
(on a clear day, randomly picked from the web)
- Chinese middle aged lady (おばさん) talking on phone with her friends, apologizing that she couldn't attend yesterday's function. She's now at the Immigration Bureau for...???
- Korean businessman with a wet helmet (for bike), but not wet at all, with a plastic bag (i.e. from department store like Sogo) with documents, not wet (how was he able to keep his body and bag dry?!!!), asking to renew his Certificate of Eligibility.
- A Japanese lady carrying a pile of forms to submit for Certificate of Eligibility (for many people, i.e. for labors from Middle East or South America...).
- Hispanic family (elderly father and middle aged son) asking for some certificate.
- Single middle aged Chinese man waiting by the counter, staring at the lady at the counter, wanting to handle his registration form.
- A Japanese businessman carrying 5-6 sheets of printed paper of pictures of him and his wife, assuming he is also registering for Certificate of Eligibility for his wife, but I just cannot believe how many few sheets of paper he has.
- Chinese family (group of about 5-7) aggressively coming from the lift lobby directly to the counter, talking loudly among themselves, not taking the queue slip (the sheet of paper that contains the number which will be called when its his turn), but chatting chatting chatting, and after a while returning to the elevator hall (why were they coming here in the first place?)
Very interesting. This is indeed, a mini immigration hall in the country.
So it's Jin's turn after a looooooong wait of investigating the snapshots of the various foreigners (i.e. above). Jin went to the counter, queue slip in my hand, a big pack of documents in another. The lady seems to be used to the amount of documents, and she asked if this was for the Certificate of Eligibility for Jin's wife. When Jin answered "yes", she quickly looked through what was in the batch, and explained to Jin that she will check the documents for any missing ones.
So here is Jin once again, waiting for another 3-5min eagerly, yet nervously waiting to hear the good news that the batch includes all necessary documents.....
When Jin was called, he quickly moved back to the counter. The lady smiled at him and explained that there are no missing documents, and passed him the slip of acceptance, which includes the identification number which can be referred at a later time.
So, the accomplishment of the day.....
The countdown starts from here. We both pray for the reply to come at the earliest time possible (-人-)
1 comment:
A huge "Yokudekimashita"!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks soooo much for Jin's efforts, the very detailed information and nicely arranged package. Hopefully it will fulfill the immigration officer's request and approve smoothly.
What we need is patience & luck now...Immigration...Onegai~
doki doki...
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