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Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

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post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I like your site, but why not show the color key below the map?

Thats how I originally had it, then the legend increased in size and refused to fit cleanly under the map and I pulled it out. Would you consider it a huge deal or a minor distraction?

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

#62
post #57

You should put the US as the first choice in the drop down box, since that's where most of your traffic will come from. Later when you have more data, you could put the top 15 in the first choices.

Even better, using the IP / language settings, they could probably make an educated guess! : )

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

#63
post #47

I 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…

+1 Also, you could preselect the value in the 1st box using Geo-IP DB and/or browser geolocation API[1].

[1] http://diveintohtml5.info/geolocation.html

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

#64

Text is very hard to read on that background, barely noticeable. I suggest changing background, or text color and making it slightly larger.

That was my first thought as well. Just extending the white translucent box all the way to the bottom of the page would make a big difference.

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

#65
post #49

Tried 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.

To be fair, there are approximately 200 countries in this world. So you'll need data for about 200^2 = 40,000 different connections, and that's before considering subtleties like length of stay, PR statuses, etc.

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

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post #50
post #47

I 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.

I just tried to visit but got a "can't find the server" error.

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

#67
post #18

Delta used to have an awesome frontend for Timatic (the system that all of the airlines use for determining their own liability in visa requirement issues) that I used exclusively. Sadly, it seems they've removed it from their new site. I was able to find a similar offering[1] for free on Gulf Air's site, though. A nice frontend to Timatic would be awesome, but I suspect that the licensing is too pricey... [1] http:/…

Ouch the fees for Timatic are steep indeed.

0 – 500 transactions: Included in Fixed Fee - EUR 499/yr

501 – 100,000 transactions: EUR (€) 0.1299 per transaction

100,001 – 600,000 transactions: EUR (€) 0.1166 per transaction

600,001 – 1,100,000 transactions: EUR (€) 0.1033 per transaction

1,100,001 – 1,600,000 transactions: EUR (€) 0.0888 per transaction

1,600,001 – 2,100,000 transactions: EUR (€) 0.0816 per transaction

2,100,001 onwards: EUR (€) 0.0743 per transaction

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

#68

For anyone that's wondering, there's data for about 60-odd countries in there at the moment, and I'm adding more every day.

Great job on the website! I literally had the same idea a few months back - even thought of a similar title (DoINeedAFuckingVisa.com). Never materialized when I realized just how complex the immigration rules are.

But you know what they say about ideas and execution. Good on you for executing :)

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

#69
post #47

I 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…

Finding an actual authoritative source on Chinese visa requirements has been difficult - there's a lot of second hand information around, but nothing official that I can find.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1089.html#e...

Re: Show HN: My side project – Do I need a visa for...?

#70
post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Finding an actual authoritative source on Chinese visa requirements has been difficult - there's a lot of second hand information around, but nothing official that I can find.

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1089.html#e...

How is the state department an authoritative source for Chinese visa requirements? They change them about every 6 months anyways, the invitation letter is a new thing they started last year.
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