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Re: Show HN: IAvisa – Explore visa requirements worldwide

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Post by notafraudster »

maybeiambatman wrote: post #12

Alternative: https://visalist.io/

I clicked on this to use it for the exact use case I posted elsewhere in the thread (US to Mexico). The website loaded faster -- maybe because it is faster, maybe because no HN hug of death -- but more importantly, the information was presented in a clearer and more efficient way. I especially appreciated that the data included "Visa free", "Visa on arrival", and "E-Visa", since these are not the same thing and the distinction is useful. I've been to a number of visa on arrival countries and typically all I need to remember is to have a payment method to pay the entry fee, versus "Visa required", which would imply needing to go to a consulate or embassy in advance.

Re: Show HN: IAvisa – Explore visa requirements worldwide

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Post by joshuaissac »

notafraudster wrote: post #58

I will submit my user story as an attempt to offer feedback on the site. I live in the United States and am traveling to Mexico next week. I put in from: United States to: Mexico. The information I received begins with "Visa Required: Yes". This is news to me, as I have traveled in this manner several times and never had a visa. I don't have a visa for next week, and so I am now worried that I won't be allowed in to…

The part about people with a visa for Canada, Japan, Schengen area, UK or US is just as the website says. It is not about passports. A person from a third country who holds one of above visas can enter Mexico without a Mexican visa.

https://www.inm.gob.mx/gobmx/word/index.php/paises-requieren...

Re: Show HN: IAvisa – Explore visa requirements worldwide

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Post by inimino »

joering2 wrote: post #57
dewey wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree on most of your points but just because there's a hard to use sub site on some airlines dealing with that doesn't mean there can't be an alternative. This site is probably not it based on the comments about the accuracy but there might be others available or coming in the future. On top of that if people travel by train or other means it's not that obvious to look on the website of some airline. Also it's som…

Literally there should NOT be a website like this, because even with slight misinformation, you can get in a lot of troubles: both financial and even more so safety wise if one of 10,000 info points on some tropical configuration of your citizenship, residency, passport type, stamps you have in your passport, plves you been, etc, will be not updated in time and you take it on its face value . Furthermore, the owner d…

I mean, "this site should not exist" is being a little harsh, don't you think?

Yes misinformation is dangerous, but the author certainly could link to airline sites, the official government travel information websites for each country, and wikipedia and other resources. If you can't even think far enough ahead to come up with these constructive suggestions, then maybe you should try harder or just not comment.

Re: Show HN: IAvisa – Explore visa requirements worldwide

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Post by sirmoveon »

supernova87a wrote: post #29

Maybe the OP or the makers of this website don't know, but there is a definitive source of visa, passport, and transit permission info that the IATA already publishes to help airlines determine whether they should allow you on a flight. It's called Timatic. It includes such detail as country of travel origin, country of passport issuance, nationality, duration of stay, country of transit, visa/papers held. I would go…

Where can a person check in that website all the paperwork and procedures that one has to undergo to travel from country A to B ?

Do I have to subscribe and make an account just for that simple information?

Re: Show HN: IAvisa – Explore visa requirements worldwide

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Post by MadWombat »

The title of the post says "explore visa requirements". So I go to the site, select "travel from USA to France" and hit the button. The only thing I see about visa requirements is "Visa Required: Yes". Nothing else. Not much to explore. The fact that a US citizen does not need a visa to travel to any Schengen country is besides the point.

Re: Show HN: IAvisa – Explore visa requirements worldwide

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Post by notafraudster »

joshuaissac wrote: post #62
notafraudster wrote: post #58

I will submit my user story as an attempt to offer feedback on the site. I live in the United States and am traveling to Mexico next week. I put in from: United States to: Mexico. The information I received begins with "Visa Required: Yes". This is news to me, as I have traveled in this manner several times and never had a visa. I don't have a visa for next week, and so I am now worried that I won't be allowed in to…

The part about people with a visa for Canada, Japan, Schengen area, UK or US is just as the website says. It is not about passports. A person from a third country who holds one of above visas can enter Mexico without a Mexican visa. https://www.inm.gob.mx/gobmx/word/index.php/paises-requieren...

Okay, so the correct information is: Most countries can travel to Mexico without a visa (for tourism for 180 days or less). Separately, nationals of other countries which would require a visa can travel to Mexico without a visa if they have a visa or non-citizenship permanent residence from the CA/JPN/EU/UK/US.

Thanks, I appreciate the clarification.

Re: Show HN: IAvisa – Explore visa requirements worldwide

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Post by astatine »

A good, friendly site for this info is much needed. But, as many have pointed out, this is a particularly tough problem to solve as the source of info is itself unreliable.

I checked India to eSwatini and was not surprised to find that the country was still listed with its old name, Swaziland. The visa situation for this pair is complex with a visa preapproval that's needed and a visa to be obtained in eSwatini not at the border but at an office in the city (which you are allowed to go to). And, naturally, none of this is documented anywhere.

Re: Show HN: IAvisa – Explore visa requirements worldwide

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Post by theurs »

inimino wrote: post #64
joering2 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Literally there should NOT be a website like this, because even with slight misinformation, you can get in a lot of troubles: both financial and even more so safety wise if one of 10,000 info points on some tropical configuration of your citizenship, residency, passport type, stamps you have in your passport, plves you been, etc, will be not updated in time and you take it on its face value . Furthermore, the owner d…

I mean, "this site should not exist" is being a little harsh, don't you think? Yes misinformation is dangerous, but the author certainly could link to airline sites, the official government travel information websites for each country, and wikipedia and other resources. If you can't even think far enough ahead to come up with these constructive suggestions, then maybe you should try harder or just not comment.

That is the plan! Also we are in the process of implementing api's for more accurate info
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