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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Boffins flock to America because its universities are the best, but the ordeal of getting a visa prompts many to take their ideas elsewhere.

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