India is renowned for its bureaucracy, but I found getting a visa for that nation to be far easier.

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In addition, the official said there was "no derogatory information that would have prevented him from getting a visa" back in June 2008.

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For many of the students, enthusiasm for studying in the land of the free is tempered by fears about the difficulty of getting a visa.

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He was a student in London at the time, and there was "no derogatory information that would have prevented him from getting a visa, " the official said.

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In order to receive an accreditation card, competitors faced checks that were "almost identical to those we would carry out for someone who is getting a visa", he declared.

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Countries such as France and Germany are far more successful at attracting Chinese visitors, and the UK could do better if getting a visa was easier, Mr Hunt has suggested.

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Your first big challenge will be getting a visa.

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Cutting the cost of getting connected would open the door for mobile payments and make Myanmar a more attractive market for Visa.

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