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I don't know anything about the site. I don't know if it's accurate. I don't know if it's maintained. I can't trust the information on it, so if I get an answer from it, in order to verify it I'll have to do whatever work I would have done if the site didn't exist. I've gained nothing.
Here's why I don't understand the point of a site like this. I don't know anything about the site. I don't know if it's accurate. I don't know if it's maintained. I can't trust the information on it, so if I get an answer from it, in order to verify it I'll have to do whatever work I would have done if the site didn't exist. I've gained nothing.
I guess that every answer that the site gives could link back to an authoritative source (such as a site run by the government of the destination country), in order to give you an opportunity to verify that the information is correct.
Here's why I don't understand the point of a site like this. I don't know anything about the site. I don't know if it's accurate. I don't know if it's maintained. I can't trust the information on it, so if I get an answer from it, in order to verify it I'll have to do whatever work I would have done if the site didn't exist. I've gained nothing.
EDIT: As mietek points out below, the site does provide precisely this information. I guess that every answer that the site gives could link back to an authoritative source (such as a site run by the government of the destination country), in order to give you an opportunity to verify that the information is correct.
Example: http://www.doineedavisafor.com/visa/polish-citizen/travellin...
"Source: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/citizen/move-live/index_en.htm
Last checked: 4 March, 2013"
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One of my canadian friends likes to raise her hand at big meetings when someone asks if there are any americans there.
And if your friend had to choose one and only one descriptor between "Canadian" or "American", what would they say?
I will propose that Norway call itself the United States of Europe and we start calling ourself europeans and poke fun at the EU.
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All my friends from Canada and South America find this hilarious. But then South Korea simply calls itself Korea and ignores the north.
So these are people who live outside of the United States that describe their nationality as "American"? Do any of them live in countries that actually have "America" in the name?
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…
There are some other odd visa-on-arrival schemes available for places like Shenzhen if you're arriving via Hong Kong (although I think this isn't available to US citizens, only to Australians, and a few other nationalities). I wouldn't be surprised if this is true of some of the other Special Economic Zones as well (e.g. Hainan island). It can be really hard to find this information though, even through official channels.
So this kind of confusion is what the author is up against when collecting data.
Here's why I don't understand the point of a site like this. I don't know anything about the site. I don't know if it's accurate. I don't know if it's maintained. I can't trust the information on it, so if I get an answer from it, in order to verify it I'll have to do whatever work I would have done if the site didn't exist. I've gained nothing.
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Come on. It's a great little service whether there is a map or not. Drop downs with autocomplete work well for choosing countries. I especially like that there are links to primary sources and that the service is careful when it doesn't know: "Sorry, we've no information available. We're careful to only use accurate, first-hand information, but have been unable to confirm the visa requirements for Andorran citizens t…
I suppose that OP wanted feedback. Suggestions for improvements aren't criticism, they're free consulting.
A dual citizenship feature might be a nice touch - for instance travelling to Brazil is easier on a European passport than an Australian. So it would be great to know what to use when.
One bug report: On the one page - Australian citizens require a visa to visit Canada. Australian citizens do not require a visa to visit Canada.
http://www.doineedavisafor.com/visa/australian-citizen/trave...
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Usually it's pretty easy to get a Visa on arrival at most African countries, yet when I tried to add that, I was asked to log in through either Google or Facebook (I like neither). When I saw that it required my permission to use some data on my Google account even when I'm not using the site, I declined and then got a typical Rails error page.
The permission to use some data is the minimum permission requested (Email address). The intent here is to use OAuth to allow easy logins, not harvest data. BTW, The entire site is open-source at http://www.github.com/udit99/visamapper , so not only can you a) Verify that there is no foul play, but b) send pull requests with alternative login methods.