"Hurricane passing through the sugarcane fields": those distant places we want to go-

I remember that my classmate Qian Qian traveled to Cuba a few years ago and posted on a circle of friends that it was difficult to access the Internet there. She must go to a certain square at a certain specified time before she can have an Internet signal. Internet access is not allowed in Cuba outside of designated hours.

I don’t know if the situation has been improved now, but Qianqian said that she will not travel to Cuba for a second time. But there is an American writer who loves Cuba so much that he bought a house here and lived there for 22 years.

He is Hemingway, the author of "The Old Man and the Sea".

The book "Hurricane Passed Through the Cane Fields" mentioned that Hemingway's former residence, Lookout Mountain Villa, was the only overseas property he purchased. The author of this book also believes that Hemingway planned to live here for a long time, because there are more than 9,000 books here, and he created the famous literary work "The Old Man and the Sea" here.

Many people have a dream of traveling around the world, and they also hope to settle down in a place they like and live a comfortable life.

However, if you want to go to another country, the procedure is also very complicated.

If we want to reach the far places we want to go, we have to go through 99.81 difficulties, and visa is the first difficulty.

01 Visa intermediary service

Intermediary services exist all over the world, no matter where you are.

This book mentioned that, like most cities, there are small shops related to visa services near the U.S. Embassy in Cuba.

Cubans who want to apply for a U.S. visa, like people from most countries in the world, need to fill out the visa form online, prepare the information, make an appointment, and go to the U.S. Embassy for an interview. .

The author walked into a small shop, and an enthusiastic Cuban woman received the group of them and patiently answered their questions.

This small shop can help customers take visa photos, fill out US visa forms online, and also provide training on interview service skills, and proudly shows off that her small shop is Can access the Internet.

In a place like Cuba where Internet access is difficult, this is indeed a special advantage of this small store.

But in China, such advantages disappear.

Around the U.S. Embassy in China, there are various small shops that take pictures and fill out visas. There are even individual vendors soliciting customers on the street. The competition is fierce.

Therefore, if you want to be a visa consulting agency in China, you must find out what makes you unique.

Doing things better than others is the key to a breakthrough in your career.

02 U.S. visa application

The book says that after Cubans make an appointment for a U.S. visa interview, they have to go to a street park and wait for their number to be called.

There is a famous Bridge of Sighs in Venice. When prisoners pass by, they will sigh at the end of their lives. The park where Cubans are waiting for interviews is called the Park of Sighs, which shows that the probability of Cubans applying for a U.S. visa being rejected is very high.

In China, when an 80-year-old man applies for a U.S. visa, he or she can often be exempted from an interview. All he has to do is fill out a form and submit simple information. But in Cuba, no matter how old you are, applying for a U.S. visa requires an interview.

The author met two old ladies who had just finished their interviews. An old lady applied for a US visa for the fifth time, but was still rejected. She and her son in the United States have not seen each other for more than ten years; another old lady applied for a US visa for the fourth time, and her The interview time was changed, and her wish to spend the New Year with her children in the United States was dashed.

The last step for a US visa is the interview, but many people are turned away here. This is not a characteristic of Cuba. Many Chinese US visa applicants have also been denied visas.

Cheng Dongqing and Wang Yang, the protagonists in the movie "Partners in China", were refused visas by the US Embassy many times. It can be seen that it is not that easy to get a US visa. .

Ordinary tourists need to have a certain level of assets, solid social relationships, and relatively rich travel experience to easily obtain a visa. For overseas students and workers, the English requirements will be relatively high.

There are many things in life that are not satisfactory, even if it is just a small visa.

However, as long as we have hope and don’t give up, we can always get our own miracle.

03 The evolution of visas in various countries

With the development of network technology, the visa systems of various countries are becoming more and more perfect. .

In the past when the Internet was not yet developed, travelers often needed to prepare a lot of paper documents, go to many places to issue various certificates, and go to the embassy for interviews.

But this complex procedure has been gradually simplified in modern times.

Currently, many countries collect travelers’ information through online systems, eliminating the need for interviews, and even use electronic passports and electronic visas.

This helps travelers save a lot of time and energy, and the better news is that many countries will give travelers multiple-entry visas for many years.

For example, the United States, Canada and Israel will grant ten-year multiple-entry visas to qualified applicants, while Australia and New Zealand will also grant three-year visas to qualified applicants. Or a five-year multiple-entry visa.

Times are progressing, and the visa requirements and conditions of various countries are also changing accordingly.

Perhaps, in the future, the global visa system can be integrated, and people will no longer have to spend time applying for visas when traveling abroad.

Written at the end

Those distant places we long for may no longer be out of reach in the future, maybe each of us Whenever you have the opportunity, go to any place you like.

Those of you who love traveling, have you reached the distant place in your heart?