From the category archives:

Getting Legal

Visa Process – Timelines

February 24, 2010

In a prior post, I mentioned how most countries do not require a visa just to visit. But some do. Some examples include Bolivia, India, Russia (& most of the former Soviet Republics), Cambodia, Vietnam. This post will set your expectations about getting a tourist visa for those countries. Filling out Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork Needing [...]

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Visa Process – the Basics

February 10, 2010

Rather than dive into filling out forms, let’s be sure we’re all starting on the same page. Read the below Q&A. Once you know & understand them, you’re ahead of most. What’s a Visa? Not the credit card. Here, we’re talking about permission to visit a country. Consider it like your personal “green light” to [...]

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Visa Process – Intro

February 5, 2010

This is a Big Topic: the visa process. By the way, when expats talk about visas, we ain’t talking credit cards! Whenever I hear the question How do I get a visa?, I cringe. I cringe because I know it’s the most common question to ask and the most difficult one to answer. Some people [...]

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