Visa is a frustration for most travellers from parts of the world where if you belong to countries whose passports don't allow free-er travel than others. I've been prepping for some new visas recently for some upcoming travel and the paperwork and visa fees itself can afford me some plane tickets to travel abroad.
I still haven't decided I want to go through all the paperwork but for now I'm in the process of applying for a couple of visas which are due for renewal if I want to travel to these countries.
If you are from India and want to travel to certain countries you will incur a lot of in visa fees.
USA visa fees is in the range of $160
Schengen visa fees are around $100
UK visa cost varies from $116 to $1000 depending on the validity required.
These are some examples basically. But these are some of the most visited regions from India. US,UK, and EU offers a lot in terms of travel opportunities and people love visiting these places for tourism. Ofcourse you get no refunds for any reasons once you pay the fee.
South East Asian countries also impose visa fees but they are generally on the more affordable side. I've never been to the African or South American continent yet so I'm unsure of the visa costs for major countries in this region.
But I reckon it would be cheaper than some of the more developed western nations.
I love doing a trip to EU once a year because it's so vast and there's so much to explore and mostly due to the fact that I have already explored a major portions of my own country so there's a lot more I can experience from traveling abroad now.
Tomorrow I have to fly to the other side of my country for visa formalities which is now spread over 2 days for a country-USA I plan on revisiting after nearly 7 years. Funnily the cost of the whole procedure of getting this over with works out to nearly half the cost of the flight ticket itself if you account for all the expenses.
Anyways, cross-border travel 100 years ago was probably simpler in terms of paperwork but with our ever growing population I suppose it's going to get more restrictive to travel around the world, even though the travel bit itself is easier, quicker and safer today.
Which are the places that you'd like to visit and have been put off because of the ridiculous visa fees and paperwork? Let me know in the comments below.
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