http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/visas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visas Kubatana.net speaks out from Zimbabwe Tue, 03 Dec 2013 13:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/visas/#comment-15 Tendai Gwatidzo Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:43:12 +0000 http://kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=3#comment-15 As a working class Zimbabwean, this is just an addition to how the US Visa process has always been complicated for the average man/woman. Before this, you needed to have a unbelievably large amount of money in your bank account to even be considered for a Visa. I remember going to the US embassy with a friend who had inherited some money from his father who had passed away. He showed his bank statement which had way over the minimum required amount of money to the Indian lady at the Visa Application window, she went and got a colleague- who was Chinese I think. They looked at my friend up and down and denied his Visa application. Reason given – “you don’t look like you could have this amount of money in your bank account.”

]]> http://www.kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/visas/#comment-4 …My heart’s in Accra » Blogs, Human Rights Video from Zimbabwe Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:45:19 +0000 http://kubatanablogs.net/kubatana/?p=3#comment-4 [...] Like many Zimbabwean bloggers, the authors on Kubatanablogs aren’t signing posts with their names… but they are speaking bluntly on controversial topics. A recent post looks at the US Embassy in Harare’s decision to move the US visa process online… which means it’s very difficult for people without access to a computer or online skills to apply for a visa. The commenter observes: The introduction of the EVAF might well be just another tactic in pre-selecting the “type” of person who is an acceptable visitor to the United States. [...]

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