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Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants by avocado4 on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:08PM (#20079005)
>> "have the financial means and strong enough passports to go pretty much anywhere they please. Same goes for most Japanese and Chinese"

Chinese passport is one of the worst in the world as far as travel goes. [1][2]

[1] https://www.passportindex.org/byRank.php

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Chinese_...

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Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants by diveanon on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:15PM (#20079039)
That doesn't seem to prevent millions of them from traveling every year.
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Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants by Ayesh on Sunday June 02, 2019 @07:36PM (#20079169)
It's a country with over a billion people, so it's possible.
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Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants by DKnoll on Sunday June 02, 2019 @08:36PM (#20079449)
If you have money and a clean background you can go anywhere you want (with some exceptions), regardless of your passport. There are companies you can contact who will handle the entire visa process for you.
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Re:US demands social media details from visa applicants by diveanon on Monday June 03, 2019 @03:06AM (#20081040)
This is unfortunately not true for most people coming from the Arab world.
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