{"id":1978,"date":"2015-06-29T22:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T02:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2019-07-24T18:46:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T18:46:55","slug":"getting-a-visa-to-germany-perks-of-being-a-nepali-student-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/06\/29\/getting-a-visa-to-germany-perks-of-being-a-nepali-student-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a VISA to Germany &#8211; Perks of being a Nepali Student in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! I am Shree, Shree Raj Shrestha. My first name is Shree Raj, \u00a0but people call me Shree.<\/p>\n<p>As you might have guessed\u00a0from my name, that I am not from the United States.\u00a0I am from Nepal &#8211; a beautiful country rich\u00a0in beautiful places and wonderful people. However, all this beauty comes at a price &#8211; the price of having a passport that does not do much when it comes to traveling.<\/p>\n<p>There are about a handful of countries that has a &#8220;free visa&#8221; policy with Nepal &#8211; that is freedom for Nepali citizens to travel without a visa <em>(a sticker on the passport that gives you permission to enter a country)<\/em>. Germany was not one of them.<\/p>\n<p>As a result I had to travel to Miami to apply for my student visa at the German consulate. As\u00a0an international student without a car, getting there and finding a place to stay can be difficult and result you taking a Megabus and then staying overnight at a hostel, which was fun, especially the bus ride since I got the front row seat on the second level of a double decker. Here is a photo I took on my way there:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17598\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4843-300x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17598 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4843-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4843-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4843-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the way to Miami<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Not bad right. After all, it was all worth it. If you do not believe me, take a look at a picture that I took the morning of my visa appointment <em>(I arrived at a park about 3 hours before and got a chance to enjoy the Miami sunrise).<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17599\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4894-300x225.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17599 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4894-300x225-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beautiful sunrise from the dock by the German consulate building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So the point to be taken here is that, yes, there are passports better than a Nepali one that allows you to travel without any hassle, American passports being one; nevertheless, the absence of privileges such as these has allowed me to experience realities such as the ones above. And yes I got a visa so this guy is going to Germany on August.<\/p>\n<p>Deutschland! Komme Ich!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello there! I am Shree, Shree Raj Shrestha. My first name is Shree Raj, \u00a0but people call me Shree. As you might have guessed\u00a0from my name, that I am not from the United States.\u00a0I am from Nepal &#8211; a beautiful country rich\u00a0in beautiful places and wonderful people. 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