by Corona Man » Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:21 pm
Getting a visa to enter Bangladesh. What a ******* nightmare........
Applied online 4 weeks ago, application rejected. They didn't say why, just rejected it!
So I filled out a paper version, went and got 2 new passport sized photo's, and mailed it to them (registered mail) along with my actual passport. I was really uncomfortable parting with my passport. This was a week & a half ago. Included with the application was my flight, hotel details along with a list of the companies I am visiting, also a covering letter from my GM. A week goes by, nothing. Then I get a call last Friday, that I need a letter of invitation from a customer I am visiting. FFS.
So I draft the letter myself, e-mail it to a customer in Bangers, kindly asking them to print off on company letterhead & sign it. I get that back over the weekend. Forward it to the Bangers High Commission in Canberra on Monday. Heard nothing. Call them today, 15 minutes on hold..... they can't find my application. Oh ******* wonderful! We will call you back says Abdul.......as all I can hear is people arguing with each other in the background in whatever language they speak...
Got a call back just now, they have found the application, and thankfully my passport. Should be approved tomorrow & returned to me by Monday.
Nightmare, & I haven't even left yet.
Update:-
Bangers Visa approved, apparently! We sent an Express Post Envelope to the Bangers High Commission in Canberra so they could return the visa & my passport. Just attempted to track the parcel, sent back on Friday. No trace! Great. This nightmare just keeps on going.
Second Edit: - Passport & Bangers Visa arrived this morning, thank ****!
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Corona Man on Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:45 am, edited 2 times in total.
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