Two weeks, and frustrations
Time is going so quickly! Now I understand why a lot of my friends in CIEE are here for 2 semesters instead of one!
Unfortunately, I have the feeling that tomorrow will go rather slowly....Let me explain: the awful, rude, disorganized, unprofessional woman at the consulate office forgot to write on my student visa the little number that actually makes it valid. Umm yeah, so now the damn visa does me no good. I KNEW that awful woman was going to mess something up!!! Now I get to spend tomorrow in the cold chaos of Santiago trying to convince the bureacrats that my visa should be valid.
Compare this to Dylan's experience at the Japanese consulate. He called, at one ring an actual person picked up the phone, directed his call to the VISA department, he asked what he needed to send in, only needed a few things, its free, and it takes 24 hours for him to recieve it once they get the information. Unbelievable.
Its weird, Chile is so beautiful and people so nice and normal that you think its the first world. From what I've seen, the only really third world thing about it is this lack of organization...and it is really aggravating!
Unfortunately, I have the feeling that tomorrow will go rather slowly....Let me explain: the awful, rude, disorganized, unprofessional woman at the consulate office forgot to write on my student visa the little number that actually makes it valid. Umm yeah, so now the damn visa does me no good. I KNEW that awful woman was going to mess something up!!! Now I get to spend tomorrow in the cold chaos of Santiago trying to convince the bureacrats that my visa should be valid.
Compare this to Dylan's experience at the Japanese consulate. He called, at one ring an actual person picked up the phone, directed his call to the VISA department, he asked what he needed to send in, only needed a few things, its free, and it takes 24 hours for him to recieve it once they get the information. Unbelievable.
Its weird, Chile is so beautiful and people so nice and normal that you think its the first world. From what I've seen, the only really third world thing about it is this lack of organization...and it is really aggravating!
posted by Julia | 1:35 PM
2 Comments:
Oh my gosh, I can't believe this has happened. Boy do I feel bad for you. Maybe there will be someone there who is happy, efficient and has enough authority to just fill in the blanks for you. Good luck.
Hey, there was a Mexican guy in the library yesterday (he and his brother come in daily to chat on the internet...only the brother speaks any English) and he had a brand new hat on. Guess what the hat said!!!!!
Cowboy Up
Love A. Margie
So, jjuulliiaarose, I know I'm a bit behind the time, but did you get the whole visa thing figured out? kuusi (code, you know)
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