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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We love to overcharge on everything.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hospitals have entered the chat

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And I'm leaving the chat. I don't have health insurance and the name "hospital" scares me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dayum, right??!! I have health insurance and work in ahl hospital and being hospitalized would destroy me financially.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the saddest fucking thing in the world. Why? Why does our government hate us this much? And we are we just a bunch of fucking pussies that we accept their beating all the time?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's a ridiculously sad reality that life saving and life preserving healthcare here is a "luxury" that can crush people's future security.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think a lot things are actually cheaper here than in many European countries. Including paychecks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year 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] 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. Better cancel all my plans. $21 is just way too much.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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] 1 points 1 year 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.