Passengers are known by their luggage
Embassies and Consulates are either naive or they purposely issue visas to any dick and tom.
How is it possible that people who get a Canadian visa can jump to the border to enter the U.S.? It must be part of the European Union's conspiracy to get as many Dominicans out of DR as possible so that they can be replaced by Haitians here in our cities and finally force the union they have been seeking.
You see, the theory here is that they rather have Dominicans than Haitians in Canada. The more Haitians can imigrate to DR the less numbers to Canada. They have learned their lesson from the disaster in the Bahamas, which is now Haitian territory.
Europeans have already set this in motion, making it easy for Dominicans to migrate.
But truly, look at the difference between two types of traveller:
1)The Dominican who does not need a visa:
This is a Dominican who is self-supporting or has an excellent income, owns a home or properties, owns vehicles, has ample financing and credit,good education, financial stability and would live better in DR than abroad. When travelling, this person carries light quality luggage, travellers checks and credit cards in dollars and a return flight ticket in first class. A rented car is waiting for this person at the other airport. The person already has tickets for amusement parks, theaters or other activities, hotel reservations and other planned activities. In other words, this is a real tourist or business traveller.
2)The Chopo who needs a visa to become an illegal immigrant:
This is a jobless or underemployed Dominican who owns nothing but the clothes he or she wears day to day, walks to work or rides a passola, lives in the parents' home or "arrimao", has little or no credit, no bank accounts, very poor education and even worse in cultural knowledge, norms of society and communication skills. When travelling these people carry beat-up borrowed luggage and cardboard boxes tied up with string, they carry a false passport or some form of illegal document and no one is waiting for them at the airport. At best some family or friend would pick them up to take them back to a basement where another 10 other Dominicans are sleeping in partition rooms.
So, how can Canadian, U.S. or European immigration authorities and embassies be fooled? Just by the language applicants use you can tell wether or not this a deserving visitor to your country.
Have you seen their applications for visa? Check their handwriting and spelling mistakes. That's all it takes to refuse somebody.
I'm not a psychologist, but it would take me just one minute to accept or refuse a visa.
TW