Dimhaven Visa Puzzle Solution

Quick Answer

To solve the Dimhaven Visa Office puzzle, I use these exact answers: Steve’s box actual input is Left, Right, Right, Left, Left, Left, Right; the WC code is 5527; the filing cabinet code is 1403; the blue typewriter entry is 35856392-05; and the passport bird needs Sinister Snacks, slot 09, for 170 Forints.

This guide covers the full Visa Office route in Dimhaven - The Lost Source.

The opening area looks like one immigration joke, but it is actually a chain of small gates. The part that usually wastes time is not the survey. It is the middle section: Steve’s upside-down box, the Bay Tower return, the camera screen, the filing cabinet, and the perforated ticket.

Exact answers at a glance

Route order

I split the Visa Office into two passes.

The first pass gets me into the office and opens the next route:

Survey machine
→ take the visa application ticket
→ pass the gate
→ pick up the camera
→ read the counter note
→ open Steve's upside-down box
→ get the office key clue
→ enter the Visa Office
→ collect the early office clues
→ move on when the route opens Bay Tower

The second pass happens after Bay Tower sends me back toward the final checkpoint:

Return from Bay Tower
→ trigger the final checkpoint photo step
→ clean the camera screen
→ go back to the Visa Office
→ open the filing cabinet with 1403
→ take the typewriter ribbon
→ read Judit Polar's application 00065
→ match the sample ticket to the Visa ID
→ type 35856392-05
→ buy Sinister Snacks
→ feed the bird
→ finish the final checkpoint

That split is important. If I am standing in the Visa Office before the Bay Tower return and the final photo or visa step still feels unfinished, I am probably too early for that part of the route.

Pass the survey

The survey is the entry gate. I use the safe tourist-style answers: choose the non-hostile travel responses, pick Sightseeing, select the actual date image, answer 27 on the fruit question, and give the positive recommendation answer.

The goal is to receive the visa application ticket and use it at the gate. Once I have the ticket, I stop worrying about the survey and move forward.

Open Steve’s upside-down box

Near the Visa Office counter, the note gives a direction clue for Steve’s box.

The note reads:

Right → Left → Left → Right → Right → Right → Left

Because the box is upside down, the actual input on the box is:

Left → Right → Right → Left → Left → Left → Right

This is the first hard trap in the area. Copying the paper directly gives the wrong orientation.

After the box opens, the next clue points to the office key under the mat.

Get into the Visa Office

Inside the office, I check the city board, the ticket clues, the torn date information, and the WC base code.

The number I save here is:

WC Base Code: 3516

The WC keypad result is:

5527

This becomes useful when the route comes back through the final checkpoint photo step.

Return from Bay Tower before finishing the visa

The Visa Office route does not finish in one straight pass.

After the first office pass, I continue when the route opens Bay Tower. That detour matters because it sets up the camera cleanup step back at the final visa checkpoint.

When I return from Bay Tower, I go to the final checkpoint first. The machine reaches the photo step, and that is when the camera screen becomes the blocker.

After cleaning the camera screen, I return to the Visa Office. That is when I continue with the filing cabinet, typewriter ribbon, ticket comparison, and blue typewriter.

Open the filing cabinet with 1403

The filing cabinet code comes from the phrase:

Miks-reben Var-natko

This is not four random words. Each part is half of a city name on the city code board.

I read it like this:

Miks  → first half of Miksholc  → take the first digit  → 1
reben → last half of Decreben  → take the last digit   → 4
Var   → first half of Varjas   → take the first digit  → 0
natko → last half of Unnatko   → take the last digit   → 3

So the filing cabinet code is:

1403

For the normal route, this gives 1403. If the board ever looks different in your run, trust the city board logic first and the memorized number second.

After opening the cabinet, I take the typewriter ribbon and read the visa application document in the top drawer.

Use Judit Polar’s application

In the top drawer, I look for Judit Polar.

Her document gives:

Visa Application no. 00065
Visa ID 43126740-02

The -02 is her departure city code. For the perforated ticket step, I focus on the first eight digits:

43126740

Decode the perforated ticket

This is the real Visa Office wall.

Ticket 00065 matches Judit Polar’s application 00065, so I use it as the comparison key. The holes on ticket 65 line up with Judit’s first eight Visa ID digits, 43126740. Once I understand that pair, I can read my own ticket with the same pattern.

With that comparison, my own ticket reads:

35856392

Emily’s passport departure city is Udongrad, which uses city code:

05

So the full blue typewriter entry is:

35856392-05

Enter the visa number at the blue typewriter

After I have the typewriter ribbon and the final number, I use the blue typewriter.

I enter:

35856392-05

Once the machine accepts the number, the visa step is done. In this route, I do not look for a separate paper document afterward; I return to the final checkpoint.

Buy Sinister Snacks for the bird

The passport bird needs food.

I buy:

Sinister Snacks
Slot: 09
Cost: 170 Forints

Earlier money clues can make this area feel like a general purchase puzzle, but the useful purchase for the passport route is Sinister Snacks.

Finish the final checkpoint

At the final checkpoint, I use this order:

1. Insert the passport.
2. Let the machine start the photo check.
3. Clean the camera screen if needed.
4. Insert the application ticket when prompted.
5. Make sure the blue typewriter step is complete.
6. Take the passport when the machine accepts everything.

After the passport is accepted, the machine moves to the photo step.

The route is done when the machine accepts everything and tells me to take the passport.

Common mistakes

The mistakes I check first are:

• using the written Steve’s box clue instead of reversing it for the upside-down box;
• trying to finish the checkpoint before returning from Bay Tower and cleaning the camera screen;
• using 3516 as a lock code instead of saving it for the WC calculation;
• missing the city-name-half logic behind Miks-reben Var-natko → 1403;
• opening the filing cabinet but forgetting the typewriter ribbon;
• decoding the ticket without using sample application 00065 as the comparison key;
• typing 35856392 without the -05 city code;
• buying the wrong vending item instead of Sinister Snacks 09;
• returning to the checkpoint before the blue typewriter accepts 35856392-05.

When to move on

I move on only after the checkpoint accepts the passport, ticket, photo step, and completed visa step.

At that point, the Visa Office route is finished. I stop testing the machines, leave the Landing Bay, and follow the path toward Kishvar.