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This information is directed at United
States Citizens. A Visa is a permission
slip to enter a particular country. For US
Citizens, many countries are “visa
waivered” and some countries require an
entry visa. Visas can range from the easy
Australian ETA that costs $20 and is done
online to the Chinese or Russian visa
applications that run multiple pages with
detailed questions. The USA charges
some of the highest entry visa rates in the
world so some countries charge us more
than citizens of other countries. Visa
rules do occasionally change based on
world conditions and sometimes based on
your mode of entry air versus cruise ship,
etc.
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VISA NOTIFICATIONS
First you have to have a passport book
from the US Government that has at least
a few empty pages. Most governments
require you to have six months validity on
the date that your trip ends so renew your
passport early. You apply for your visa
from a foreign government embassy and
usually send your passport so they can
actually glue your visa into your passport
for entry into their country. Most of the
time, you have to apply either six or three
months prior to travel. When you get to
the border, the first thing the customs
person will do is examine your passport
for a visa.
Some world cruises or other complicated
travel itineraries might require multiple
visas from different countries. The visa
work for a trip can be quite complicated
and sometimes expensive. Any type of
trip that might require a visa is a
candidate for travel agent assistance. We
will always advise you if a visa is
required. The visa work has to be right as
you can be denied boarding and lose your
prepayments if you don’t have the
required visas. We can also help with the
process if you need assistance (fees
apply).
Visa services exist that can help process
a visa and even expedite the process for
a fee. They are usually located near
embassy’s in DC so they send people to
the embassy to actually “walk” the visa
through the process. Depending on the
product or country, we sometimes use the
preferred company as most of the fees
are the same on top of consulate fees.
You can check out the free link to Visa
HQ to see if you need a visa.
If you are in the Tampa Bay area and you
are thinking about travel that requires a
visa, call our travel agency as we can
help with the process and have done it
before.
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