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by GracefullyBlind 975 days ago
Don't compare the process of going online and filling out a form to applying to an actual visa in a consulate
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> Don't compare the process of going online and filling out a form […]

Going online and filling out a form is exactly how you get a visa for (e.g.) NZ:

* https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/preparing-...

All my visas in NZ had to be done via post which was somehow superior experience to using Lithuanian e-government (which are basically extremely hard to access web forms designed pre-mobile era which just lands and some clarks email inbox who will then say "yeah nah you still need to come visit us in the office")
Most importantly: paying an exorbitant fee for adding a row to a database.

$21 for the chance of filling out the ESTA with the exact same data I used the last time.

Why not, plenty of countries offer online visa applications.

This ESTA, sorry ETIAS thing is simply a visa with another name, albeit maybe a 'visa-lite'.