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Can a US citizen travel to Europe with a one way ticket?

I'm planning a nice round-the-world trip and I've started by going to Europe. I booked a one-way flight to Ireland and I'm concerned that they may give me flak about not having a return ticket. Can I explain to them what my plan is? I can bring bank statements showing my travel funds. Any hope of not getting booted out of the country?

Public Comments

1. Showing enough travel funds is not enough to dissuade custom officials should they deny you entry because you could be suspected of going in to work without a work permit. You better show proof that you have reasons in your home country worthy of your return, e.g. a house, a really fat financial account.
2. We have traveled from the states to eastern Europe to visit family with a one way ticket several times. sometimes they do ask allot of questions and other times not. Once we had to show them our funds and my husband had a paper stating he he owed some property in Europe. They will probably be more curious about your lugguage and go through your items, this also happened to us a couple of times. It is a good idea to show your bank statements or other papers or cash toshow you have enough on hand to buy a return ticket.
3. If you check the IATA database which is provided by aircraft carriers so that passenger may check their passport/visa requirements, you can read for Ireland: Visitors must hold sufficient funds. Immigration officers can request visitors travelling to Ireland (Rep. of) to show return/onward tickets or prove their intention to travel by other means of transportation. A person not holding tickets, must be able to prove to the immigration officer, the intention to leave the country, or otherwise risk being denied entry. So you actually don't need a return ticket, but it would be a good tool holding proof of a flight/ferry reservation to leave the island.