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I'm a bit annoyed that British Citizen is filed under U (for United Kingdom).
It isn't (though that was what I was expecting); "British" works. (Though it can't tell me whether I need a visa for Ukraine, so I'm not enormously impressed)
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 transactio…
However, your SEO links at the bottom of the page make your site look unnecessarily spammy, especially because the color and font size makes it look like you're trying to hide the links, like someone might have done in GeoCities in the 90's. I understand what you're trying to achieve, but I think you could present it in a way that doesn't look so manipulative. If you make it easy to link to one of your pages, lots of travel blogs and sites will give you backlinks without you needing to create links to every possible combination on your site.
Even the URLs look unnecessarily verbose:
http://www.doineedavisafor.com/visa/us-citizen/travelling/af...
Why is the word "travelling" in the URL? I assume it's because you feel strongly that you will get indexed more prominently if someone uses that word in their search. I wouldn't count on that. You'd do better to rely on the value of your content, instead of trying to artificially game the system. If the URL was http://www.doineedavisafor.com/united-states/afghanistan, you'd still have friendly, easy-to-construct URLs, without the extra cruft.
This is really cool, and the info is super-useful. However, your SEO links at the bottom of the page make your site look unnecessarily spammy, especially because the color and font size makes it look like you're trying to hide the links, like someone might have done in GeoCities in the 90's. I understand what you're trying to achieve, but I think you could present it in a way that doesn't look so manipulative. If you…
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…
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…
It would also be nice to set defaults to U.S., and to try and detect the person's country from their IP or something.
Small things, overall it's nice to have and it works nicely (I like the detailed explanations)
Also, FYI, you can travel there and get a visa when you arrive at the airport.
USA -> Russia = "No information" Come on... it's pretty well known you need to get a visa, it takes about 30 days, so it's not exactly easy, but I don't know anyone that's been denied.