http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/how-to-make-us-love-electronic-travel-authorizations/ The last honest travel site Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.consumertraveler.com/today/how-to-make-us-love-electronic-travel-authorizations/comment-page-1/#comment-36962 Australian Visa Thu, 30 Jun 2011 08:37:00 +0000 http://www.tripso.com/?p=4806#comment-36962 I'm wondering why we don't treat our domestic Electronic Travel Authority, or ETA, like Australia does their visa system. In fact, I kind of wonder why other western countries adopt (at least the idea of) Australia's ETA visa system. An <a href="http://easyeta.com" rel="nofollow">Australian ETA</a> is a simplified application to fill out, online or with a travel agent where you are approved instantly. Both the application process and the approval take a few seconds (minutes, hours, whatever) and you can get your ETA visa the same day you apply. Recently, I went through the fun process of obtaining a Russian visa and it took 2 weeks and over two hundred dollars. On a short note, what Charlie says in this article seems logical. I just think that when comparing apples to apples, Australian ETA systems are some of the easiest to work with in the world. That's my 2 cents. I’m wondering why we don’t treat our domestic Electronic Travel Authority, or ETA, like Australia does their visa system. In fact, I kind of wonder why other western countries adopt (at least the idea of) Australia’s ETA visa system. An Australian ETA is a simplified application to fill out, online or with a travel agent where you are approved instantly. Both the application process and the approval take a few seconds (minutes, hours, whatever) and you can get your ETA visa the same day you apply. Recently, I went through the fun process of obtaining a Russian visa and it took 2 weeks and over two hundred dollars. On a short note, what Charlie says in this article seems logical. I just think that when comparing apples to apples, Australian ETA systems are some of the easiest to work with in the world. That’s my 2 cents.

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