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She needed the visa (lemy.lol)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 98 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Jokes aside that does make sense. "I'm attending an event back in my home country shortly after this trip, here's the proof."

[+] [email protected] -17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do those tickets have names on them?

Just use AI to generate some tickets.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

That is still a fair amount of effort. The goal here is not the get rock solid proof, but to filter sufficient people that deportation costs remain low.

Just like motivation letters for a job: they show effort and serieusness. Even though it is trivial to let someone else make them (or let an AI write something). They still filter a decent amount of applicants.

[–] GregorGizeh 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Even if you managed to trick your way into staying longer, then what?

With limited time access your continued stay is illegal, and you are likely to go to jail and be deported the first time you need to prove your identity for virtually anything, cant, and the authorities get a hold of you. Or had to go to the hospital. Or tried to rent an apartment. Or even tried to make a cash withdrawal from your account.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You know what is cheaper for these nations than any one of those steps? Denying your visa.

[–] GregorGizeh 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t know, my passport is the most visa free accepted in the world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Drastically different things

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

The point isn’t to stay longer, it’s to provide proof that you will leave to obtain the visa in the first place. Legitimate visa applications are declined all the time, so if this helps your application, why not?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does George bounce back n forth from bluesky n mastodon, or is that just his pr team

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He's a brand isn't he? He's had a team doing his stuff for years, no?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Most of his posts are a link to NPR or huffpo and him commenting "what a sad world!" or something along those lines. If he has a team he needs a new one.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious of the venn diagram of countries where Taylor Swift performs, and countries which don't have visa-free travel to schengen

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I found Philippines, China and Indonesia. Might be more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It shows intent, which is all they really need.