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Re: Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world

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selectodude wrote: post #111
_0nac wrote: post #64

Interesting, but how do you keep this up to date? These requirement change constantly and the only reliable source I'm aware of, Timatic (which is what airlines use), is copyrighted and quite tightly locked down. Wikipedia does crowdsource this info fairly effectively though, sample: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Indian_c...

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/vendors/default.aspx?i... Tiamatic. Free for all, I guess maybe consider United for your travel needs if you find it useful.

Just shows if i need visa or not after filling all that information. Visalist has this in just one click along with document checklist, official website, visa applicaiton.

Re: Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world

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Post by 1hakr »

kenneth wrote: post #116
selectodude wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.united.com/web/en-US/apps/vendors/default.aspx?i... Tiamatic. Free for all, I guess maybe consider United for your travel needs if you find it useful.

https://www.expertflyer.com/ also exposes this airline information. Requires a paid subscription. Very useful for frequent flyers.

Visalist is free though.

Re: Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world

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Post by 1hakr »

fareesh wrote: post #140

I personally would never use a website like this because I am not going to trust my precious travel plans and legal standing in another country to a non-authoritative website. For my personal comfort, the problem to be solved is officially recognized information presented in a convenient way. In fact, I have noticed that websites like this tend to add to my confusion when they contradict the official forms.

Actually the information is from the official website, infact in the details page you can find link to the offical website. What i'm trying to do here is simplify the visa requirements for everyone.

Re: Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world

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Post by 1hakr »

ableal wrote: post #133
1hakr wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is super useful feedback. I will change my name there. There are already links to official government websites. About driving, license, i will add that. Also thanks for pointing out the typo.

Thanks, nice tool, bookmarked. I'll second that "give an authoritative basis" advice. Two minor items that struck me: - Country code, I'd suggest going with alpha2 from iso 3166, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1 (Portugal is usually .pt/PT =alpha2 , sometimes POR, PRT=alpha3 is kind of rare) - Something strange about the sorting of the left column, mine goes U V V V A by country initial on (default) "visa typ…

This is very useful. Thanks a lot.

Re: Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world

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Post by 1hakr »

abc-xyz wrote: post #95
1hakr wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm planning to add crowdsource features

Why not just scrape the info from Wikipedia? It will be a lot easier for you to maintain, you'll have access to more data than you do now, and the information will be a lot more accurate. You can also fetch the latest info once a day (or more often for that matter) without worrying about your IP being blacklisted. Even if you had a million active users then I doubt you'd end up with more accurate and up-to-date info…

I understand. Honestly even in wikipedia, the duration is not always available. I will try to add visa free duration aswell so its useful.

Re: Show HN: Visalist – Find visa requirements for countries around the world

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Post by 1hakr »

Cyph0n wrote: post #65
1hakr wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very useful feedback! I will incorporte this soon

I second the multiple citizenship option. I would love to be able to see what countries I can enter with my passports. But great job with the app, regardless!

Thanks
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