e/Consulate shopping

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has gloss	eng: Consulate shopping is the practice of applying for visas at different consulate posts - or choosing a more "suitable" post in advance, in the hope of finding one that will be more sympathetic to the applicant and thus approve the visa, or in order to have ones application processed faster. It was typically associated with making a visa application at a visa office located outside of ones foreign country.
lexicalization	eng: consulate shopping
instance of	(noun) an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it visa