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Indian here who travels abroad (but within Asia) for work, and we need to submit a lot of documents along with a visa application (invitation letter from a coll
by abhikb2005 7y ago
Indian here who travels abroad (but within Asia) for work, and we need to submit a lot of documents along with a visa application (invitation letter from a colleague in the host country; NOC from the employer; tax returns etc.) for a business/work visa. The applications are the same, the data is (almost) the same, apart from the dates. So my friend built a small tool to automate the entire process. All we do now is
1. select the country that we are visiting from a dropdown
2. enter the dates that we will be arriving on and departing at
3. provide an itinerary is possible and click a button that says "magic"
And automatically all the necessary documents are emailed to the respective stakeholders (read HR and travel desk) in a snap. Otherwise, it is usually a 2-3 day process. Ask the travel desk for documents, email overseas colleague, email HR, collect all, print, write, scan, email, get them reviewed, edit/correct/modify/facepalm and finally submit.
We are now making a web app of it and putting it online.
P.S.: I realize that I might be a bit of an oddball here because it is possible that a USA passport doesn't require such mundane stuff.