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as someone who has a crappy passport, I laugh at "fees are going to add up" given we regularly pay $50+ (sometimes several hundred dollars) "application fees" f
by avh02 4y ago
as someone who has a crappy passport, I laugh at "fees are going to add up" given we regularly pay $50+ (sometimes several hundred dollars) "application fees" for 1-3 week visit visas (sometimes you get lucky with 6 month or 1 year) and often wait 2-3 weeks for our passports to come back from the embassy.
If I'm planning to visit two countries in one trip, i have to plan that each embassy will hold my passport for a week or two (it really depends on the country).
These schemes are "harder" than what it used to be, but still a hoop i'd be ecstatic to jump through if i could.
- grishka 4y agoI fairly recently applied for a Finnish visa and my application was rejected because Finland closed its border for Russians while my application was processing. I paid around 50€ for the privilege of having my passport held for 3 weeks and a small note saying "we're no longer issuing tourist visas, kthxbye".