Thank you so much! Your site saved us big time! My girlfriend is from one of the visa waiver countries, and she is coming to the U.S. to visit me in June. And guess what? We have never heard of the ESTA requirement until today. I wish online travel ticket agency could be more specific and tell us all the required documents. Does anyone know what would happen if you forgot or didn't know about ESTA?
Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
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Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
#42So about a year ago, I created Visamapper(www.visamapper.com) for the same purpose.I ended up crowdsourcing the data. Slightly different take on the interface as your project. But I have to say, I'm just a little jealous because visamapper didn't get any attention on HN :-). Anyways, Nice job with the design. Small nitpick: The list of countries at the bottom is unreadable with the current font color.
Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
#43Interesting project. Outside of interface choices, are there any differences between this and some of the existing offerings like DoYouNeedVisa[1] or VisaMapper[2] (which is crowdsourced and includes the very important information of whether visa are available at the border)? [1] http://www.doyouneedvisa.com/ [2] http://visamapper.com/
The first one of those has some rather questionable information, so I wouldn't plan your trip based on what it says. For example, it claims Australians can get a visa on arrival in East Timor, which isn't true.
I've not come across visamapper.com, but it looks good.
Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
#44Really well done and love the SEO-ness that provides real value for folks! Nice tool
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#45Thank you so much! Your site saved us big time! My girlfriend is from one of the visa waiver countries, and she is coming to the U.S. to visit me in June. And guess what? We have never heard of the ESTA requirement until today. I wish online travel ticket agency could be more specific and tell us all the required documents. Does anyone know what would happen if you forgot or didn't know about ESTA?
You get denied boarding - airlines have access to the ESTA system at check-in. Glad to have been of help!
Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
#46United States -> China (a pretty important route that does require a visa) says no information.
Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
#47I don't understand the presentation.
Allow the user to choose nationality from a drop down box, then show a world map colored various ways:
- green no visa
- blue for easy to obtain visas
- red for difficult to obtain visas
On a side note, it should probably be "United States citizen" and not "US". Also, US -> China is a very common route that requires a visiting / mailing your passport to a Chinese embassy to obtain a visa that you should probably have listed.
Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
#48When I read visa I always think of the credit card, not the document. Like what do you mean you don't know what you need a credit card for...? To buy stuff!
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#49Tried Australian going to Morocco and China. "Sorry, we've no information available." Could've got more data in there before playing your "Show HN" card maybe.
Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?
#50I don't understand the presentation. Allow the user to choose nationality from a drop down box, then show a world map colored various ways: - green no visa - blue for easy to obtain visas - red for difficult to obtain visas On a side note, it should probably be "United States citizen" and not "US". Also, US -> China is a very common route that requires a visiting / mailing your passport to a Chinese embassy to obtain…
Your suggestion sounds exactly like
Visamapper (www.visamapper.com)
But DoIneedAVisaFor is a more direct way to answer the question if you already know your Destination.