Passports and visas

In my country passport only lasts for 5 years and we need to renew it every 5 years. This is my first passport and I havent travel too much and I prefer travel to neighbor countries who doesnt require visa application and we can get visa on arrival. It is hard to get visa to western countries, but when I have enough fund i have plan to travel to European countries. I heard about Working Holiday visa but I never tried to get it because in my country we are limited 100visas/year. Beside we need to have enough fun in our bank account, to apply working holiday visa we also need to provide IELTS or TOEFL score, and to be honestly my English is not good. But I wish someday before i reach age 30 I can get a working holiday visa, so I can get new experience by working and traveling.

i never had the chance for a holiday trip not i had a passport and visa.I dont know what are the requirements for applying for both.Its nice and good that you had ur trip and ur wishes to visit other places also may be fulfilled.

I am just about to get my second one...I have never had a visa....I guess I have never visited a country that needed one....good for you though that you get to do so much travel!

I am also on my third passports - stamps in my passport are my proudest thing! Lol I have never had a working visa but, would also love to visit Russia and even working in the travel industry, it is still so expensive to get to and of course I would still have that huge expense for the visa!

I think that working holiday visa is only available for the white race and not to the brown race....I just think so.... Now, I am using my 4th pssport and they are all dirty. Sometimes visas is not fair for citizens like us who belong to third world countries as the rules are very strict to us....however, I was never denied of any visa yet whether tourist or working visa. I had no problem getting a US visa on the first attempt which I acquired in Manila as well as my schengen visa. My UK visa was issued in Oman, and did't get any problem as well. My visa to Egypt did not require any physical appearance, I sent the application and passport through the company's PRO, and it was stamped on my passport. Working visas for Qatar, UAE and Oman had never had any problem as well. Visit to Asian countries did not require any visa, we automatically get a 30 day stay...those counties who are member of Asean nations. You mentioned that you have an evidence of visit to Israel. We, expatriates working in the gulf region where we are currently resident can be kicked out from here if we have a stamp of Israel visa. I was told that in case we would like to visit Israel and having the resident visa in any gulf country, the Israel immigration will not stamp anything on our passports so as not to give us any trouble.

I think that all the red tape is necessary, but a very irrataing evil for those who want and can travel. It's nice to know they are still so stringent about it, alothough for you it probrobly a headache! Good luck and God Bless

Hi maxi, I have now my fourth passport. In my country an adult passport lasts for 5 years and it is renewable for another 5 years. I want a visa free world. If travelers can visit from one country to other country without any restriction it will be wonderful.

How i wish to have my visa to anywhere in the world i like to travel especially the place that i want to visit like italy and US. I love also to go to a place where i love to be with the most i love person was, and that is my ultimate goal but i know it will not happen. Passport always hard to get in any countries we belong.

I am on my second passport. Our passport expires every five years and I don't have any working holiday visa. Most Asian countries require visas going to other countries particularly US, Australia, Canada, European countries and other Asian countries. I only acquire visa when I went to Bahrain for a vacation and then when I left my country to be with my hubby in India. I haven't been to European countries yet but for sure it will acquire us visas since were Asian and it is not that easy to acquire. But all you needed is money of course to get the job done with any agency that will fix that visa application. Good for you, you're a traveler and you have the money to spend for such wonderful vacations.

I have only ever had one passport which expired well before I filled it up. I need to get another one though because we are planning on either taking a South Pacific cruise this year or going to the USA for a business trip/family holiday next March. I have had a work visa for the USA in the past in 97/98 so it will be good to visit some friends and the place that I lived when I was there last time. I got a travel visa for China in 1998 when I was in London. It was not hard to get at all from memory. It did take a couple of weeks, so we had to organise it when we first arrived in London and then pick it up at the end of our visit just before we flew out to Beijing, but it was pretty straight forward.

I did not had a working holiday visa upto now. But, i will get soon one. I had only one passport upto now. I feel that they are a kind of stress because of their strict rules. Some times people did not get visas at the right time. So, i think this procedure must be changed.

i'm blessed to have a US Passport.

Now i`m preparing for going abroad for learning after graduating from university.Some countries like american,you need spend a lot of time to waiting for the visa.But for the countries like netherlands there needs little time.so admired that you have gone to so many countries.