Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
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Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
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#2For anyone that's wondering, there's data for about 60-odd countries in there at the moment, and I'm adding more every day.
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#3Nice work! Noticed one issue though: did a US Citizen -> Brazil check and it said I didn't need a visa but then says I do need one.
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#4Thanks for making this! I'm making travel plans right now and it's quite handy.
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#5Nice work! Noticed one issue though: did a US Citizen -> Brazil check and it said I didn't need a visa but then says I do need one.
Thanks for picking this up - I've fixed that now!
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#6This is awesome! You should also add the ability to post comments about visas and the visa process, since in my experience, some border crossing agents try to overcharge you and you can get them to lower their price simply by stating that you "know" they should be charging x not y. An on the ground report of the visa process can be invaluable next to the usually inaccurate/out-of-date info available through the official channels.
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#7A quick rule of thumb for European Union member states: no visas are needed for any EU citizen to go any other EU country (as a tourist). It shows that I need a visa to go from Romania to the UK or Sweden (that is false, Romania, the UK and Sweden are all EU members).
Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
#8This is awesome! You should also add the ability to post comments about visas and the visa process, since in my experience, some border crossing agents try to overcharge you and you can get them to lower their price simply by stating that you "know" they should be charging x not y. An on the ground report of the visa process can be invaluable next to the usually inaccurate/out-of-date info available through the offic…
I'm thinking about this, but one of my motivations for doing it was to have only primary-sourced, up-to-date information - there's so much rumour and third-hand information on forums when you search for visa requirements, and I wanted to do something more authoritative and trustworthy.
But it could work as long as the comments are clearly separated from the "official" information.
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#9You might want some country aliases; since the first items in the drop-down had full country names in them, I expected to have to type "united states", not "US".
Works great, otherwise. Seems handy as a standalone service; it'd help even more if integrated into a travel site like Hipmunk.
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#10A quick rule of thumb for European Union member states: no visas are needed for any EU citizen to go any other EU country (as a tourist). It shows that I need a visa to go from Romania to the UK or Sweden (that is false, Romania, the UK and Sweden are all EU members).
It should be saying "no information available" for those, as I haven't done the research on the transitional arrangements for Romania and Bulgaria that might be in effect (such as in the UK) until 2014.