Originally Posted by
Beany
Made me embarrassed to be British
Don't be embarassed, most countries are as bad, if not worse. The only exceptions are countries where visas are a tourist tax rather than an attempt to keep out Evul Duers and general riff-raff.
The moral of the tale is that where visas are concerned you plan well ahead and should be something that you should be looking into when the tickets are bought, not as something you eventually get around to - as these two cases show leaving it till the last minute is not a good idea