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He went on to explain that I should forge a certificate of some kind and “tender a particular payment” to “expedite the process”. Seriously? Seriously. When a
by yardie 16y ago
He went on to explain that I should forge a certificate of some kind and “tender a particular payment” to “expedite the process”. Seriously?
Seriously. When a functionary in the host country gives you solution, doesn't matter if it's unpalatable or moral, you take it. He's looking for a payment. That's it.
You could get a letter of recommendation from Bishop Desmond Tutu and it wouldn't change a thing unless there was some money in that envelope.
Unfortunately, greasing palms is how a lot of work gets done in the world. And all the internet indignation won't change that, especially in a country with limited access.
Hell, even the US Passport Office does the same. You can either wait 8-10 weeks for a new one...or pay $100 and it will be ready in 2.
- jbarham 16y agoFedEx also gives you the option of paying for expedited service. It doesn't make them, or the US Passport Office, corrupt. The point is that the choice whether or not to pay for faster service is left entirely up to the customer, not the grasping official. Call out corruption for what it is, and don't try to excuse it as a cost of doing business in 3rd world countries.
- yardie 16y agoWith Fedex there is a material cost to get your things sooner. It's 24-hours by air instead of 7-14 days on a truck. How much money does it cost to move a passport application from the bottom of the pile to the top? I wasn't implying that passport office is corrupt (okay, I was being a little facetious). They've got a written policy stating that, "paying us money gets you faster service" so its more at an institutional level that doesn't benefit the reviewer at all.
- tomjen3 16y agoActually it is a problem for the passport office - they have a monopoly so they get to decide what they want.
- chegra 16y agoDude you from jamacia?
- yardie 16y agoIndeed. but raised in the US.
- weego 16y agoMy partner works for a medical communications company (doing events for product launches) and it's a well known secret that the term "sundry transport costs" in their cost sheets for shipping materials abroad is the amount to bribe customs to release their stuff in time to host the event, otherwise it tends to clear customs the day after the stands need to go up. Argentina is especially bad.