Embassy's and Consulates are traditionally THE most unfriendly places on the planet. Populated by people invested with the power of refusing you entry to a country on the most frivolous pretext, and to ignore all protests out of hand, coupled with the mentality to do just that without compunction. I was once on a very remote island and my company screwed up the return flight tickets, routing me and my wife through Australia - for which no online transit visa was available to citizens of my wife's country. I used up the last dregs of my satellite phone to call the Australian Consulate in Fiji and was told to fly there and they would 'sort something out' We flew there, there was a military coup, we made it from Nadi to Suva through many army checkpoints, were first in the queue in the morning, explained the problem and the satellite call to the consulate lady who said "Nobody here would have told you that - NEXT PLEASE !!" and that was that. No argument. We had to make our way back to Nadi, fly back to the island, wait for the Christmas Holidays to end, send emails to the Office (no satellite phone left) and wait for new tickets back via Seoul.
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Singapore: Denied Visa at Application Window
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
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Embassy's and Consulates are traditionally THE most unfriendly places on the planet. Populated by people invested with the power of refusing you entry to a country on the most frivolous pretext, and to ignore all protests out of hand, coupled with the mentality to do just that without compunction. I was once on a very remote island and my company screwed up the return flight tickets, routing me and my wife through Australia - for which no online transit visa was available to citizens of my wife's country. I used up the last dregs of my satellite phone to call the Australian Consulate in Fiji and was told to fly there and they would 'sort something out' We flew there, there was a military coup, we made it from Nadi to Suva through many army checkpoints, were first in the queue in the morning, explained the problem and the satellite call to the consulate lady who said "Nobody here would have told you that - NEXT PLEASE !!" and that was that. No argument. We had to make our way back to Nadi, fly back to the island, wait for the Christmas Holidays to end, send emails to the Office (no satellite phone left) and wait for new tickets back via Seoul.