Originally Posted by
tandempower
I have no interest in playing guessing games on this topic. As I suspect, however, this is more than what Machka said, that you are just reflecting on your recent travels. If so, I wonder why you talking about visa politics in your posts. If you want to discuss visas, why not do it in P&R?
You were the one who picked out a particular phrase from Rowan's much longer post and wanted to talk about it.
An ETA is a type of visa, an electronic one ... and I believe Rowan used the terms "paperwork" and "legal obligation" in reference to our situation.