Anonymous participant Yeah, not surprising at all. And we’re only at the start of the joke. So many people have moved to DTV or are planning to. It looks like your old visa didn’t require extra work, but plenty of people were paying for extra services...
Anonymous participant Interesting, but not that surprising, since you were probably paying more for multi-entry and other “fees” on your old visa. The DTV is a tourist visa on which they don’t make much if anything at all. Now, tourist exemption runners and other visa holders (like you) are moving to the DTV. These were previously providing some extra “revenue” to immigration, revenue they now need to find somewhere else.
Seems like they’re now trying to get money from other people, since tourist exemptions may be limited under the new rules. Not that surprising, considering border runs were a big business.
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