• @AngryishHumanoid
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    9810 months ago

    Jokes aside that does make sense. “I’m attending an event back in my home country shortly after this trip, here’s the proof.”

      • @[email protected]
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        1310 months ago

        That is still a fair amount of effort. The goal here is not the get rock solid proof, but to filter sufficient people that deportation costs remain low.

        Just like motivation letters for a job: they show effort and serieusness. Even though it is trivial to let someone else make them (or let an AI write something). They still filter a decent amount of applicants.

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        1010 months ago

        Even if you managed to trick your way into staying longer, then what?

        With limited time access your continued stay is illegal, and you are likely to go to jail and be deported the first time you need to prove your identity for virtually anything, cant, and the authorities get a hold of you. Or had to go to the hospital. Or tried to rent an apartment. Or even tried to make a cash withdrawal from your account.

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          410 months ago

          The point isn’t to stay longer, it’s to provide proof that you will leave to obtain the visa in the first place. Legitimate visa applications are declined all the time, so if this helps your application, why not?

  • Metal Zealot
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    1410 months ago

    Does George bounce back n forth from bluesky n mastodon, or is that just his pr team

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        310 months ago

        Most of his posts are a link to NPR or huffpo and him commenting “what a sad world!” or something along those lines. If he has a team he needs a new one.

  • @[email protected]
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    1210 months ago

    I’m curious of the venn diagram of countries where Taylor Swift performs, and countries which don’t have visa-free travel to schengen