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blog/2023-05-06-visa/ #93

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In pursuit of a VISA | Yanina Bellini Saibene

https://yabellini.netlify.app/blog/2023-05-06-visa/

drmowinckels commented 1 year ago

I'm so frustrated and angry on your behalf that it is so hard. I just clocked my ESTA application (US Visa waiver program, as I dont need a proper VISA for travels to US less than 90 days) and it tok me 20 minutes (10 of which was getting a decent photo of my passport) and 21USD... The difference is staggering!

Of course its not granted yet, but I have no reason to believe it wont be so in very short time.

yabellini commented 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing, Mo. Learn about the differences helps us to understand and to try to improve.

drmowinckels commented 1 year ago

it tok them an hour to grant me the VISA waiver. so, yeah. I have another 6USD to spend before entering, which is closer to the date I'm travelling (a type of on-line checkin to the country). And, its a VISA waiver, so I'd need to do this again every 2 years. But, thats tiny for the amount of effort. So ridiculously different.

But I dont know what a proper VISA would mean though, it would like be much much more, but still nothing compared to yours.

nmorandeira commented 1 year ago

Thanks Yani! Excellent post, and very helpful. I’m helping my partner to start this journey, and he feels overwhelmed when listening to the word Visa. He needs a Visa just in case he has a travel opportunity in the next 2 years: Last year there was an International Magic Congress in Canada, and several Latins missed their spots in the contest (having paid the inscription in advance). They needed two Visas: one for Canada and another to stay in the NY airport during the flight scale. Also, you need English proficiency to fill the form, and I know people that have paid a gestor for this. I find the questions about illegal activities and political ideology stigmatizing and denigrating. Awful experience