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Canada/Australia, yes, but the US, how? I don't think it accepts immigrants from overseas unless you already have family there, which will still takes as long as 10-20 years.
But it is beyond the discussion here. We are talking about tourist visa. You are complaining why you need a visa and why it is so expensive.
The US has a yearly diversity immigrant visa lottery - the biggest in the world - which people from any country in the world can apply for (apart from a few ones that are excluded on the basis that numerically they have sent too many immigrants to the US - eg China, UK, Mexico).
I don't know of any other country that even does this - let alone on the scale the US does.
Then there's H1-Bs, etc and an bunch of other visas which can often be parlayed into greencards. If you are even born there when on vacation there - you become a US citizen.
Anyway - visas between countries depend on what treaties the governments have agreed to. Hence British, German, and US passports have a lot of value in that they allow freedom of travel to many more countries than other passports..... Because their governments worked to secure those privileges by agreement.
It seems like Islam is going through some serious issues, I doubt if India would want to be reunited with Bangladesh, would they?
I get the impression that they (non-Muslim Indians) really prefer 'them' going 'over there'...
Islam has been a problem like communism and dominionism since the battle of Nahāvand. The oil money funding salafism and wahhabism does not help either. The point of partition was for the bedoiun followers to leave because they do not respect the separation of religion and state the free exchange of ideas.
The main barrier in way of reunification is purely ideological. You would need to reconvert the Bedouin followers to hinduism, buddhism, jainism, sikhism, or godlessness through social engineering or some kind of mass scientific enlightenment. Oil money would have to run out as well.
The only other way would be to kill them all but that would break some of international law. Look at the problem the kurds of are having with the ISIS soldiers surrendering. They can't give them to the shia militias or the russians/syrians, they can't keep them in jail, and they don't really want to commit a war crime.
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It doesn't matter where this discussion goes, you are going to keep repeating the same thing no matter how unrelated the subsequent post is. We got it, thanks.
butthurt is a frequent theme of a Botticelli post. He's like a mini trump.
The oil money funding salafism and wahhabism does not help either. The point of partition was for the bedoiun followers to leave because they do not respect the separation of religion and state the free exchange of ideas.
The main barrier in way of reunification is purely ideological. You would need to reconvert the Bedouin followers to hinduism, buddhism, jainism, sikhism, or godlessness through social engineering or some kind of mass scientific enlightenment. Oil money would have to run out as well.
yep, it kind of makes a lot more sense to visit KOLKATA right next door, than DHAKA. I don't see Bangladesh going down any other path except the one it is on, for the time being.
again, they charge $150 because the US government charges them the same amount. How come you can't comprehend this? If the US lower the visa fee to $20, they will do so as well.
You can't honestly expect them to charge $20 while your government charges $150, just because there is more to see in the US? International relations are not like that.
The reason why there are so many restrictions in place to getting a visa to a western country, especially for those coming from ourtside that sphere, is because of the potential to immigrate. Many people use tourist visas as a platform to get into the country and then overstay.
How many people are going to move to a developing country like Bangladesh? Even if they wanted to do so, the country offers very little in the way of a path to citizenship.
That’s why the reciprocal policy makes little sense. Even Israeli’s cannot go to the US without a visa, but Americans can easily go to Israel.
The reason why there are so many restrictions in place to getting a visa to a western country, especially for those coming from ourtside that sphere, is because of the potential to immigrate. Many people use tourist visas as a platform to get into the country and then overstay.
How many people are going to move to a developing country like Bangladesh? Even if they wanted to do so, the country offers very little in the way of a path to citizenship.
That’s why the reciprocal policy makes little sense. Even Israeli’s cannot go to the US without a visa, but Americans can easily go to Israel.
Doesn't matter, some countries have dignities. They reciprocate what you offer. As a westerner you might want preferential treatment just because "my country is wealthier" but most countries are not dumb enough to give you that, no matter whether you want to stay illegally or not. If the US wants a visa, then countries like China, India, Brazil and Russia will expect a visa from Americans for the same fee. Whether you want to overstay is irrelevant. If you think it is too expensive and too much work, then don't go, they don't mind.
when you say reciprocal policy makes little sense, you are saying "my country can treat people from other countries as thieves, but they can't treat me like one because I am from a rich country". That makes little sense.
The US has a yearly diversity immigrant visa lottery - the biggest in the world - which people from any country in the world can apply for (apart from a few ones that are excluded on the basis that numerically they have sent too many immigrants to the US - eg China, UK, Mexico). I don't know of any other country that even does this - let alone on the scale the US does.
Then there's H1-Bs, etc and an bunch of other visas which can often be parlayed into greencards. If you are even born there when on vacation there - you become a US citizen.
Anyway - visas between countries depend on what treaties the governments have agreed to. Hence British, German, and US passports have a lot of value in that they allow freedom of travel to many more countries than other passports..... Because their governments worked to secure those privileges by agreement.
Green card lottery is stupid. No immigration policy should be based on nothing but pure luck. Trump will get rid of it and I think that's the right thing to do.
The majority of H1bs are those who studied in the US and are already in the US. Very few can actually apply from abroad.
Jus Soli citizenship is also stupid. I know many Chinese women go to the US deliberately to have babies. Don't blame them, blame the stupid policy that encourages this kind of behavior. At least it should require either parents to be a US resident, not just a tourist.
Doesn't matter, some countries have dignities. They reciprocate what you offer. As a westerner you might want preferential treatment just because "my country is wealthier" but most countries are not dumb enough to give you that, no matter whether you want to stay illegally or not. If the US wants a visa, then countries like China, India, Brazil and Russia will expect a visa from Americans for the same fee. Whether you want to overstay is irrelevant. If you think it is too expensive and too much work, then don't go, they don't mind.
when you say reciprocal policy makes little sense, you are saying "my country can treat people from other countries as thieves, but they can't treat me like one because I am from a rich country". That makes little sense.
I don't know if I have agreed with botticelli in the past (probably not) but what he states in this thread is logical and makes sense. Countries like US and Canada and developed Europe don't want people to overstay and screen everyone using the visa system and charge a hefty amount.
The countries affected by it have three options
1. Give visa free entry and count on the tourist dollars to make up for it ( say Chile).
2. Have a reduced fee visa - get something in return but try and make up more in terms of more tourists.
3. Don't care about tourists and their impact on the economy. Charge the same amount as the other country charges. This is where the disagreement is. Botticelli feels that these countries care more about their respect, dollars be dammed and Tiger Beer feels that they need to charge much less for what they offer and get any tourist money they can.
I think India charges the same amount but has made the process easier by using e-visa system. Probably best of both worlds. Since USA cannot afford to try out e-visa with Indians they have the standard face to face interview and screening.
But the example cited Bangladesh vis-a-vis US is not accurate because US doesn't target at Bangladesh in specific but visitor from every country except the 30 plus visa waiver countries.
In that part of the world, only five countries are granted visa waiver access to US: Japan, South Korea, Brunei, Singapore and Taiwan.
One of the criteria to gain visa waiver access to US is the visa rejection rate must be under 3%. There are some other places which visa rejection rate is close to 3% but still has not got visa waiver status. The reason is obvious: Those countries are not solid US allies like the above 5 countries are.
Anyway, many eligible applicants now can obtain 10-year multiple-entry visitor visa to US at $160 (most likely not from Bangladesh). So actually it is not that expensive if you are a frequent traveler to US.
In many parts of the world, usually the less developed one, the governments require you to obtain an invitation letter from local business or institution as a prerequisite to obtain a tourist visa.
So usually you have to pay an extra fee to some travel agents to arrange such letter. I guess that is another way of generating revenue.
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