> > This guy appears spoiled from not having to fill out too many visa > applications. Good for him, though. > > UK visa application form was 21 pages not too long back; More recently it > is down at about 10 pages for many categories. Ofcourse he can argue about > the 'nuclear engineer skills' required to fill them out :-) >
I've had to get 9 new visas this year. I find that the key difference between those that are onerous and not is the clarity and specificity of the necessary documents and procedures, not the quantum and detail of information required. The only time I've had difficulty was at the Italian visa service in India which invented new requirements at each stage of the process. That said, those Indian embassies I have interacted with do the country no favours at all on perceptions of efficiency or quality of service. Everything from their physical appearance to the demeanour of staff are at best dreary and at worst Kafkaesque. I was amused however by the reciprocal visa fees Argentina imposes only on citizens of the US, Australia and Canada which are explicitly justified as recompense for the excessive visa fees charged by those countries.
