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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by luckylion on Thursday August 08, 2019 @01:41PM (#20646678)
Pay a bit of money in China and you'll have a visa in no time. That's doesn't work with, say, Switzerland, at least not with a similar amount of money.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by leereeves on Thursday August 08, 2019 @09:19PM (#20650528)
Most countries (including Switzerland) have some form of investor's visa which is basically an official way to pay for a visa.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by luckylion on Friday August 09, 2019 @01:18AM (#20651513)
Which is a very different thing and will set you back ~1m, not a few hundred.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by leereeves on Friday August 09, 2019 @10:56PM (#20659863)
Visas are still for sale, they're just more expensive (like so many things) in the US and Europe.
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Re:Svalbard is as close as you can get to a place with open ... by Fnoord on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:37AM (#20652345)
My aunt was forced to leave China as her husband's work there (for some multinational) was done. Instead, she started her own business (not for the money, but to have a presence which 'stimulates the local economy'). Now she's allowed to stay in China.
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