There are two types of people: Visa People and Non-Visa People.
✈ Non-Visa People:
They breeze through borders, flash their passports, and get a cheerful "Welcome!" from immigration. Life is good.
🛂 Visa People
For them, travel is a mission. A high-stakes paperwork heist. A test of patience, finances, and willpower. To even consider stepping into a Non-Visa land, they must gather:
Bank Statements: A six-month saga detailing every coffee, snack, and impulse buy.
Passport Stamps: A scrapbook of every border crossed, complete with dates and officer signatures.
Photo Collection: A visual timeline from baby’s first steps to last week’s selfie.
Sponsorship Proof: A sworn affidavit from a benefactor promising to fund your escapade.
Itinerary: A minute-by-minute plan, including restroom breaks and snack times.
Financial Guarantee: A tidy sum set aside to assure authorities you can handle unexpected mishaps.
Residency Proof: If you're living abroad, proof that your stay is legit and lasting.
Bookings: Confirmed flights and accommodations, because spontaneity is overrated.
Character Assessment: Answers to questions like, "Have you ever committed torture or genocide?" Because, of course, wrongdoers always confess on forms.
Social Media Handles: A list of your online personas, because your tweets and posts are vital to national security.
Farm Visits: A declaration of whether you've visited a farm in the past six weeks. Because nothing raises red flags like a recent encounter with a goat.
Translation Services – If your documents aren’t in the official language, translate everything—at your expense.
And then...
📍 Your passport embarks on a mysterious journey. It disappears into the embassy abyss for at least 3 weeks, with no email replies, and absolutely no way for you to travel anywhere in the meantime.
🎯 If approved, congratulations! You now have a visa for exactly the number of days in your itinerary—no more, no less.
💎 The Luxury Fast-Track (for a price, of course):
1. $600+ for "express" processing (which still isn’t that fast).
2. $130 for a "VIP at-home service" where they collect documents from you instead of making you beg at the visa center.
3. Visa Fees – Because, obviously.
4. Visa Center Fees – Because paying for the visa alone isn’t enough.
5. $130 just to keep your passport with you – Yes, they charge you extra if you want to keep possession of your own passport while they process your application.
After all that? You might still get rejected. Welcome to the Visa People struggle.