[geraltofrivia]

You may be right but it did not align with my experience as an Indian applying for a German, French and Swiss visa.

[zarzavat]

It's an anglophone thing. US, UK and Australia all do it.

[ffsm8]

I don't think it's even possible to generalize this to a nation. You could theoretically determine it as an average by the nation, but getting this information is borderline impossible, as its entirely the perspective of the applicant. And without this kind of data you're basically left with a few anecdotes, which entirely depended on the mood of the worker that handled the case of the person providing the anecdote...

[aredox]

When I go through border security at an international airport, I usually can see what is happening at almost all the control gates... So even as a white man I have ample time to see the behavior of border security guards with others.

And yeah, the cliche of AMericans being haughty gung-ho cowboys is true. They bark at people and clearly play the bully.

[ffsm8]

I thought the process we were talking about was the visa application?

[stogot]

And Canada. UK and Canada gave me the hardest times at any border.

[AlecSchueler]

I feel like a criminal going into the UK even though I'm British.

[leereeves]

When I traveled a lot 15 years ago, I found the US border to be the worst experience, even as a citizen.

[BobaFloutist]

Yeah Japan is famously friendly and welcoming to different cultures and ethnicities. Unless?

[d3nj4l]

None of my Indian friends who have applied for and received Japanese visas had anything negative to say about the process, so I don't know what you're alluding to.

[AlecSchueler]

Are you including Ireland in the anglosphere?