I got held up at immigration for a rule I didn't know — visayes is live today

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A few years ago I stood at an immigration counter and learned, from an officer, that I had misread an entry rule. Later a visa agency typed my details in wrong — their typo, my problem — and it nearly cost me the trip. Both times the information existed. It was just buried on a government site I never thought to open.

So I built visayes.

Every visa policy and entry guide is free to browse: what your passport needs for 197 countries and territories, each guide checked against the government portal itself, each page linking to the official source so you can confirm it without trusting me. The interactive map is just the fastest way in.

The other half is "visayes helper," a browser extension (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) that fills in official entry forms — Thailand Digital Arrival Card, SG Arrival Card, and MDAC today, more coming. You review every field and press submit yourself on the government site. Signing up gets you a free credit to try it on your own trip, and your passport details stay on your device — I have no way to read them.

Two questions I'd genuinely love answers to, because they decide what I build next:

1. What's the worst entry-paperwork experience you've had at a border? (I'll trade you mine in the comments.)

2. Which destination should visayes support next, and why?

We're live on Product Hunt today — border stories, country requests, and blunt feedback all welcome:

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