Comments on: What A Difference A Nationality Made? (4)

By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:32:42 +0000

Miss Lai Lai; will send you the message via facebook re your last query

By: Miss Lai Lai

Miss Lai Lai — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:31:20 +0000

Nit, just got to read this post yet again, and I'd say give up your Indo passport if you don't think you'll ever go back here. I have a few friends back in NZ who gave up their Indo passport and never looked back, and they don't have problems entering Indonesia (though I have heard some horror stories of immigration officers poking fun at them, and making it difficult for them to enter the country). I kinda wish I got my NZ passport - tau tau dah expat kan di Indo:P Speaking of expat hunting, I need tips of where to scout and network with them here in jakarta Miss Lai Lais last blog post..On Love Letters of Great Men

By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:31:07 +0000

Boneman: but at least they have your data in their system, imagine if you have to do it in Indonesia…..

By: boneman

boneman — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:42:00 +0000

The first time I was to accompany Lee to Canada (a nearby neighbor of the USA....) I went to the post office to apply for a passport and they wanted a birth certificate. Not a hard task if one lives near where one is born. I however was born a long long long way away from hwere. Contacting the hospital to find out how to get a birth certificate was every bit as hard a hoop to jump though as any. Long story short, my passport arrived two weeks after I needed it! Humbug! Then again, I kept it for the following year, and the next two after that. Beggers! If I ever catch that danged bin laden jerk standing around, I'm going to give him SUCH a kick in the butt!!! bonemans last blog post..

By: Mulia

Mulia — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:23:47 +0000

I think Malaysian foreign ministry has very good diplomacy, because they are free to enter lots and lots of countries. not just in Europe bu also other continents. try http://projectvisa.com to make comparison. even when they need visa, they sometimes can get it for free..hah!

By: avianto

avianto — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:48:41 +0000

Mia: If you were living in Germany (and held a residence visa), Switzerland should allowed you into the country for 2 weeks. I did it and did not had any problem with the border custom officer. When was this happened? Mine was 2004. aviantos last blog post..New Yorker

By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:58:06 +0000

Mia: a friend of mine had the same problem and it was worse because she was part of the study tour group from UK (and everything was supposedly handled by the school) and she was detained at the custom as the Swiss government got a tip off that 2 Thai girls were entering the border to smuggle drugs. She couldn’t speak French nor German and they pretended to unable to understand English. After a few hours she managed to tearfully call her guide who rushed in and took the matter in his hand.

Now Swiss has joined Schengen scheme since December 2008, but it means it takes a longer time to process the visa.

By: Mia

Mia — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:27:06 +0000

I remember when I was living in Germany, and planned to travel by car to Italy for a two-week holiday. We’re a party of five and I was the only Indonesian. We were planning to drive down from South Germany, pass through Switzerland to Italy – the shortest route. But we couldn’t do it because I didn’t have the visa for Switzerland (my travelling companions, Germans and Mexicans, had no problem). I called the Swiss Embassy in Frankfurt and was told that since I am an Indonesian I couldn’t apply for the visa from Germany, I had to go back to Indonesia and apply from there. WTF? The Embassy staff said as an afterthought, Malaysian citizens can apply from here, but not Indonesians.. sorry. Sheesh, how unfair is that? Finally we had to take a longer route via Austria to reach Italy.

It’s sad that Indonesia is such a low ranked country in the world, maybe our diplomats (and Government) should treat other countries better so they could treat us better!

By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:56:46 +0000

Rima: peraturannya adalah Schengen country yang jadi first entry point atau yang paling lama ditinggali. So if I don’t pass Belgium they will ask why I apply to Belgium embassy. Bisa aja nyoba, kemungkinan juga ditolak….:)

By: rima fauzi

rima fauzi — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:12:57 +0000

coba bikin visa schengen di belgian embassy atau german.. kayanya jauh lebih gampang d drpada belanda. belanda emang nyebelin.. rima fauzis last blog post..Bloody Bird Terrorists!!!!