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> I switched approach and instead applied for a tourist visa. I paid 160 USD, filled in a ridiculous amount of information about me and my past travels over th
by dilly_li 6y ago
> I switched approach and instead applied for a tourist visa. I paid 160 USD, filled in a ridiculous amount of information about me and my past travels over the last 15 years and I visited the US embassy for an in-person interview and fingerprinting.
Imagine repeat this process every year... as an international student.
- s3krit 6y agoThe tourist visa is good for 10 years IIRC
- fishywang 6y agoyou can't use tourist visa to enter the US and attend college/grad school.
- roberto 6y agoEach visa type has a different duration, and you can't study on a tourist visa. I've had a visa that allowed me to work for 3+ years in the US, but was valid only for 90 days. Every time I left the country I had to renew it, a process which takes an indeterminate amount of time.
- jagrsw 6y agoDepends on a country, most is 10 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_States#/media/File:US_visa_validity_period.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_Stat...
- tppiotrowski 6y agoI’ve thought about automating this process with a Chrome extension or puppeteer.
- kobalsky 6y agothat's one hell of a gamble to shave off a few minutes per year