Hi.
Bit of a 'what if?' question this, hence the reason I put it in here. Had she made it to New York, does anyone here know what travel documents were required for non-immigrant Titanic passengers to enter the US? Was a passport or visa required by British citizens? I have read elsewhere that passports weren't essential or universal until the start of WWI. Does that mean as long as you had a ticket, and were travelling for business or pleasure, and were in first or second class, you were waved into the US without too much checking? Or was some kind of document essential?
Bit of a 'what if?' question this, hence the reason I put it in here. Had she made it to New York, does anyone here know what travel documents were required for non-immigrant Titanic passengers to enter the US? Was a passport or visa required by British citizens? I have read elsewhere that passports weren't essential or universal until the start of WWI. Does that mean as long as you had a ticket, and were travelling for business or pleasure, and were in first or second class, you were waved into the US without too much checking? Or was some kind of document essential?