Dummy ticket for visa
Book dummy tickets for visa applications on a genuine airline reservation, with a PNR you can look up on the airline’s own website before you hand the file in. Most consulates ask for a flight reservation, not a paid ticket.
Flight reservation
SriLankan Airlines
CMB
Colombo
FRA
Frankfurt
Passenger
SAMPLE TRAVELLER
Booking ref
XXXXXX
Date
12 OCT 2026
Flight
UL 553
Cabin
ECONOMY
Verifiable under “Manage my booking”
Ref
XXXXXX
Seq
001
Not for travel
What you get
Everything below is included in the price. There is no service fee added at the end and no subscription to cancel.
Your itinerary is held in the airline system with a six-character PNR. It is not a picture of a ticket or an edited PDF.
Given names and surname printed the way the airline booking and your application form must match. Up to nine passengers on one reference.
We set the hold so the booking is still live on the day you submit at VFS or the consulate, and we tell you the exact expiry.
Return itineraries for Schengen and UK files, one-way plus an onward sector for arrival checks, multi-city for a longer trip.
Appointments move. Send the new dates on WhatsApp with your reference within 30 days and we reissue the PDF, usually the same day.
Print it or upload it straight into the online portal. The booking reference sits at the top where an officer expects to find it.
A dummy flight itinerary for visa use is an unpaid reservation for documentation. It has no ticket number, so it cannot be used to check in or board. Buy the real fare once the visa is in your passport.
Who it is for
Checklists and search results call this document different things: a dummy air ticket for visa files, a dummy airline ticket for visa purposes, a dummy flight booking for visa applications, or simply a visa dummy ticket. They all mean one thing, which is an unpaid airline reservation with a reference an officer can check.
Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland all ask for a reservation rather than a bought ticket.
None of these require a purchased ticket. A reservation evidences the trip you described without committing you to a fare.
Consular officers rarely ask for a ticket, but a specific itinerary makes the purpose and length of the trip concrete.
Everyone travels on one booking reference, which is what officers prefer to see for a family application.
Where a course start date or a joining date drives the trip, the itinerary has to match the letter you attach.
If a file was returned for missing travel details, a fresh reservation covering the new dates is usually all that is needed.
Prefer the term flight reservation? See our flight reservation for visa page.
Checklists
The wording differs by mission. Almost none of them ask you to buy a ticket first, and several tell you not to.
“Return flight reservation or booked ticket covering the full stay”
The Schengen visa code asks for evidence of your travel plan, and several consulates state that you should not buy a ticket before the decision. Keep the reservation dates identical to your cover letter and hotel booking.
Where Sri Lankans submit
VFS Global Colombo, or the consulate directly
“Details of your travel plans; a booked ticket is not required”
UKVI guidance says you do not need to buy a ticket before applying. A reservation supports the travel history section of your online form without committing you to a fare.
Where Sri Lankans submit
VFS Global Colombo
“Evidence of travel plans, presented at interview if asked”
The consular officer decides at interview and rarely asks for a ticket. Carry the itinerary only as supporting evidence of a specific, funded trip.
Where Sri Lankans submit
US Embassy Colombo
“Travel itinerary or purpose of travel document”
IRCC asks you not to buy tickets before approval. Upload the reservation under travel history or purpose of travel in your online application.
Where Sri Lankans submit
VFS Global Colombo, online IRCC portal
“Details of intended travel”
Home Affairs does not require a ticket for a visitor visa. A reservation strengthens the “genuine temporary entrant” part of the file.
Where Sri Lankans submit
ImmiAccount online, VFS Global Colombo for biometrics
“Flight schedule or itinerary for the whole stay”
Japanese missions ask for a day-by-day schedule. Make sure the arrival and departure dates on the reservation match that schedule exactly.
Where Sri Lankans submit
Embassy of Japan Colombo, through an accredited agent
Wording is summarised from published checklists and changes without notice. Your appointment letter is always the document that decides what you must bring.
Three steps
Dummy ticket booking online, end to end: the form, one WhatsApp conversation and a PDF. Most tickets are delivered the same day.
Route, dates, passenger names as printed in the passport and which embassy you are applying to. It takes about two minutes and asks for no payment details.
We check the itinerary on WhatsApp or email, then send bank transfer details or a card link. Nothing is charged until you have seen the itinerary.
The reservation lands in your inbox and on WhatsApp with the booking reference. Look it up on the airline site before you submit.
Price
about $18
One price covers issuing the reservation, the PDF, the two free changes and the support that goes with them.
Nothing is charged when you send the form. We check the itinerary with you first, then send bank transfer details, or a PayPal or Wise request in USD if you are paying from abroad. If an appointment is today, urgent delivery under an hour is available for an extra LKR 1,000 (about $3).
LKR 5,490per passenger
about $18 at today’s rate.
Schengen, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and GCC applications.
No payment now. We confirm the itinerary on WhatsApp first.
Verification
Check any dummy ticket with PNR yourself before you submit. It takes a minute, and it is the same lookup a consular officer would run.
Live in the airline system, not an edited PDF.
Every airline has this page, usually in the top navigation. CheckMyTrip and ViewTrip work for most reservations as well.
Type the PNR printed on the PDF together with the surname exactly as it appears on the reservation.
Flight numbers, dates and passenger names should match the PDF. If anything differs, message us and we will reissue.
FAQ
The six we are asked most before a Colombo appointment.
Ready when you are
Send the route, the dates and the names as printed in the passport. We reply on WhatsApp, usually within minutes during support hours.
Support 8:00 AM – 10:00 PM (Sri Lanka time), 7 days. Delivered within 1–6 hours in support hours.