FluidIce yeah it was so funny to watch him bitch about getting a visa from these countries... I’m from freaking Brazil and to get a visa to the US is such a loooong process
@@Riyoshi000 One needs to prove that they have strong ties to home country which is practically impossible to do for those from poor countries even if they are relatively well off in their country. The video should have been titled "hardest visas to get for US citizens".
@@bodyloverz30 He went to UWC, which is a school where people from all over the world study together. That makes it easy to make friends from everywhere.
The more countries you visit the more countries will grant visas (generally) because you have proven you have the money to travel and you prove you will leave wherever you go.
@@SalLavallo193 that is definitely why, I am familiar with corruption and this is exactly what happens in my country if you don't bribe em. They will still do it, but they will put in the absolute bare minimum of effort and take their sweet time too, just enough so you can't say "they refused cause i didn't bribe them"
I work at a Travel Agency in Australia and if there is one Visa that I get *pure* anxiety over it's Liberia. Here in Western Australia there is a big Liberian population and they have some of the most strict and time-crunched Visa's in the world if you aren't American. For example, you must present a bank statement that is valid in two weeks.. But it takes one and a half weeks for the visa application to arrive. So if you send it out on a Friday and it gets stuck by weekend shipping shutdowns then guess what? You have to apply all over again. Oh and by the way: The cost is AUD660 (about USD470) and that *doesn't include the required express shipping.*
what a nightmare!! I got my Liberian visa in Sierra Leone and I remember having to pay a big fee to have it "rushed" because they said the normal processing time is like 3 weeks!
I'm from Ghana and wants to come to Australia to work , a diamond driller by profession and was wondering if u could help me secure an Australian visa ...thank you
Australian visa from Africans isn't a joke. Liberians have travel to Ghana Before they can apply for Australian visa. For Germans Liberian visas are easy. 3 days maxs
My Russian visa still to this day was the most expensive and most stressful visa I applied for, almost $800 AUD meanwhile my Russian boyfriend paid nothing and used his russian passport 😂
@@jaytee6228 Dream On!!! Getting a work visa for Australia is super impossible. There is a 457 visa, but i am not sure you are eligible. Write to employers in Australia. Only they can get you in
TH-cam is full of those North Korea travel blogs. Maybe that tells something.. North Korea has 14000 tourists every year. Turkmenistan has only 7000 for example
Since the travel ban, North Korea has stopped issuing visas to Americans. So to travel there now as an American you would need to have dual citizenship with a country that can get a North Korean visa, or have special status such as a diplomat. But prior to the ban and for citizens of most other countries it is very easy to get a North Korean visa. You have to go through a tour company authorized by the North Korean government and they arrange (purchase) your visa for you.
Get a Chinese visa (or even without a visa -- book a flight to HK with layover in China, you will get automatically a 72hr to 168hr transit visa), and enter NK via Dandong port. You don't need a visa, you just need a stamp on your passport, and you are all set. You have to come and go with a group, but besides that, you are all good. Despite being a group tour, they will give you plenty of chance to free roam, so basically it's a group in, group out, but free travel in between type of visit.
The great algorithm giveth, and the great algorithm taketh away. Praise be to the great algorithm. Yay though we may not understand the great algorithm's choices, the great algorithm knows best, and giveth to us the joy of really weird entertainment.
@@MrLuxaflex15 Possibly, but I get the impression that some government employees just like to reduce their workload by discouraging people from bothering them (a lot of countries don't pay government employees well, so a lot of them probably have other jobs and this don't show up to their job often, if they can get away with it, and distant embassies and consulates it's surprisingly easy to get away with still getting a paycheck even though they're rarely on the job). The more difficult it is to get a visa, the less likely they have to bother giving one out. Sometimes it just seems that some offices are ridiculously understaffed under the premise that few people will want to visit the country anyway; that difficulty becomes somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy as people realizing how difficult it is just give up trying to get in. Bribing is expensive and may get you arrested and/or denied a visa if you try, and he managed to get into every country without bribing anyone; it's possible to get almost anywhere without a bribe if you're patient and persistent enough.
I came to see this video cuz i KNEW libya would be there, im Libyan and I can assure u those government employees really dont come to work for weeks they just some if they get bored.
Great video that brought back many memories. As an American, I've been to a little over 123 countries. That was before the Iron curtain fell, Passport restricted countries existed, and a few wars were still being waged which prevented me from visiting. Now, those countries are possible to visit but my traveling days are over. The hardest visa for me to get was Saudi Arabia. I'm glad to know there are a few who have the same desire to travel and meet different people and their different cultures.
@@Sam-ne1qs I see the humor in this. Good one. I abhor not being accurate with anything I say, so, I got as close to the number that I can remember. My passports with extended foldout pages are up in my room buried under many boxes of stuff, so, I'm not able to get to them with the actual total number of countries I've been to.
I'm from the UK and have a British passport, and although it's not the strongest out there, it allows me visa free access to most of the worlds countries. I think only around 30 countries I would actually need a visa for. Anyone with a passport from Western Europe, Anglo-America, Australia and just a handful of Asian countries really is lucky and privileged to have what they have.
Hey Sal, I'm following your mission and I've now visited half of the countries in the world. My least favourite aspect of travel? Damn visas! Thank you for a great video.
I am Saudi and I have a Saudi passport, when we were going to Europe it Took about 2 months to get the Schengen visa, and when we went to America it took about the same time, I had no idea other people can get visas within a few days
well it always depends on the country you want to go to. the USA and Europe are typically the most difficult for people who do not have a passport from either
you dont know how I struggle , I have a Somali passport , I should apply almost every country , I have visa free for 35 countries and visa on arrival for 15 countries and 5 E-visas , but most of them aint that famous , except like singapore , Maleysia , Turkey , Ruwanda , Maldives, Dubai and Sychelles. I was going to Romania , can u imagine what happened.
For non-Americans, I think it's safe to presume that the US visa is the most difficult to get. I'm from Brazil, and it was an *odyssey* for me to get a 2 weeks visa to visit a couple friends in New York. It took what, almost a month. By the time I was with the visa in hand, it was already in the middle of my vacation, so I was running out of time.
Hey Sal. When I traveled to Libya we left South Africa without a visa, but we had a letter in Arabic (I don’t speak or read Arabic). We got stopped at Johannesburg and Cairo airports at customs. When asked where my visa was I showed the official the letter. They read it and waved me through. I arrived in Tripoli and was met by my host. I handed my passport and letter to him and I had my visa in 5 minutes. It turned out the letter was an official invite by the minister of foreign affairs as his guest for business. Most amazing trip I have ever had and I stayed an additional 2 weeks on extended business.
I find that as a Ugandan athlete, it's quite easy to get a visa to most European countries and visa free access to all carribean countries , many Asian countries and South American countries. The only obstacle are the crazy airline ticket prices. It's important to note that the job you have and your skills will play a big role in your visa approval process, no matter what your purpose of travel is. Your financial background will most definitely be critical too.
I am a South African and with our passport it is near impossible to travel anywhere without visa applications for the country you are going to and it is very difficult and the amount of paperwork required it immense.
I really love the content and your guidelines have helpeped most of my friends who are travellers and I myself. Thanks bro for the time invested and dime spent
An important fact to know about visas is that the stamp, sticker or electronic register on your passport is not a guarentee that you will be allowed into the country or territory. The ultimate immigration control is at the port of entry - airport, seaport or border post. The visa merely shows the immigration officers the "purpose of travel" and it is up to them to decide to let you in or not.
It's amazing that you have been to so many places. I love to travel (countries 57 and 58 coming up in a little over a week), but have only gotten one visa - China - so far excluding a short term allowance by Russia. You obviously didn't allow visa difficulties to stop you but I have to wonder, how much more understanding and accepting of other cultures might people become if they could more easily visit and meet people from these restricted countries?
Hardest is the Middle East. Was a contractor, had to have multiple passports, remember political issues with countries, and such. Because a stamp from one country might bar you from the one you’re trying to get in.
When you say you've been to every country, you mean like, every single country, including countries like .. China, Russia, Haiti, Brunei etc? Literally all of them?
@@SalLavallo193 im not sure... Im gonna list a few countries that the mk ultra youtuber named "share his vision" has spoken of in his travel days, but i will make my own comment and list the countries, cause im sure you havent been to these that i will list. I will make my own comment now.
I was waiting to ask about North Korea... but someone be me to it. And, dont you have problems with visiting one country that disapproves of your previous visits to countries they disapprove of? Example, I was under the impression that some GCCs do not let you in if you have had a Visa from Israel, countries like Qatar.
I am a proud Morocan Citizen visited 29 nations so far and im loving it!
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His list: India, Pakistan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Nauru, Sierra Leone, Turkmenistan, Libya. Some of these countries are still troublesome so kind of makes sense
American passport doesn't mean it's easy to get a visa to any country. It makes it easier to get visas to some countries, however it might be much harder to get visas to some other countries precisely because you are an American (e.g. North Korea or Syria).
I hold the Yemeni passport and it is almost impossible for me to travel to any place without a visa - plus a bank statement that tells that I am "supposedly" to be filthy rich!!
Try to enter as a non eastern slav to Belarus through the land border; it's IMPOSSIBLE! Exept you enter through the Minsk airport; there you get as EU-citizen Visa on demand.
Back when I went to Nauru (1998) Americans at least didn't have to pre-arrange a visa and they would just give you one upon arrival, as long as you could prove you had means to leave (a return airline ticket was proof enough). Requirements must have become a bit more stringent since then.
I'm British so I don't apply for visas, they just automatically get awarded to me because everyone in Britain is super good friends with the queen. God save the tourism and all that malarkey....
@@SalLavallo193 Being British doesn't require a passport for travel. Just a significant amount of tea leaves and cheese.😏 Seriously though I never knew that, the last time I traveled was 4-5 years ago and back then our passport was the most powerful in the world. Or it might have been the second most powerful, I know Germany was up there somewhere too. 🙃
Your story is truly amazing and shows the persistence of you as a person. I was shocked because I erroneously thought that some countries like North Korea would be totally off limits to Americans.
Technically on a tour of the DMZ I walked about 6 feet into North Korea, so I can claim to have been there. It's very difficult to get a visa to go there, especially for Americans and South Koreans.
@but why I doubt he was a personal guest of the leader of that country or anything. It's possible to support the people of the country without directly supporting their government, you do realize. Or maybe you don't.
@@SalLavallo193 I thought that as a US citizen you are totally prohibited by your own government to go to North Korea. That isn't just a matter of visas, or how difficult or easy it is to get one etc. like with the other countries, for North Korea, it's a matter of being officially prohibited/banned by your government to go there, and I suppose you could maybe face prosecution for going there, unless you have another passport aside from the US one, and with that other pasaport you obtained entry to North Korea, that's a diffrent story, but going into North Korea with a US passport is a huge no no, that's a no brainer to any US citizen, and you having done that wasn't no longer an adventourous thing, but rather asking for trouble. Consider yourself extremely lucky if nothing happened to you there.
Came here to see Libya on the list and I wasnt disappointed, its just the way things go, employees never bother to show at work and when they they do like 5% of what they are supposed to do, so really not surprised you were delayed that long, things take months in here to get done where it would take you a day max anywhere else on this planet
I think we all understand when citizens from poor countries apply for a visa to America and It gets refused because that person might not leave America after he's entered the country but what I don't understand Is when a American citizen applies to go to a poor country why do they make It hard for him because definitely he will leave the country.
Nagi speed Shallow minded fool. If you deny people from your so called poor countries, you think they can allow you to enter their country just because their is underdeveloped? You are so stupid, shallow minded fellow. You think we don't know that there are paupers, homeless people in America? Americans are not all rich. Millions of them live in wooden shacks, slumps, dilapidated houses,poor, very poor Americans. Millions of Americans earn little salaries and they live in wooden shack houses, they drive scraped old cars. Shame. Not all of us are willing to reside in the US. Don't fool yourself.
What about Iranian Visa? Iran is one of the few countries where having an American passport is disadvantageous compared to other passports. Although it depends on when you visited as the complications are for the last 3 4 years.
I have realized that having dual citizenship helps a lot if you are a world traveler. I have American citizenship and St Lucian citizenship . Entering certain African countries with my American passport I needed to pay $100.00 US 🇺🇸 for visa on arrival. Then l realized that using my St Lucian passport is Visa free entry. So when traveling l have the option to use which ever passport is most beneficial. So if you have that option of dual citizenship use it to your advantage.
Just has to apply for a visa to China. When I presented my documents to the lady at the consulate she looked at them for about 15 seconds and said no good and handed me a paper written completely in Chinese. I was was fairly worried because I drove 6 hours to get to the consulate but all I did was get back in line with a different lady who approved my documents and told me to pick up my visa in a week. Strange.
The US is kinda screwing with travel to Iran for everybody else. If you visit Iran you get excluded from the US visa waiver program. Sucks for me because I travel to the US a lot for work and have family in Iran (and with my Irish passport I get a 90-day visa on arrival). Sucks even worse because the americans made it retro-active, if you'd travelled to Iran after March 1, 2011 you also got excluded (they changed the rules in 2016). North Korean Visa is pretty easy... because in almost all situations you need to be going through a tour company. Generally you just show up one or two days early in beijing, hand over your passport to the tour company or the embassy and you get a yes or no pretty quick. Again being a citizen of a neutral country like Ireland, Sweden or Switzerland is an advantage and only a few tour companies are authorised to take UK or US citizens.
The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi only granted 3 'X' visas? That's weird. X visas tend to given to foreign spouses of Indian citizens and I think even foreign dependents of foreigners employed/studying in India as no other category fits them.
For me, as a Jordanian passport holder, the most difficult visa to get was the UK Visa. these guys are so strict, they think everyone is going to go to the UK and never come back. It amazes me. I got refused 3 times, and on the 4th time i got accepted WITH THE SAME EXACT PAPERS. They're so moody, extremely moody, and they just want to rip you off of money before they let you go. I literally spent about US$800 just for visa fees before I got accepted. I hated it, but once i got there, it was an amazing country.
@@jessjohnston5673 Yeah, immigration officers in the UK are crazy. They honestly make your trip not worth the headache at all, so you just give up. Glad I didn't give up though, but it did cost me an arm and a leg...
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Apply for your visas BEFORE you leave your home country. For US passport holders applying in the US, a lot of consulates are jurisdictional and make their own rules of what they require/ varying processing time. Some consulates (like India) do not allow you to go to the actual consulates and have 3rd party processing companies so be careful of that. India uses CKGS, Russia and UK use VFS. India’s e visa is now valid for 1 year multiple entry and is only 100.00. You can do it online for business, tourist, medical etc.... If you want to apply for a traditional visa (sticker in your passport for 5 or 10 year) you have to go through CKGS. It’s 10x harder to get a visa outside of the country you are a National from. And you will most likely get a very limited validity. (UK passport holders applying for a China business visa at a US consulate only get 2 entries for 6months. If they applied in the UK they would get 10 years etc...) For passport holders trying to get UK visas in the US: pay for VFS gold package processing so you can get your biometrics done whenever you want and it’s faster processing. It’s A LOT of money but you’ll get it in 3 days. And you are rarely denied. Schengen Visas: You have to apply to the country you’ll be staying the longest in. It helps if that country is also the country you’ll be visiting first. Check out appointments for these consulates by going to their site because they go fast especially in the first half of the year.
So actually for tourism purposes there are two types of visa regimes - one is as you said, easier in your home country, but actually for the majority of the countries, it's easier to apply in a neighboring country as they're more used to processing the requests and can do it more quickly. So for example - in this video I talk about getting the South Sudanese visa in Nairobi where there is a much clearer process than at the embassy in the US.
Wow! Lots of perseverance on your part! Many embassy/consulate officials make matters very difficult for reasons unknown. I absolutely dislike some countries embassy/consulate staff. This after I deal with them politely and with respect. Frustrating to say the least.
you better meant it as a joke , cause India provides almost all software services and engineers in world CEO of Microsoft , Google , Master Card And Other Big brands Are Indian They dominate in software , While Chinese dominates hardware
I did every country by 1990 when I was young in the French Foreign legion, then after the wall came down and Russia crashed, I had to go back and visit all the new ones, this was before you tube, worked in 41 countries and lived in 14, currently in China, India in June, good luck with your travels, its a great world to see, I still prefer antarctica and easter island over anything else.
It must've been a totally different experience then! :D :D I love returning to places years after my first and seeing all the changes :D :D Always wonder where the next new country will be
I thought I would try to be helpful but I got lazy. 0:31 India 1:17 Pakistan 2:30 South Sudan 4:52 Eritrea 5:40 Nauru So here are the time stamps for the first five minutes
As a brazilian, we kinda have an "in between" passport. Not as strong as an american, not as "weak" as a 3rd world country. To visit countries in the EU, no visas are needed. Same for neighbouring countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. But sometimes, things get difficult. The hardest visas were the canadian, chinese and ESPECIALLY the japanese. All of them asked for a huge number of documents and paperwork. It sucks not having a strong passport...
Depends. I am from Brazil, and Brazilans don't need visa to Russia, Iran, Venezuela, which are very hard to Americans (as Drew Binsky said once). But normally it's like that, and it seems countries with weaker passports them the Brazilian. With Europe, hopefully I could see 20 countries without any visa (but in UK they ask many questions in immigration).
@@joaopedropeixoto8558 the Japanese visa for Brazilans is not hard, but extremely burocratic and boring (full of rules, such as the place of applying needs to be the embassy of residence and a lot of paperwork). Curiously, Argentines, Uruguayans, Chileneans don't need it. On the other way around, there are many Brazilans crazy about Japanese culture. Maybe they suspect people will overstay, as there's such big Brazilian community there. All the countries that he mentioned are extremely hard visas for Brazilans, more than the Japanese and Chinese.
I have only been to one country on your list, but India was definitely the most complicated form I have ever had to complete to get into a country even though it was just a two week tourist visit.
_This dude be collecting Visas like pokémon cards_
hahaha exactly!
lol
Collect them all!
💕😁
I barely need a visa anywhere :( so my passport just has stamps
You have to re-visit all of them to unlock the secret ending
gotta visit again on free play mode to unlock all minikits
Re-Visat
Yusuf Kızılkaya reference?
omgsh I can't wait!!
you mean dying?
We found him,
It's *Mr Worldwide*
you got me ;)
Ahmad Alashwal 😅
@BLACK BOTO hes cuban bro...
this has 666 likes
BLACK BOTO r/woooosh
The US visa is next to impossible to get for citizens of poor countries.
FluidIce yeah it was so funny to watch him bitch about getting a visa from these countries... I’m from freaking Brazil and to get a visa to the US is such a loooong process
The good thing is that, in response, Brazil decided to levy a visa requirement on the US.
@@Riyoshi000 One needs to prove that they have strong ties to home country which is practically impossible to do for those from poor countries even if they are relatively well off in their country. The video should have been titled "hardest visas to get for US citizens".
Mellivora Capensis
Shut up Trump.
Travel absolutely favors the few above the many - here's my video about travel as a privilege: th-cam.com/video/frEWFQwjbNM/w-d-xo.html
he literally has friends from every country
yea almost! Am posting a video about that soon actually!
@@SalLavallo193 boyfriends?
@@bodyloverz30 He went to UWC, which is a school where people from all over the world study together. That makes it easy to make friends from everywhere.
I'd only be his friend if he says VISA properly from now on. Harsh standards I know.
@Ленни69 シ why you salty ? not got ur food ration today ?
Achievement unlocked:
Mr International
_visit every country in the world._
;)
Mr. Worldwide
TH-cam Frexiz - Hah Like Pitbull
this guy is cutest CIA agent Ive seen
;)
They smile as they waterboard you.
Tru
@@slightlygayindianscammer2279
cockity
AboriginalBoy ? how’s that awkward
Next Goal, get photos with all the Generals
How about, use every type of vacuum cleaner in the world. That is about as worthy a goal as visiting every country.
@@JCAH1 get a haircut in every country
Me: *wants to travel the world and appreciate different cultures*
Also me: *cries in 3rd world country*
:(
Searching far and wide?
@@SalLavallo193 thanks for the sympathy
@Nicole TEH thank you! I hope so too
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American : THE HARDEST VISAS TO GET.
ME: Outside American Embassy - Cries in Indian.
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Don't let it beat you down. Change is coming!
I’m sorry my friend. I hope you get to come over here immediately. I live in a city with a lot of Indian. Very kind people you all are.
There are alternatives ... Just go to Europe or Canada
Anmol India is a dirty place
What about making a video for every single country you visited from A to z
maybe not in alphabetical order, but definitely want to get one from everywhere!
Hope you have watched most of his videos now.. It's really an amazing experience
yeah maybe you could get inspiration from Geography Now channel.
Really nice video ! I'm a new sub (y)
@@SalLavallo193 you been to north korea?
@@2011arish yes here's my video from it: th-cam.com/video/Tj3b06RcD1I/w-d-xo.html
As powerful as any Visa are. Are you rich enough to actually travel is the real question.
TRUTH. I talk about that here: th-cam.com/video/frEWFQwjbNM/w-d-xo.html
You actually got the perfect answer 👌
Getting visas as US citizen - meh
Getting visas as Afghanistan or Iraq citizen - now thats a real challange
Truuth.
i think getting the money to travel would be more difficult for afghani
@@Isaacdoingtheleast that stupid
Bru I'm from Syria
The more countries you visit the more countries will grant visas (generally) because you have proven you have the money to travel and you prove you will leave wherever you go.
When they say "No. It's not possible", you're supposed to say "Is it possible if I pay you a fee? I have cash." That's how bribery works wonders.
hahaha nope never paid a bribe and made it to every country!
@@SalLavallo193 That's probably why you had to wait around for weeks for certain countries
@@aakksshhaayy nope
@@SalLavallo193 that is definitely why, I am familiar with corruption and this is exactly what happens in my country if you don't bribe em. They will still do it, but they will put in the absolute bare minimum of effort and take their sweet time too, just enough so you can't say "they refused cause i didn't bribe them"
You don't want to let corrupt people know that you're loaded.
I barely know 3 people from my city...This guy has friends all over the world.
I talk about my global friends here: th-cam.com/video/a0v0wiip0V4/w-d-xo.html
That.s how cia works
Where u from?
I work at a Travel Agency in Australia and if there is one Visa that I get *pure* anxiety over it's Liberia.
Here in Western Australia there is a big Liberian population and they have some of the most strict and time-crunched Visa's in the world if you aren't American. For example, you must present a bank statement that is valid in two weeks.. But it takes one and a half weeks for the visa application to arrive.
So if you send it out on a Friday and it gets stuck by weekend shipping shutdowns then guess what? You have to apply all over again. Oh and by the way: The cost is AUD660 (about USD470) and that *doesn't include the required express shipping.*
what a nightmare!! I got my Liberian visa in Sierra Leone and I remember having to pay a big fee to have it "rushed" because they said the normal processing time is like 3 weeks!
I'm from Ghana and wants to come to Australia to work , a diamond driller by profession and was wondering if u could help me secure an Australian visa ...thank you
Australian visa from Africans isn't a joke. Liberians have travel to Ghana Before they can apply for Australian visa. For Germans Liberian visas are easy. 3 days maxs
My Russian visa still to this day was the most expensive and most stressful visa I applied for, almost $800 AUD meanwhile my Russian boyfriend paid nothing and used his russian passport 😂
@@jaytee6228 Dream On!!! Getting a work visa for Australia is super impossible. There is a 457 visa, but i am not sure you are eligible. Write to employers in Australia. Only they can get you in
Wow. Your positive attitude is inspirational.
Thank you :D we need more positivity in the world!
YES! IVE ACQUIRED ALL OF THE GYM BADGES!!
He can finally go through victory road and challenge the league
hahahaha
these visas are like a card collection for you
yea and I've got them all!!!
So North Korean visa wasnt difficult to get?
TH-cam is full of those North Korea travel blogs. Maybe that tells something.. North Korea has 14000 tourists every year. Turkmenistan has only 7000 for example
via china very easy
Since the travel ban, North Korea has stopped issuing visas to Americans. So to travel there now as an American you would need to have dual citizenship with a country that can get a North Korean visa, or have special status such as a diplomat. But prior to the ban and for citizens of most other countries it is very easy to get a North Korean visa. You have to go through a tour company authorized by the North Korean government and they arrange (purchase) your visa for you.
Yea North Korea used to be very easy. Here's my video about my time there: th-cam.com/video/Tj3b06RcD1I/w-d-xo.html
Get a Chinese visa (or even without a visa -- book a flight to HK with layover in China, you will get automatically a 72hr to 168hr transit visa), and enter NK via Dandong port. You don't need a visa, you just need a stamp on your passport, and you are all set. You have to come and go with a group, but besides that, you are all good. Despite being a group tour, they will give you plenty of chance to free roam, so basically it's a group in, group out, but free travel in between type of visit.
time to play a game called "why was this on my recommended"
;) cus they knew you'd love me!
Same
And ya lost!
The great algorithm giveth, and the great algorithm taketh away. Praise be to the great algorithm. Yay though we may not understand the great algorithm's choices, the great algorithm knows best, and giveth to us the joy of really weird entertainment.
Cuz I was doing a research regarding immigration, then this one popped up on my recommenced
"This guy never comes to work"
Why the hell is he even working there then? XD
government employees xD
my thoughts EXACTLY!
They wanted a bribe.
@@MrLuxaflex15 Possibly, but I get the impression that some government employees just like to reduce their workload by discouraging people from bothering them (a lot of countries don't pay government employees well, so a lot of them probably have other jobs and this don't show up to their job often, if they can get away with it, and distant embassies and consulates it's surprisingly easy to get away with still getting a paycheck even though they're rarely on the job). The more difficult it is to get a visa, the less likely they have to bother giving one out. Sometimes it just seems that some offices are ridiculously understaffed under the premise that few people will want to visit the country anyway; that difficulty becomes somewhat of a self-fulfilling prophecy as people realizing how difficult it is just give up trying to get in. Bribing is expensive and may get you arrested and/or denied a visa if you try, and he managed to get into every country without bribing anyone; it's possible to get almost anywhere without a bribe if you're patient and persistent enough.
I came to see this video cuz i KNEW libya would be there, im Libyan and I can assure u those government employees really dont come to work for weeks they just some if they get bored.
A visa for pakistan has been made easier and an e-visa system is being developed
that's great!! they're investing heavily lately in tourism- hope it will pay off!
@@rd6528 do you want me to insult India? Maybe learn to show some respect instead of being an asshole.
Yeetuoof
@@rd6528 I can't find words to insult you without insulting the word.
This entire video is irrelevant because he didn't need to get an American Visa
hahah you're silly
Well we all know that takes 25 years
American visas are not difficult, just VERY inconvenient. You even have to get a visa if you want to transit, which I found out the hard way….
@@Dingdong2730 r/woooosh
No US Visa if you have moeslem name.
Great video that brought back many memories. As an American, I've been to a little over 123 countries. That was before the Iron curtain fell, Passport restricted countries existed, and a few wars were still being waged which prevented me from visiting. Now, those countries are possible to visit but my traveling days are over. The hardest visa for me to get was Saudi Arabia. I'm glad to know there are a few who have the same desire to travel and meet different people and their different cultures.
I'm sure you must have some INCREDIBLE stories!!
A little over 123 countries? So... 124 countries?
@@Sam-ne1qs I see the humor in this. Good one. I abhor not being accurate with anything I say, so, I got as close to the number that I can remember. My passports with extended foldout pages are up in my room buried under many boxes of stuff, so, I'm not able to get to them with the actual total number of countries I've been to.
Weird flex but ok , BTW I WAS THE THIRD PERSON EVER TO GET THE EXVISA IN INDIA.
hahahaha true though
Sal Lavallo that's pretty cool 👍
Proof?
Proof?
I'm from the UK and have a British passport, and although it's not the strongest out there, it allows me visa free access to most of the worlds countries. I think only around 30 countries I would actually need a visa for. Anyone with a passport from Western Europe, Anglo-America, Australia and just a handful of Asian countries really is lucky and privileged to have what they have.
amen to that
This is obviously fake because Arstotzka's visa is the hardest to get
This is his experience
@@Hehe-mu8ze woooooooosh???
R/whoosh
@@totallyinteresting68 r/foundthemobileuser
Fenectio papers please
I'm glad this was randomly put in my recommended, you gained yourself a new subscriber.
Am so happy that you like it!!
I never ever think to travel to such countries, except MAYBE to Libya, lol! Nice pics, video and you look very friendly ! Merci !
thank you! :D
lol i have a libyan passport. and i deal with the same issues.
oh no :(
Why's that do you think ? 🤔
Yaseen Sherif what do you mean if u have a Libyan passport then u don’t need to have a visa
You've manged to complete my life goal! Great job, you'll have so many amazing stories to share for years
Exactly why I started the channel! To share all the stories with everyone :D
Hey Sal, I'm following your mission and I've now visited half of the countries in the world. My least favourite aspect of travel? Damn visas! Thank you for a great video.
I am Saudi and I have a Saudi passport, when we were going to Europe it Took about 2 months to get the Schengen visa, and when we went to America it took about the same time, I had no idea other people can get visas within a few days
well it always depends on the country you want to go to. the USA and Europe are typically the most difficult for people who do not have a passport from either
i’m a polish citizen living in belgium (getting belgian citizenship soon) and belgians can travel almost everywhere without visa
U have a good time being an American! My easiest visa as a Yemeni would be your Lybian version :'-(
:( :(
You seem so chill and down to earth dude! For traveling all over the world, you've stayed humble! Good on you!
thank you! such a compliment.
you dont know how I struggle , I have a Somali passport , I should apply almost every country , I have visa free for 35 countries and visa on arrival for 15 countries and 5 E-visas , but most of them aint that famous , except like singapore , Maleysia , Turkey , Ruwanda , Maldives, Dubai and Sychelles.
I was going to Romania , can u imagine what happened.
yea that's tough!
For non-Americans, I think it's safe to presume that the US visa is the most difficult to get. I'm from Brazil, and it was an *odyssey* for me to get a 2 weeks visa to visit a couple friends in New York. It took what, almost a month. By the time I was with the visa in hand, it was already in the middle of my vacation, so I was running out of time.
Yea always depends on your nationality but the US makes it particularly difficult!
Hey Sal. When I traveled to Libya we left South Africa without a visa, but we had a letter in Arabic (I don’t speak or read Arabic). We got stopped at Johannesburg and Cairo airports at customs. When asked where my visa was I showed the official the letter. They read it and waved me through. I arrived in Tripoli and was met by my host. I handed my passport and letter to him and I had my visa in 5 minutes.
It turned out the letter was an official invite by the minister of foreign affairs as his guest for business.
Most amazing trip I have ever had and I stayed an additional 2 weeks on extended business.
sounds fantastic!
I find that as a Ugandan athlete, it's quite easy to get a visa to most European countries and visa free access to all carribean countries , many Asian countries and South American countries. The only obstacle are the crazy airline ticket prices.
It's important to note that the job you have and your skills will play a big role in your visa approval process, no matter what your purpose of travel is. Your financial background will most definitely be critical too.
absolutely! countries are especially willing to give sporting events a different policy
Finallyy this channel was long over due. You are an inspiration I must say. 😍
Thanks! I'm excited :D
I am a South African and with our passport it is near impossible to travel anywhere without visa applications for the country you are going to and it is very difficult and the amount of paperwork required it immense.
Yea so many places make it soo hard
I really love the content and your guidelines have helpeped most of my friends who are travellers and I myself. Thanks bro for the time invested and dime spent
I absolutely love reading this. Thanks! Definitely will continue to post more. We have over 20 more vids filmed!
you probably visited the entire arab region before visiting israel I presume
Most Arab countries such as Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE allow Israeli passport.
It doesn't matter in Israel you don't get stamps in your passport. They give you a snippet that you need when you leave. Exactly for that reason .
I visited Israel/Palestine first- and actually lived there for 4 months.
In Germany you get two passports, when you want to visit countries hating each other.
You don’t need a visa to go to Israel for less than 45 days as an American. They also won’t stamp your passport if you ask them.
I was going for getting a lap dance in every country but that's risky in some countries
hahah good luck!
I thought I had visited many countries, I've gone to Sweden and Estonia. (I'm from Finland)
I love that part of the world!
Recommending this to a holder of literally the worst passport in the world, the Syrian..:
Not funny youtube! Not funny!
oh nooo :(
Nigerian.
AJALAH GIDADO eh yo I’m Nigerian too but I live in Atlanta
@@tarxanofficial1702 I think the Nigerian passport is the most terrible
I wish things were different, but wishes arent horses. I am a Nigerian too.
Yes , I agree , I am Syrian, fortunately I have Italian passport
An important fact to know about visas is that the stamp, sticker or electronic register on your passport is not a guarentee that you will be allowed into the country or territory. The ultimate immigration control is at the port of entry - airport, seaport or border post. The visa merely shows the immigration officers the "purpose of travel" and it is up to them to decide to let you in or not.
It's amazing that you have been to so many places. I love to travel (countries 57 and 58 coming up in a little over a week), but have only gotten one visa - China - so far excluding a short term allowance by Russia. You obviously didn't allow visa difficulties to stop you but I have to wonder, how much more understanding and accepting of other cultures might people become if they could more easily visit and meet people from these restricted countries?
yea absolutely would be amazing to live in a world where more people are more free to travel to understand and know one another!
In 1990, Hungary had a Visa-on-arrival for Canadians.
I think it still does probably
As a canadian of hungarian origin. Nice
Asalamualaikum... U know what I am watching from Indian Occupied Kashmir ... Thanks for this...
salaam - enjoy it!
Hardest is the Middle East. Was a contractor, had to have multiple passports, remember political issues with countries, and such. Because a stamp from one country might bar you from the one you’re trying to get in.
We’re a sad bunch (unless youre talking about israel, then rightfully so)😅
Yea I've lived in abu dhabi 8 years and have had to deal with some of that
When you say you've been to every country, you mean like, every single country, including countries like .. China, Russia, Haiti, Brunei etc? Literally all of them?
EVERY. SINGLE. ONE!
@@SalLavallo193 Wow that's awesome.
@@SalLavallo193 im not sure... Im gonna list a few countries that the mk ultra youtuber named "share his vision" has spoken of in his travel days, but i will make my own comment and list the countries, cause im sure you havent been to these that i will list. I will make my own comment now.
@@SalLavallo193
Have you been to North Korea as well? How hard was it for you to get a visa?
I was waiting to ask about North Korea... but someone be me to it.
And, dont you have problems with visiting one country that disapproves of your previous visits to countries they disapprove of?
Example, I was under the impression that some GCCs do not let you in if you have had a Visa from Israel, countries like Qatar.
I am a proud Morocan Citizen visited 29 nations so far and im loving it!
His list: India, Pakistan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Nauru, Sierra Leone, Turkmenistan, Libya. Some of these countries are still troublesome so kind of makes sense
:D :D :D
Is that Yemeni Passport yours?!
If you had it you'd have been denied for all visas
The american one is mine
Lol
American passport doesn't mean it's easy to get a visa to any country. It makes it easier to get visas to some countries, however it might be much harder to get visas to some other countries precisely because you are an American (e.g. North Korea or Syria).
yup all have good and bad
weird story but my friend got a message on Instagram asking her: "can you marry me I want to become a citizen of the US"
I get those every. single. day. hahaha
That's normal, for people here to want to marry people not from here so they can get other citizenships
I had no idea visas were so difficult to get. This was eye opening.
How many visas have you applied for?
Yea! Things are getting better but sometimes is so tough! I think I had to get around 30 maybe?
I hold the Yemeni passport and it is almost impossible for me to travel to any place without a visa - plus a bank statement that tells that I am "supposedly" to be filthy rich!!
ugh yea a lot of countries require the bank statement :( I really hope that these restrictions are lowered in the future!
What is your job that allows you to visit all these different countries
CIA, of cours
millennial
hahahah love the two replies! I'm a strategy advisor.
@@SalLavallo193 Oh, a "strategy advisor" . So it is CIA.
Try to enter as a non eastern slav to Belarus through the land border; it's IMPOSSIBLE! Exept you enter through the Minsk airport; there you get as EU-citizen Visa on demand.
Yea next time I want to go to Minsk!
@@SalLavallo193 then good luck and a nice trip! KGB is watching you ^^
Back when I went to Nauru (1998) Americans at least didn't have to pre-arrange a visa and they would just give you one upon arrival, as long as you could prove you had means to leave (a return airline ticket was proof enough). Requirements must have become a bit more stringent since then.
yea since the controversies with the refugees it's gotten more strict!
Your patience and charm has served you well. I'm not sure I would have behaved as well.
A smile gets you a LONG way :D
I'm British so I don't apply for visas, they just automatically get awarded to me because everyone in Britain is super good friends with the queen. God save the tourism and all that malarkey....
hahahah UK isn't even in the 20 most powerful passports man www.passportindex.org/byRank.php
@@SalLavallo193 Being British doesn't require a passport for travel. Just a significant amount of tea leaves and cheese.😏
Seriously though I never knew that, the last time I traveled was 4-5 years ago and back then our passport was the most powerful in the world. Or it might have been the second most powerful, I know Germany was up there somewhere too. 🙃
@@SalLavallo193 I love how the uae just bought their visa-free status just about everywhere ;)
😂
Your story is truly amazing and shows the persistence of you as a person. I was shocked because I erroneously thought that some countries like North Korea would be totally off limits to Americans.
I tell the North Korea stories here: th-cam.com/video/Tj3b06RcD1I/w-d-xo.html
This mans got friends in almost every country. I have like three... like in total.
hahha yup! I talk about how here: th-cam.com/video/a0v0wiip0V4/w-d-xo.html
He’s been to every country by the age he was 27 :) life goals
:D :D :D :D
You sure are a patient guy, I would probably have given up after a few tries
i most definitively do not want the mentioned countries
IF you don't want to then you don't have to!
I been in North Korea
Idk how am i alive but still it was kinda cool
Me too! Here are my stories from there: th-cam.com/video/Tj3b06RcD1I/w-d-xo.html
Technically on a tour of the DMZ I walked about 6 feet into North Korea, so I can claim to have been there. It's very difficult to get a visa to go there, especially for Americans and South Koreans.
@but why I doubt he was a personal guest of the leader of that country or anything. It's possible to support the people of the country without directly supporting their government, you do realize. Or maybe you don't.
@@SalLavallo193 I thought that as a US citizen you are totally prohibited by your own government to go to North Korea. That isn't just a matter of visas, or how difficult or easy it is to get one etc. like with the other countries, for North Korea, it's a matter of being officially prohibited/banned by your government to go there, and I suppose you could maybe face prosecution for going there, unless you have another passport aside from the US one, and with that other pasaport you obtained entry to North Korea, that's a diffrent story, but going into North Korea with a US passport is a huge no no, that's a no brainer to any US citizen, and you having done that wasn't no longer an adventourous thing, but rather asking for trouble. Consider yourself extremely lucky if nothing happened to you there.
Came here to see Libya on the list and I wasnt disappointed, its just the way things go, employees never bother to show at work and when they they do like 5% of what they are supposed to do, so really not surprised you were delayed that long, things take months in here to get done where it would take you a day max anywhere else on this planet
hahaha yea I'm happy it worked out in the end!
I think we all understand when citizens from poor countries apply for a visa to America and It gets refused because that person might not leave America after he's entered the country but what I don't understand Is when a American citizen applies to go to a poor country why do they make It hard for him because definitely he will leave the country.
Nagi speed
Shallow minded fool. If you deny people from your so called poor countries, you think they can allow you to enter their country just because their is underdeveloped? You are so stupid, shallow minded fellow. You think we don't know that there are paupers, homeless people in America? Americans are not all rich. Millions of them live in wooden shacks, slumps, dilapidated houses,poor, very poor Americans. Millions of Americans earn little salaries and they live in wooden shack houses, they drive scraped old cars. Shame. Not all of us are willing to reside in the US. Don't fool yourself.
What about Iranian Visa? Iran is one of the few countries where having an American passport is disadvantageous compared to other passports. Although it depends on when you visited as the complications are for the last 3 4 years.
Yea Iran can be a complicated but straightforward process. I had no troubles.
It cost £150 for a UK Citizen
I have realized that having dual citizenship helps a lot if you are a world traveler. I have American citizenship and St Lucian citizenship . Entering certain African countries with my American passport I needed to pay $100.00 US 🇺🇸 for visa on arrival. Then l realized that using my St Lucian passport is Visa free entry. So when traveling l have the option to use which ever passport is most beneficial. So if you have that option of dual citizenship use it to your advantage.
yes absolutely! makes it way easier :D
What kind of work did you do in those countries and how did you find them?
I'm a strategy advisor and always worked for global firms.
@@SalLavallo193 Any advice how we can get into your line of work to be able to travel abroad much? 😁
Sometimes you have to apply a little grease to the gears if you know what i mean....
hahha nah you'd be surprised how official most of these guys are
Just has to apply for a visa to China. When I presented my documents to the lady at the consulate she looked at them for about 15 seconds and said no good and handed me a paper written completely in Chinese. I was was fairly worried because I drove 6 hours to get to the consulate but all I did was get back in line with a different lady who approved my documents and told me to pick up my visa in a week. Strange.
Consulates / Embassies are never straight forward!
So, what about North Korea 🇰🇵 and Iran 🇮🇷?
He unfortunately can't go to North Korea because the U.S. government has barred Americans from entering North Korea.
Geo But, I think he said that he had already been to all countries in the world.
The US is kinda screwing with travel to Iran for everybody else. If you visit Iran you get excluded from the US visa waiver program. Sucks for me because I travel to the US a lot for work and have family in Iran (and with my Irish passport I get a 90-day visa on arrival). Sucks even worse because the americans made it retro-active, if you'd travelled to Iran after March 1, 2011 you also got excluded (they changed the rules in 2016). North Korean Visa is pretty easy... because in almost all situations you need to be going through a tour company. Generally you just show up one or two days early in beijing, hand over your passport to the tour company or the embassy and you get a yes or no pretty quick. Again being a citizen of a neutral country like Ireland, Sweden or Switzerland is an advantage and only a few tour companies are authorised to take UK or US citizens.
cros13 Hear you, bro. I’m an Iranian myself and constantly struggle with this complicated traveling issue to Iran.
Here's my video about my time in North Korea; th-cam.com/video/Tj3b06RcD1I/w-d-xo.html .
BRAVO I WAS WAITING FOR THESE VIDEOS FANTASTIC BROTHER
Am so happy to finally share them!
Sal Lavallo you are the man ...may ALLAH bless you
I'm Libyan and I live in the USA
Our visas are really hard to get because of gaddafi
I'm surprised that you actually got in
@Omar 1111 Tripoli, are you libyan
The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi only granted 3 'X' visas?
That's weird. X visas tend to given to foreign spouses of Indian citizens and I think even foreign dependents of foreigners employed/studying in India as no other category fits them.
In 2012 I was told that I was x3
For me, as a Jordanian passport holder, the most difficult visa to get was the UK Visa. these guys are so strict, they think everyone is going to go to the UK and never come back. It amazes me. I got refused 3 times, and on the 4th time i got accepted WITH THE SAME EXACT PAPERS. They're so moody, extremely moody, and they just want to rip you off of money before they let you go. I literally spent about US$800 just for visa fees before I got accepted. I hated it, but once i got there, it was an amazing country.
I’m sorry that you had that experience in my country! Glad you enjoyed when you got here though
Oh no, I hate that that happened to you!
@@jessjohnston5673 Yeah, immigration officers in the UK are crazy. They honestly make your trip not worth the headache at all, so you just give up. Glad I didn't give up though, but it did cost me an arm and a leg...
جد انهم حيوانات. قدمت لأهلي على فيزة سياحه من الإمارات، رفضوا فيزت أبوي وأخوي و قبلوا الوالده و اخواتي مع انه الممول لرحلتهم كان الوالد. الموضوع تجارة و مزاج
There are some crazy people out there, you could not pay me enough to go to most places on your list, I am glad I can see this through you.
Apply for your visas BEFORE you leave your home country.
For US passport holders applying in the US, a lot of consulates are jurisdictional and make their own rules of what they require/ varying processing time. Some consulates (like India) do not allow you to go to the actual consulates and have 3rd party processing companies so be careful of that. India uses CKGS, Russia and UK use VFS.
India’s e visa is now valid for 1 year multiple entry and is only 100.00. You can do it online for business, tourist, medical etc.... If you want to apply for a traditional visa (sticker in your passport for 5 or 10 year) you have to go through CKGS.
It’s 10x harder to get a visa outside of the country you are a National from. And you will most likely get a very limited validity. (UK passport holders applying for a China business visa at a US consulate only get 2 entries for 6months. If they applied in the UK they would get 10 years etc...)
For passport holders trying to get UK visas in the US: pay for VFS gold package processing so you can get your biometrics done whenever you want and it’s faster processing. It’s A LOT of money but you’ll get it in 3 days. And you are rarely denied.
Schengen Visas: You have to apply to the country you’ll be staying the longest in. It helps if that country is also the country you’ll be visiting first. Check out appointments for these consulates by going to their site because they go fast especially in the first half of the year.
So actually for tourism purposes there are two types of visa regimes - one is as you said, easier in your home country, but actually for the majority of the countries, it's easier to apply in a neighboring country as they're more used to processing the requests and can do it more quickly. So for example - in this video I talk about getting the South Sudanese visa in Nairobi where there is a much clearer process than at the embassy in the US.
i'm not even mad that this was in my recommendations
glad to hear it :D
Wow! Lots of perseverance on your part! Many embassy/consulate officials make matters very difficult for reasons unknown.
I absolutely dislike some countries embassy/consulate staff. This after I deal with them politely and with respect. Frustrating to say the least.
sometimes can be such a pain!
What an exciting experience, the good and bad ones. I wish I could travel, and work around the world. I envy you.
It was really amazing :D
even thought libya is being brought up for a bad reason its still cool to hear my county being brought up in a video! I'm glad you liked libya!
Yea! was a great visit in the end :D
For anyone interested, Saudi Arabia has now opened An E visa process which makes things a lot simpler for visiting the country.
yess I'm so excited about it!
I mean... knowing the countries, it kinda makes sense don't it.
for sure!
You went to India on a internship? Please tell me it was not at a call center.
you better meant it as a joke , cause India provides almost all software services and engineers in world
CEO of Microsoft , Google , Master Card And Other Big brands Are Indian
They dominate in software , While Chinese dominates hardware
haha nope- a consulting firm!
I did every country by 1990 when I was young in the French Foreign legion, then after the wall came down and Russia crashed, I had to go back and visit all the new ones, this was before you tube, worked in 41 countries and lived in 14, currently in China, India in June, good luck with your travels, its a great world to see, I still prefer antarctica and easter island over anything else.
It must've been a totally different experience then! :D :D I love returning to places years after my first and seeing all the changes :D :D Always wonder where the next new country will be
"Nauru" actually means "laugh" in Finnish.
(5:40)
that's funny! I didn't know
I thought I would try to be helpful but I got lazy.
0:31 India
1:17 Pakistan
2:30 South Sudan
4:52 Eritrea
5:40 Nauru
So here are the time stamps for the first five minutes
thanks!
Saudi Arabia is open for tourism now you can apply for a visa online
so exciting!!
The hardest visa to get when u are from a 3rd world country:
Literally all of them
:(
Tell me about it, I'm from Sri Lanka.
As a brazilian, we kinda have an "in between" passport. Not as strong as an american, not as "weak" as a 3rd world country. To visit countries in the EU, no visas are needed. Same for neighbouring countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. But sometimes, things get difficult. The hardest visas were the canadian, chinese and ESPECIALLY the japanese. All of them asked for a huge number of documents and paperwork. It sucks not having a strong passport...
Depends. I am from Brazil, and Brazilans don't need visa to Russia, Iran, Venezuela, which are very hard to Americans (as Drew Binsky said once). But normally it's like that, and it seems countries with weaker passports them the Brazilian. With Europe, hopefully I could see 20 countries without any visa (but in UK they ask many questions in immigration).
@@joaopedropeixoto8558 the Japanese visa for Brazilans is not hard, but extremely burocratic and boring (full of rules, such as the place of applying needs to be the embassy of residence and a lot of paperwork). Curiously, Argentines, Uruguayans, Chileneans don't need it. On the other way around, there are many Brazilans crazy about Japanese culture. Maybe they suspect people will overstay, as there's such big Brazilian community there. All the countries that he mentioned are extremely hard visas for Brazilans, more than the Japanese and Chinese.
1:21 how do you play cricket without wickets, the whole point is to knock them down
I think the whole point is to have fun!
yes one of the points is to knock them, not necessarily out of the ground (thats why bails exist). obv in backyard stuff, if u hit em, thats out.
I have only been to one country on your list, but India was definitely the most complicated form I have ever had to complete to get into a country even though it was just a two week tourist visit.
yea those forms can get complicated!!
You are a common denominator for EVERY country on Earth
true!