• Chainweasel
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    11 months ago

    $8, don’t break the bank on this one folks.

    • @EyesEyesBaby
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      6511 months ago

      The visa, which will cost about $8, is similar to the one that European tourists are required to get when traveling to the U.S., which costs $21.

      That’s quite the difference.

      • Makr Alland
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        5911 months ago

        It’s the same, but in the US you have to add the sales tax ($2) and then tip at least 110%. That brings the total to $21.

      • @15liam20
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        1111 months ago

        Is that $21 or $21 plus some random tax when you get to the till because fuck you?

      • Chainweasel
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        611 months ago

        Not the price of the visa, but the visa itself is similar to the ones that Europeans have had to get for a long time.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 months ago

      Presumably the devil is in the hassle entailed in acquiring it, rather than the monetary price. ie a cost of time and effort rather than money

      Edit: also the entailed risk of not being approved, lack of transparency for any denials, etc

      • @[email protected]
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        511 months ago

        The risk of not being approved isn’t changing. The difference is that you can now find out before you buy a plane ticket and arrive in the EU.

        • @[email protected]
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          111 months ago

          Really? Looks like it’s just another approval hoop on top of the preexisting:

          Arrival at border

          Holding a valid ETIAS authorization does not mean you are guaranteed entry to a country. You will still have to meet the entry conditions of the border police. If you do not meet those requirements, you will be refused entry.

          • @[email protected]
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            111 months ago

            I mean, it’s possible you could be put on a terror list after getting your EITAS or you could murder someone on the way to the airport, so there’s never a guarantee that you’ll be allowed entry.