Stephanie answers “I think it would have been a bit more...”

Birgitt Krumboeck asked this question about Her Every Fear:

I think it would have been a bit more difficult to get a visa for the US nowadays. Perhaps because the author is an American citizen, he did not realize this? ;0)

Stephanie Are we talking about Kate or Bram? When he was posing as Bram he was "visiting" and wouldn't need a visa to come to the US. As for Kate, she may have …moreAre we talking about Kate or Bram? When he was posing as Bram he was "visiting" and wouldn't need a visa to come to the US. As for Kate, she may have been able to quickly get a US student visa, having a family member in the US? I also assumed because when she speaks to the police she references the swap first being mentioned in late Feb or early March, which makes me think it is at least April before she comes to the US. That still doesn't mean she could have gotten it in that time, but when I tried to research it, some of the websites I found said student visas process the quickest and can often take a few days to a few weeks.(less)

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Birgitt Krumboeck I was talking about Bram. I think I asked the author about it at the time as well and he conceded that I had a point. He would have had to get an ESTA ...more
Apr 21, 2022 11:45PM · flag

Birgitt Krumboeck Dear Peter, I love all of your books. Just a minor point about Her Every Fear. I think it would not be so easy to get a visa to the States as a Europe ...more
Apr 21, 2022 11:48PM · flag

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