I got my Green Card today. Great news you might think...
Sadly my happiness about not having to deal with 'those bureaucratic pricks at US immigration' for the next 2 years was short lived, when I discovered they'd spelt my (christian) name wrong on the card.
I had already faxed them 3 weeks ago to correct the error, after I received my receipt notice, only they didn't fix it.
So now... I face the prospect of paying up to $300 for the privilege of a new 'correct' Legal Permanent Resident Card. This apparently is the official policy - regardless of the fact that some numbnuts typo'd my christian name, the official policy is that I HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THE MISTAKE THAT THEY MADE!! This means another trip to the 'biometric' centre to have my fingerprints taken AGAIN, so I can effectively write off a whole day for that, not to mention most of the fortnights wages....
Not only that - but if the same bureaucratic numbnuts fouls up my details again - I will, yet again have to pay for it!
Bureaucratic incompetance knows no bounds...
Sadly my happiness about not having to deal with 'those bureaucratic pricks at US immigration' for the next 2 years was short lived, when I discovered they'd spelt my (christian) name wrong on the card.
I had already faxed them 3 weeks ago to correct the error, after I received my receipt notice, only they didn't fix it.
So now... I face the prospect of paying up to $300 for the privilege of a new 'correct' Legal Permanent Resident Card. This apparently is the official policy - regardless of the fact that some numbnuts typo'd my christian name, the official policy is that I HAVE TO PAY TO FIX THE MISTAKE THAT THEY MADE!! This means another trip to the 'biometric' centre to have my fingerprints taken AGAIN, so I can effectively write off a whole day for that, not to mention most of the fortnights wages....
Not only that - but if the same bureaucratic numbnuts fouls up my details again - I will, yet again have to pay for it!
Bureaucratic incompetance knows no bounds...
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