'Embarrassingly broken': American investor calls out India's e-visa site
Raymond Russell, an American investor, ran into some wild glitches while applying for an Indian business visa—at one point, the website randomly showed him a list of India's tallest mountains.
He described the e-visa platform as "comically, profoundly, embarrassingly broken," pointing out frequent errors, the website randomly kicking out applicants without saving their work, and payment options like SBI e-pay not working for foreigners.
His post about the experience quickly went viral, racking up a million views in just one day.
How people reacted online
Russell's story sparked plenty of reactions from Indian netizens.
Some shared their own struggles with US visa sites and all the paperwork those require, while others agreed that Indian government websites could use some work.
A few even compared both countries' clunky systems, turning it into a bigger conversation about how tough online visa applications can be—no matter where you're from.