Automatic immigration card preparation system,airline ticket issuance apparatus,automatic immigration card preparation apparatus and airline ticket

A travel agency TA is provided with an airline ticket issuance apparatus (11) connected to a seal reservation system (38) via a communication line. This airline ticket issuance apparatus (11) is adapted to record boarding information and immigration card information, which are inputted by a person in charge, on an airline ticket (1). The airline ticket (1) is divided via perforations (2) into a recovery ticket (1a) to be recovered by a person in charge of an aviation company at the boarding gate and a passenger's ticket (1b) to be returned to a passenger. This airline ticket has on its back a magnetic stripe (3) extending at right angles to the perforations (2) over both the recovery ticket (1a) and passenger's ticket (1b). The airline ticket issuance apparatus (11) is adapted to record dummy data on the magnetic stripe (3) around the perforations (2), boarding information on the magnetic stripe (3) on the recovery ticket (1a), and immigration information on the magnetic stripe (3) on the passenger's ticket (1b). An airplane is provided therein with an automatic immigration card preparation apparatus (41). This automatic immigration card preparation apparatus (41) is adapted to read immigration card information from a passenger's ticket (1b) carried by a passenger on the airline, and print necessary matters on the immigration card F on the basis of the immigration card information.