Making your way to Russia – the Visa hassle

So you decided to go to Russia. Nazdrovjie, Cheers to that ! Even before entering the former Soviet Union, happily thinking about your first sips of wodka, you will need to get a visa. (Unless you are one of those lucky bastards being a citizen …

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The Visa Hassle – China

During the Big Trip, there’s (highly likely) only one country for which I, Mr. Fries, need a visa: the home country of Ms. Rice. In the last 4 years, we’ve been traveling there minimum twice a year, so the Chinese visa application has been sort …

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The Visa Hassle – New Zealand

New Zealand will be the last destination of our big trip, where we will be traveling for almost a month. At least, that’s what we hope to do. Even though Mr. Fries does not need one, unfortunately Ms. Rice does. Our initial Big Trip schedule …

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The Visa Hassle – Update South America

It’s late August, we’re little over 1 month out before we set off on our Big Trip. It’s time to give a short update on our visa struggle. After Ms. Rice successfully received her Peruvian visa in July, things took up some speed in the beginning …

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The Visa hassle – Update Peru

We’ve been talking in one of our first posts about the Visa hassle for South American countries (details here). Mid June, we provided all required documentation electronically to the Peruvian Consulate of Brussels. An interview was planned on July 11th to finalize everything. After waiting for …

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Preparing for a big trip: the Visa hassle (1)

So, you’ve decided to go on a trip. Far, not too far. One country, twelve countries. It does not really make a difference from a visa point of view. Eventually, one should always check for visa requirements. Visa application procedures can be a tedious process, …

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