Re:Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and p...
by jacobp100 on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @09:26AM
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It’ll take a lot longer in the EU. You need fingerprints taken there
Re:Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and p...
by paulb73 on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @09:43AM
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When I last travelled to the USA from the UK, it took weeks to get the ESTA. Might be quicker now, but 10 minutes sounds like lightning to me!
Re:Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and p...
by dagw on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @09:48AM
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Some people seem to get their application flagged for manual review, and that can take a long time. Otherwise it takes less than 20-30 minutes to get a reply in my experience.
Re:Visitors to the UK from 48 countries must now apply and p...
by Havoc on Wednesday January 08, 2025 @08:41PM
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>Charge me 50% more than what you are charging now. ( around $6? ) and get rid of the hassle.
The cost is completely notional & arbitrary with these visa waivers. Doubling it doesn't make it faster/better somehow.
>Especially when previously it was 0.
As the article stated...blame the country that kicked off this trend. It's reciprocal to the US ESTA.
10 min is not quick in modern world. Especially when previously it was 0.
May be the whole world government could just make a single Visa application that they all agree on and just let me pay automatically when I buy a plane ticket.
Charge me 50% more than what you are charging now. ( around $6? ) and get rid of the hassle.
Instead they are introducing MORE bureaucracy.