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

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Post by geonnave »

_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...

In the "about" page there is a disclaimer:

  The information in the site should be used as a guide only. You are advised to contact your local official mission/consulate/embassy and ensure you have the latest information.

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

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Post by eatbitseveryday »

Other sites that provide this:

https://multinational.io

https://passportindex.org

Given the amount of work needed to maintain this information in useful detail, perhaps a site could ask for $X (maybe less than 10) per lookup for a given nationality to a given country, then use that to have a lawyer or someone keep the data accurate.

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

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Post by jpatokal »

chx wrote: post #170
_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...

Timatic is accessible through the web, for example https://www.skyteam.com/en/flights-and-destinations/visa-and... https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/passport-visa-health-travel... https://www.koreanair.com/global/en/traveling/airport-check-...

Accessible, yes, but you can't copy that information into your own website without a license.

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

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Post by jpatokal »

legostormtroopr wrote: post #210

I'm helping with a conference and this would be massively useful... except I need to define there relationship by the destination country, not the origin. Can this show me all of the conditions for people wanting to visit a country?

Wikipedia's "Visa policy of X" articles should hit the spot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Thailand

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

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Post by pandapower2 »

amelius wrote: post #100
dewey wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Countries usually don't know which passports you have (If you enter for the first time and they don't have some kind of data-sharing agreement) so you'd just enter with the one that's easier not by showing all of yours.

There is no question about other nationalities on the visa application form?

I'm not the person you are responding to.

I don't recall every being asked about other nationalities. Countries will ask if you have previously entered under a different name but presumably you are using the same name world wide.

If you have multiple passports you can just use whichever one gets you through immigration the fasted. some caveats:

1) if you have a passport from the country you are entering/leaving they want you to use it ie if you have a US passport you should use it when entering or leaving the US. If you then arrive in the UK and have a UK passport you should use your UK passport at the UK end of your flight.

2) if you entered a country with passport A use that same passport to leave. If you don't they wont automatically match up your entry and departure. On one hand you will have appeared to have overstayed your visa, on the other you are now exiting the country with no record of you having entered. At a minimum there will be questions and your just trying to just get through immigration painlessly.

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

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Post by 1hakr »

Carpetsmoker wrote: post #199
1hakr wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Over here: https://visalist.io/new-zealand/visa-requirements/netherland... it says "source: wikipedia", which is hardly "official", and may not be comprehensive. The Wikipedia page is subtly wrong you get a "visa on arrival", not "visa not required". There are some important details left out too; for example one of the conditions for getting the visa is that you have booked flights out of New Zealand. I've heard stor…

So the official website, visa application link, fees and document checklist are not available on Wikipedia. VisaList tries to aggregate all this info and show it in a simple and useful manner.

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

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Post by 1hakr »

fareesh wrote: post #198
1hakr wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

No the information claims to be sourced from Wikipedia. On comparing the information with the official website, there are numerous places where the information on this website is incomplete or inaccurate. For example, the visa requirements for India->Italy show no mention of photocopies of US, UK and Schengen visa pages. The requirements do not provide explicit specifications for the photograph (white background). Th…

The cover letter #10 in the document checklist is the itinerary I found this very useful website to check visa requirements for different countries https://visalist.io/italy/visa-requirements/india This is my MVP, I plan to add photo details soon.

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

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Post by 1hakr »

s0rce wrote: post #155
1hakr wrote: post #143

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I was also concerned about a similar issue so I selected my home country and a random visiting country that required a visa. The site indicates the source is wikipedia https://visalist.io/central-african-republic/visa-requiremen... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Canadian... Results for USA citizens is similar (citing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_American... ) while the pres…

Correct but Wikipedia is not the only source, I have manually gone to every government website and gathered the document checklist!
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