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Re:Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping by oasisbob on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @02:25AM (#29792302)
I miss the days when visalist wasn't full of hostile anti-patterns.

Back in 2019, it was easy to recommend to fellow travelers as an accurate source of information. Not so much, now.

I'm sad to see that it funnels users away from official government sites. eg, a US citizen traveling to India is eligible for a cheap e-Visa which generally issues in ~72 hours here:

https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html

The big green "APPLY FOR VISA" button on visalist sends traffic to iVisa.com, which is much less useful.

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Re:Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping by namdnay on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @02:47AM (#29792417)
I doubt the Indian government pays those sweet referral fees :)

Edit: I wish the UN would provide a free honest alternative to this kind of scammy “visa information”site

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Re:Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping by MrDresden on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:47AM (#29792712)
Having a partner that works in a UN run institution as a researcher I have seen first hand how bureaucratic and starved for funds that entity truly is.

Getting funds for paperclips is a massive battle.

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Re:Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping by Jugurtha on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @08:31AM (#29794474)
How are they passing around TPS reports without paperclips ?
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Re:Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping by MrDresden on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:53AM (#29796104)
From what I hear they used to just staple them together, what with the lack of paperclips.

But now the stapler seems to have gone missing.

Its quite the pickle.

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Re:Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping by accountofme on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @11:52PM (#29805258)
those red swinglines were on the chopping block for quite some time.
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Re:Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping by aent on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:59AM (#29793879)
Wikipedia is probably the best source for ad-free up to date info on visas:

You just need to search for "Visa requirements for %country% citizens":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_United_S...

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Re:Tell HN: My Microstartups make $500/day while I'm sleeping by 1hakr on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:33AM (#29793720)
Visa list has both government website and visa agency link. Users can choose to use what is convenient for them. Visa list also provides all document requirements so anyone can do it themselves.
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