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I don’t think I could successfully list every country I’ve been in the last 15 years. Not without considerable effort going through work records. What’s most a

by zaroth 8y ago

I don’t think I could successfully list every country I’ve been in the last 15 years. Not without considerable effort going through work records. What’s most amazing is filling out the “form”. This doesn’t sound like a standardized document with any kind of control act designation. I would imagine you would have leeway to specify “work trips, various” and then a paragraph on the employer and nature of the trips, and approximate countries visited. A definitive answer should have been given long ago. At the very least an update on the reasoning? Even if there was an active investigation they would grant the visa and meet you at the airport. So this is just administrative hell, and it’s lame. The really sad thing is 134 days is probably just getting started.

amaccuish 8y ago
Russia requires the last 10 years. The people at the visa centre just told me to make up the dates if I couldn't remember them.
- cafard 8y ago
  Actually, Russia also wants to know where you have worked for the last n ( > 10) years. A job I held within that window was at a company then owned by an industrial-equipment manufacturer; they later sold it to General Dynamics, and I have no idea what GD then did with it. I filled in the name of the company, and the most plausible address Google turned up for it.
viraptor 8y ago
This is not specific to the US. Basically if you want a specific visa, a permanent residency, or a citizenship in many countries, you should have your travel records and old addresses saved somewhere.
rlonn 8y ago
Is it just me who is continuously amazed at how stupid the whole security circus has become? You're a lot more likely to get hit by lightning than be the victim of a terrorist attack, and yet we spend probably trillions on manpower, technology and lost productivity, forcing high achievers like Daniel (and everybody else) to spend way too much of their lives jumping through bureaucratic hoops and wait in security checkpoint queues. Not to mention the loss of liberty and privacy due to excessive monitoring and overly restrictive policies for movement. It makes me sad. Maybe it's a sign of increased prosperity - we need something to worry about, and many people today have few threats to their existence to worry about.

by zaroth 8y ago

amaccuish 8y ago

Russia requires the last 10 years. The people at the visa centre just told me to make up the dates if I couldn't remember them.

cafard 8y ago
Actually, Russia also wants to know where you have worked for the last n ( > 10) years. A job I held within that window was at a company then owned by an industrial-equipment manufacturer; they later sold it to General Dynamics, and I have no idea what GD then did with it. I filled in the name of the company, and the most plausible address Google turned up for it.

viraptor 8y ago

This is not specific to the US. Basically if you want a specific visa, a permanent residency, or a citizenship in many countries, you should have your travel records and old addresses saved somewhere.

rlonn 8y ago

Is it just me who is continuously amazed at how stupid the whole security circus has become? You're a lot more likely to get hit by lightning than be the victim of a terrorist attack, and yet we spend probably trillions on manpower, technology and lost productivity, forcing high achievers like Daniel (and everybody else) to spend way too much of their lives jumping through bureaucratic hoops and wait in security checkpoint queues. Not to mention the loss of liberty and privacy due to excessive monitoring and overly restrictive policies for movement. It makes me sad. Maybe it's a sign of increased prosperity - we need something to worry about, and many people today have few threats to their existence to worry about.