On Tue 26/10/10 12:42 PM , Ramakrishnan Sundaram [email protected] sent:
> On 26 October 2010 14:55, Sriram Karra .com> wrote:
> > This guy appears spoiled from not having to fill
> out too many visa> applications.
>
>
> The guest hadn't bothered getting a visa because as a US citizen,
> every country other than China issued him visas on arrival. And he was
> a well-traveled man. He was upset because I hadn't told him to get a
> visa.
>
> As an Indian, the thought that you could expect to get a visa on
> arrival had never occurred to me.
Very common. Have heard this story many times.
Nowadays airlines check visas of everyone boarding a plane to most countries
because otherwise the government of the country in which the plane lands will
impose a fine for allowing someone to get on the plane without checking their
visa/immigration status for the destination.
