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Old Jun 7, 2010 | 1:43 pm
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Originally Posted by abcx
I mean who will want to illegally migrate to/from these places anyway? And besides, these countries have VOA/Visa Waiver deals with many other less developed countries than India.

As in Indian citizen, I'd rather not have VOA for foreigners unless it's reciprocal, despite the increase in tourist revenue (probably marginal anyway).
Unfortunately, South Asians tend to illegally migrate to many places well educated folks from these regions wont..I have seen many many illegal South asians in Greece/Italy/France and they all end up doing very low end work, but when asked, they all told tht its still better than wht they had in their village somewhere in SA .. most of them want to go back home or wish to get valid visas so tht they can get higher paid jobs.. and just because of the sheer population of this region, other countries are not willing to hv VOA as even if a miniscule % goes there and disappears, its a big problem for them...

I agree completely tht VOA is there for many countries with very less economic clout or economic growth than India, but as I said the difference is the population and the huge difference between the have's and the have nots..
Always been interested to know how countries decide on the VOA or visa waiver scheme..
For eg.. Germany does not require a visa for citizens of Chile, El Salvador, Barbados, Mauritius, Panama, Paraguay and Andorra and I guess all these are much lower risk category than Indians
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