On 8/16/05, Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia.com> wrote:
Zachary Harden wrote:
My country, the United
States, is very hard to get into and some of our Wikipedians from
overseas will have problems getting in, such as those coming from China.
This is widely believed, but is it actually true?
For what it's worth, folks I know in Central and South America have
nearly no chance to get here (into the US) on a tourist visa unless:
* they have a really really high-paying job in their country of origin, and/or
* have a lot of kids in their country of origin, and/or
* own a lot of real estate in their country of origin
The US is very picky, and if there's any likelihood that people will
not return from a country, they will not issue the visa. From past
experience, the same applies to other countries (I know of similar
experiences in Russia).
For North America I would instead recommend Canada. It's fairly easily
accessible by car or plane from the US and as far as I know has less
restrictive visitor policies.
-ilya haykinson