Airport where you arrive in the country. Wherever you go next doesn’t matter.

@John *********

you’re welcome to interpret rationale as excuse.

I have a basic idea about the other visas from looking into this, but I’m probably better off spending some time in a neighboring country and then coming back. Or look into what people call border runs.The plan is to spend roughly 6 months in this part of the world anyway.

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@Stuart ********

. So it seems the only way I have of applying for a TR visa is to book an appointment and go to the embassy/consulate in another country, so I guess I’m stuck with the visa exemption.

I’ve seen a lot of people going for covid extensions, but I don’t understand what is the rationale for accepting such a thing when the country and the world is mostly open abs there’s not much info online. It’s going away too, right? I really wouldn’t want to be restricted to 30d+30d, although I do realize there is also border runs and the like. Thanks.

It’s starting to sound more and more far-fetched that one needs a covid extension.

I'm not too stressed because I can enter with visa exemption, but I'd rather just get a visa now and get a longer stay.

@Bobby *******

I think I explained it, but ok.

@Bobby *******

to be fair, in terms of power and reach, there is no need to refer to ir as an EU passport, it’s a simplification (and the Portuguese is the 6th strongest worldwide, apparently), I’m just surprised that a passport issued in the Euro zone, and with a better reach than a US passport, isn’t eligible for an online application. I guess it could be due to a number of different bureaucratic reasons.

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@Bobby *******

I have a Portuguese passport, but there is a context to my post. An European passport is a specific legal entity with particular advantages and disadvantages when compared to others, so it is pertinent to refer to it that way. This has nothing to do with subtracting from a country's unique specificities, but that's ok, you don't have to know that. I would expect people who don't understand to "cackle".

@Corey ******

what would be the excuse to supporting argument for a covid extension, though? The world is pretty much all open now.

@John *********

I sent them an email, thanks.