Re: Now get off my back :P

Guido Barosio wrote:
> JD / guys, can you imagine how does it feels to run the same process
> but instead of a passport applying for a USA B1 (tourism) VISA?
>
> They even ask you: "Have you been involved in terrorism acts? Have you
> been in jail for ..."
>
The US government does the same thing to US citizens via back ground
checks, its very intrusive even more so than in the past.

> You've got a job, you've got a house, a car, a family and a mother
> **** dog. But they still believe that you want to get in the USA for a
> job.
>
> Foo bar.
>
> gb.-
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Selena Deckelmann
> <selenamarie(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM, justin <justin(at)emproshunts(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.commandprompt.com/blogs/joshua_drake/2009/02/what_is_that_sound____that_is_the_sound_of_jd_stomping/
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I have to renew my passport it expired last year. The process to get
>>> passports is nuts these days.
>>>
>> The two times I've gotten a passport, I found the process efficient
>> and stress-free.
>>
>> I printed out a PDF off the internet, and had to give one of my
>> parents a call to figure out a few details. I have an atypical parent
>> situation - but apparently parent information is not cross checked by
>> passport officials with state records.
>>
>> In anycase, I stopped by a photo place that is one block from the post
>> office and paid $7 for a couple silly photos.
>>
>> Then, I walked into a post office, handed over some cash that I got
>> from an ATM and the form, had a pleasant conversation with a very nice
>> person and bought some stamps on my way out the door.
>>
>> Three to five weeks later each time, I had a passport. So far, I've
>> been lucky enough not to get one with an RFID in it (get our your tin
>> foil, JD). My husband had a similar experience, and we paid a few
>> extra dollars to get his rushed to us for a school trip to Germany
>> last year.
>>
>> All is not wrong in the world of passport bureaucracy.
>>
>> -selena
>>
>>
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