At first read of your comment, I read "works" as "it works!" i.e. as a synonym for "succeeds", but maybe you just meant how it works as in how the gears of bure

At first read of your comment, I read "works" as "it works!" i.e. as a synonym for "succeeds", but maybe you just meant how it works as in how the gears of bureaucracy turned. From the point of view of someone who immigrated from a developing Asian country to a EU country, geez, I had it a lot easier than he did. The country's law doesn't seem to allow refusal without concrete grounds as long as the applicant meets all the requirements, whereas in the US, even if you meet all the requirements, the decision is still arbritary.