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> “You know what my problem is! We’ve already spoken about it, you told me to come back with more information and I did. I’ve come back four times with the corr
by lake99 13y ago
> “You know what my problem is! We’ve already spoken about it, you told me to come back with more information and I did. I’ve come back four times with the correct documentation and you’re still telling me I won’t be approved?!”
He was asking the wrong kind of questions. I figured out the right question when I was made told "the officer is busy at the moment", and asked to wait in an empty room. After sitting idly for about half an hour, I realized that the right question was "is there a fee that I could pay to make things go faster?" My task was accomplished in the next five minutes.
Of course, I'm Indian, and this was not at a visa office.
I don't mean this as advice to "Alex", but the rusty machine runs on greased palms.
- geekam 13y agoTrue. It is a highly corrupt country and there are two good ways to get things done - 1. Have cash ready 2. Know someone in the bureaucracy and 1. I am yet to figure out a third way.