Don't mind me, I just hate paperwork
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011 11:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
afunaIt is really annoying that one of the things you need to include in your visa application is where you will be staying. I mean yeah I get that they'll want to know your plans so they'll know you aren't going to suddenly turn delinquent on them.
But when the process is so opaque that you can't know when the next available appointment date is unless you pay 32 pesos a minute to call their help line and ask, it's difficult to book hotel + travel because there's no way for you to schedule your travel dates to take the visa delay into account.
It's a good thing that we weren't able to find lodgings in the UK for May, because I just found out that the earliest possible appointment for Germany is in May, so I wouldn't have had time to apply for the appropriate visa anyway. But that was just luck.
The second worst thing about the process is giving them a record of your bank account statements. It's not like I have a lot of money worth stealing, but it just feels really creepy. (And what if I have too little money? Or (ahhahahha) too much and it pings some kind of -- this here person is suspicious let's not let her and her tourism dollars in?)
At least the UK thing is ready. Now I guess I'll just have to start booking hotel + flights with the assumption that I will have a German visa in time.
*grumble grumble*
But when the process is so opaque that you can't know when the next available appointment date is unless you pay 32 pesos a minute to call their help line and ask, it's difficult to book hotel + travel because there's no way for you to schedule your travel dates to take the visa delay into account.
It's a good thing that we weren't able to find lodgings in the UK for May, because I just found out that the earliest possible appointment for Germany is in May, so I wouldn't have had time to apply for the appropriate visa anyway. But that was just luck.
The second worst thing about the process is giving them a record of your bank account statements. It's not like I have a lot of money worth stealing, but it just feels really creepy. (And what if I have too little money? Or (ahhahahha) too much and it pings some kind of -- this here person is suspicious let's not let her and her tourism dollars in?)
At least the UK thing is ready. Now I guess I'll just have to start booking hotel + flights with the assumption that I will have a German visa in time.
*grumble grumble*
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Date: 2011-04-26 04:20 pm (UTC)Oh! Do you know what "Formal Obligation" is under #4? I'm guessing that it means something in particular, but I can't figure out what.