at Brighton University to do a PGCE in Secondary Mathematics. One of the conditions is to visit a school in the UK, observe a secondary maths class there, and get to know the UK educational system.My question is if I can do that on a visit visa? If not, what type ... | International Student With a UK Visa Question | travel | 2017-02-12T16:06:24.990 |
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"message": "My wife and I are going to do a working holiday in the UK for 2 years. We will have travel insurance for an initial trip around continental Europe before we start work in the UK, but I'm not sure if there's any good reason to have insurance for the time we are in the UK, since we will be covered b... | Travel insurance for working holiday in the UK | travel | 2017-02-14T07:19:12.713 |
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"message": "Assuming one has a working visa in Australia (class 457) and a valid tourist visa (class 600), can they combine the two stays by staying past the work visa's expiration date? Or would you need to fly out of Australia and return in order to 'activate' the tourist visa?Same question applies for exec... | Can you stay in Australia after your work visa expires, if you also have a valid tourist visa (class 600)? | travel | 2017-02-15T14:30:47.007 |
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"message": "I'm European, not under the \"two years residency\" requirement and am currently doing an internship for one year under a J-1 visa.Is it possible to cancel it to start another internship elsewhere before the first one expires?For instance, starting a J-1 short-term scholar in another company befor... | Get another J-1 while one is still active | travel | 2017-02-18T19:16:53.620 |
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"message": "I'm supposed to be leaving tomorrow from Saint-Pierre-des-Corps (a train station near Tours, France) at 07:17 (going to Gare Montparnasse, Paris), but it was suddenly cancelled just 10 hours before the trip (about an hour ago)!On their site, they offer a \"ticket exchange\", although not really, b... | French train ticket (SNCF) cancelled at the last minute | travel | 2017-02-18T21:55:54.457 |
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"message": "I selected tourism as the purpose when I applied for my visa and was given a 2-year multi-entry C visit visa. I have a business trip next month; can I use this visa to enter the UK for business?",
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"message": "Yes, you can mix and match the purpose of each visit. Bus... | Can I travel to the UK for business on a C visit visa? | travel | 2017-02-20T16:49:38.757 |
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"message": "I have multiple accounts under the same bank for different purposes, which should I present?Does the visa officer want to check if I have enough money in my savings maintained consistently over a period or to see my day to day expenses and transactions showing flight/accommodation bookings? My acc... | Can I provide bank statements from multiple accounts when applying for a UK visa? | travel | 2017-02-21T11:57:53.970 |
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"message": "During a Southwest layover where there is no plane change, I believe you're able to change seats after all the deplaning of all the people that are not continuing on to the second destination. (Please correct me if I'm mistaken.)My question is: Are there any restrictions on which seats I can swit... | Changing seats on Southwest during a layover with no plane change | travel | 2017-02-21T20:55:02.320 |
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"message": "I am from India and I am planning to travel to UK on a tourist visa with my wife and two children of age 7 years and 1 year. I have filled the application form for myself and my wife. My wife and I are both working and have our own individual incomes that we have mentioned in our respective applic... | How do I complete a Standard Visitor visa application form for children under 10 years? | travel | 2017-02-22T18:32:35.080 |
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"message": "Could not get the perfect answer from this <a href=\"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/9027/layover-at-narita-japan-do-i-need-a-transit-visa\">questionCitizen of India.Permanent resident in Canada.Journey from New Delhi to Vancouver via Tokyo, NRTMy flight starts at,New Delhi (DEL) to Tok... | 12hr layover in Tokyo NRT | travel | 2017-02-26T02:49:59.613 |
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"message": "I am in a relationship with a UK citizen. We just started dating and in Oct of 2016 I went to visit the UK to spend time with them. I stayed from Oct 11th to Nov 4th. I flew home to attend my older sister's wedding and to return to work. I flew back to revisit my significant other on Nov 30th and ... | UK visa refused because the immigration officer suspects I'm trying to live in the UK through successive visits. What are my options? | travel | 2017-02-27T00:27:46.290 |
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"message": "I am Nepalese citizen (Nepalese passport bearer) in Australia on a Tourist Visa , I'm palling to visit Thailand on my way home to Nepal. Can I apply for a Thai Visa from Australia?",
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"message": "No, only Australian residents can apply for a Thai visa in Australia.Ci... | Can I apply for a Thai visa from Australia as a non-resident? | travel | 2017-02-28T10:16:52.893 |
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"message": "I am going to Germany (at Hannover) next month, with a Schengen visa (multiple entry) for Germany for a week. But I want to explore Paris for a while as CDG airport is not so far from many tourist places, such as the Eiffel Tower, etc. I am planning to book tickets via Air France having a layover ... | Having Schengen visa for Germany. Transiting through Paris is possible without having transit visa? | travel | 2017-03-01T11:30:42.137 |
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"message": "To obtain as Ukrainian Citizen a Schengen Tourist Visa for visiting Portugal, do I need to book my holiday home through a traveling agency or can I use any offer on holiday rentals from an Internet Platform (global or local) and ask the property owner to write a booking confirmation letter to the ... | Is a rental confirmation for a holiday home a valid proof of accommodation when applying for a Schengen visa? | travel | 2017-03-01T17:08:37.770 |
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"message": "I have read that Timatic is widely used by many Airlines to check what document requirements passengers have to fulfil to board international flights.The <a href=\"http://timatic.iata.nl/demo.php\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Demo link on Timatic web is broken but I remember having seen it working before b... | Ordinary Traveller: How to use Timatic? | travel | 2017-03-02T07:51:17.487 |
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"message": "IRCTC accept payment via net banking or wallets like Paytm, mobiqwik,etc.I booked a ticket from Chennai to Tanur ( Place doesn't matter). Then in the payment screen, wallets are there and also net banking is there but I didn't enabled it with my bank yet. Also no direct credit/debit card option i... | How do I make a reservation via IRCTC in indian railway now (Paytm fails) | travel | 2017-03-06T08:10:07.610 |
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"message": "I am aware that visitors can receive emergency treatment from the <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Health_Service\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">National Health Service (NHS) for free. For ordinary services, the person must pay a bill, and if the total amount due is more than £500, ... | UK Visitors and NHS Health Services | travel | 2017-03-07T19:09:58.860 |
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"message": "I want to bring desktop components from India to USA including a processor, graphics card, motherboard, ram, ssd, and a monitor. I will be carrying it in a handheld carrying case as a check-in luggage. Will I face any problems?",
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"message": "You can take it on fligh... | Can I bring desktop PC components from India to USA? | travel | 2017-03-09T16:32:35.897 |
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"message": "It is considered not the best idea to drink tap water in Cambodia unless one fancies dysentery... <a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/T6A2B.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">When in Thailand I have been buying water from 7-11, 6 litres for 38 bath, which would last my family around a day... Or wat... | Where to get cheap drinking water in Cambodia? | travel | 2017-03-13T14:53:24.677 |
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"message": "In the UK immigration rules for visitor visa <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitor-rules#part-v4-eligibility-requirements-for-visitors-standard\" rel=\"noreferrer\">PART V4. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR VISITORS (STANDARD) it states if; <block... | UK visit visa: What documents prove genuine relationship with the visitor? | travel | 2017-03-16T00:06:27.897 |
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"message": "I want to rent a bicycle in Belo Horizonte, in Brazil.The <a href=\"http://www.movesamba.com.br/bikebh/home.asp\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">default bike sharing scheme is only available in a limited area and has the main issue that you can only rent bikes for one hour at a time (1.5 on Sundays).... | Bicycle rental in Belo Horizonte? | travel | 2017-03-18T00:20:54.453 |
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"message": "Hi I have a layover in Panama city with 2 choicesOn the way there, from 7:30 PM to 11:PMor, from 12:00 afternoon to 5:00 PMQuestion: Is this enough time to see the canal? and what is the safest option to get there so we do not miss out flight back?",
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"message": "Fir... | Layover in Panama City, how much time do I need to see the canal | travel | 2017-03-18T17:51:33.340 |
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"message": "My search found this link on the <a href=\"http://southernpacificreview.com/2015/04/30/did-you-know-there-are-3-volcanoes-within-150km-of-santiago/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">3 nearest volcanoes. However, there are other volcanoes showing up in my seaches, but none of them have information on if they're... | Which volcano is the nearest to Santiago for kids friendly hiking | travel | 2017-03-18T20:54:55.180 |
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"message": "I'm going to Doha, Qatar, to see the start of the MotoGP championship.Do you know if is it possible to rent a portable hotspot in the Hamad International Airport?Alternatively, where can I find information about where to rent a portable hotspot in Doha?",
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"message":... | Where to rent a portable hotspot in Doha, Qatar? | travel | 2017-03-21T09:45:46.723 |
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"message": "I'm Chilean and this is my first international trip ever. I'll be taking my SCL-LCY (Alitalia) flight on April 10th (with a connection in Rome at FCO airport. Both flights are operated by Alitalia).Is it necessary to go through passport control in Fiumicino airport? I'll be staying in that airport... | Chilean citizen travelling to Europe (part 1: Italy connection) | travel | 2017-03-22T20:46:49.607 |
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"message": "I recently read a book about Israel titled \"<a href=\"http://scholasticlibrary.digital.scholastic.com/subject/social-studies/enchantment-of-the-world/978-0-531-25313-7.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Israel, Enchantment of the World\".It features a cover that has a stone wall in the background and what... | Israel - Identification of Stone statue | travel | 2017-03-23T19:00:00.860 |
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"message": "We want to go as a small group to Masuria (Mazury) during summer. There are members of our group who are vegetarians. We will partly have to rely on restaurants. From previous travels in eastern Europe (not Poland) I know that most menus are heavy on meat. Is going to rural Poland a good idea wit... | Eating in Masuria/Mazury - a good destination for vegetarians? | travel | 2017-03-23T21:23:32.003 |
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"message": "We found a bunch of these balls across \"Rio del Plata\" in Montevideo or in the coast of Uruguay (Punta del Este).There is a liquid in the ball. Also, it has a soft skin.<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/Oyeya.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\">",
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"message": "It m... | What are these "balls" that we found in Uruguay? | travel | 2017-03-24T18:03:42.437 |
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"message": "I consider traveling for Moscow this summer, but I would like to use AirBnB instead of a hotel. However, to visit Russia I must obtain a tourist visa, which is valid for up to 30 days of staying. But there are some problems here, which is the following:I must get an invitation letter and voucher i... | Can I use AirBnB to travel for Russia using a 30-day tourism visa? | travel | 2017-03-25T15:00:15.930 |
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"message": "I am a British national and my husband and I have recently moved to Guernsey for work. He was granted a 2.5 year spousal visa.<br>He also had a Schengen visa in the last 5 years. How can we go about applying for a 3 year multi-access Schengen visa so that we may travel to European countries?",
... | Schengen visa for non-british spouse of a british citizen | travel | 2017-03-28T12:40:27.697 |
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"message": "I live in the UK. I have two passports: an expired one which has a visa that is valid for 3 more years. On my new passport, there is no visa, but the name is different as I recently changed my name by deed poll. Is it still okay to travel using both passports and carrying the deed poll certificate... | Can I use the visa in my expired passport when my new passport is in a different name? | travel | 2017-03-28T23:14:51.443 |
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"message": "Next week, my girlfriend and myself are renting a car and driving from Seattle to Portland (we are visiting from the UK). Despite the current rainy weather we would love to go camping along the way. We have 3 nights to camp (all weekdays), and ideally would like to visit two different places - one... | Camping in WA/OR during the off-season | travel | 2017-03-29T05:05:40.700 |
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"message": "I would like to is there any recent changes to UK visitor application process?One of my friends applied for her visa(by herself) in late february and got an apoitmebt date 1st week of march and got it granted.however her travel dates are in July which is almost 5 months before her travel date.i th... | Any changes to UK Standard visa application process | travel | 2017-03-29T12:58:42.383 |
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"message": "Is there anyway to verify if a person has had an interview at the American embassy in Moscow? Or if the application has even been processed? I have sent a letter of request and was told that the visa to visit the US is in process. Is there any way to verify this?",
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"message": "Recently booked a ticket to Glasgow through Turkish Airlines and had to cancel the booking as I've inputed the wrong date. I called the airline operator and they said I was eligible for a full refund, so went ahead with the option. Was wondering how long would they take to process a refund request... | How long does Turkish Airlines take for a flight refund? | travel | 2017-04-01T13:23:23.517 |
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"message": "I am an Indian passport holder. I am planning to apply for a Belgium visa for a conference. I am also planning to visit Spain after this conference.In the online application form, I need to fill up a box called: \"Member State(s) of destination\". But in the answer box, they have provided provisi... | "Member state(s) of destination" confusion in Belgium online Schengen visa application | travel | 2017-04-02T20:47:27.957 |
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"message": "My girlfriend and I are travelling to Indonesia for 5 weeks this summer. We land and leave from Denpasar airport in Bali.Here's the tricky bit - we want to visit Yogyakarta (west of Bali) and the Komodo Islands (east of Bali) - as well as points along the way. The main sights for us are Ijen Crate... | How to manage route if we need to visit Yogyakarta and Komodo Islands from Bali and then return to Bali? | travel | 2017-04-03T11:10:20.560 |
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"message": "I had the idea that foreign visitors are exempt from this tax when they pay with a foreign credit card, still my hotel manager insists I need to pay this tax. Since there is a language barrier between us, I'm looking for a reference in Spanish I can point him to (if I'm indeed correct).",
"rol... | Hotel charging 21% VAT in Argentina? | travel | 2017-04-04T01:26:45.527 |
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"message": "I am on short visit to Dubai, and on my return flight I am planning to take the flight from Dubai(DXB) -> Mumbai(BOM) -> Rajkot(RAJ), and the operator will be Air India. My question is where the immigration process / passport stamping will be done ? At Mumbai Airport or At Rajkot Airport ?",
"... | Passport stamp in return travel from Dubai to India | travel | 2017-04-07T07:48:52.850 |
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"message": "Assuming a non-European resident/citizen purchases an Interrail pass despite not being eligible, can they count on getting away with it regardless? How strict are the residency checks?The question arises because Interrail passes <a href=\"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/91252/why-is-eur... | How strict are the residency checks for Interrail passes for non-EU citizens? | travel | 2017-04-07T17:22:06.287 |
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"message": "This question is related to... <a href=\"https://travel.stackexchange.com/questions/8139/oyster-card-how-does-it-actually-work\">Oyster Card - how does it actually work?But it's not the same.So basically I'm traveling to London as a tourist and plan to stay for 1 day seeing the sights, etc. - 2 ad... | How does oyster card work with child fare (example) | travel | 2017-04-08T01:13:06.097 |
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"message": "I have found several hard-shell spinner (i.e., 4 wheeled) suitcases with brakes (e.g. from European manufacturers Delsey and Stratic), but have yet to come across any with soft-shells (that also have pockets on the outside for small items). Does anyone know of such a product, or perhaps could offe... | Soft-shell spinner suitcase with brakes (and external side pockets)? Does it exist? | travel | 2017-04-10T18:15:38.913 |
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"message": "I found interesting spot to visit on Pantelleria island in Italy - Terme di Nikà, bur I can't find exact location on goggle map. Can someone help?Edit: here is a spot I am looking for:<a href=\"https://i.stack.imgur.com/pBzLf.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer\"><a href=\"http://www.visitpantelleria.... | Location of Terme di Nikà - Pantelleria | travel | 2017-04-11T14:48:31.290 |
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"message": "I want to apply for two visas together, staying at the same accommodation (my name on the booking, other person's name does not appear). We are both Irish citizens but I currently live in Estonia, my friend is traveling here but I would like to arrange everything before they arrive. Is it possible... | Applying for a Russian visa in Estonia for someone not yet in Estonia? | travel | 2017-04-12T06:51:02.730 |
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"message": "Because of the specific way I close the zippers, many times I noticed that when I received my checked-in luggage, it was opened and carelessly closed at some point in the journey. Nothing was missing, at least I didn't notice anything of that sort, so I assume X-ray scan is not reliable enough so ... | Can airlines open your checked-in luggage without telling you? | travel | 2017-04-12T08:56:56.517 |
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