Never ending story...

Remember that I had encountered some challenges in getting my resident visa in Dubai Internet City...? depa nak attested university certs laa, itu la, ini laaa... then the admin lady then was not following up on the matter closely laaaa.... akhirnya gua pegi sendiri ke Tecom/DIC to check on the status of the resident visa...?

well... sempena hilang passport nih (resident visa is stamped in the passport), I am facing the same issue again... Tecom/DIC nih memang banyak songellah....!! with the police report, I have managed to get a new passport in Malaysia... but here, nak dptkan the old resident visa to be stamped in the new passport, mcm2 hal Tecom mintak...!!

first, they wanted to police report to be translated to arabic, then the original copy has to be attested by the French Ministry of Foreign Affaires (in Paris), then it must be attested by the UAE embassy in Paris... then only Tecom/DIC will accept the police report & process the stamping of the old resident visa on the new passport....!!

siksanya...!! tak ada keghojer aku nak menganto all those papers to Paris to get them attested... first, saper nak tlng aku to get that done? mana boleh gi anto jer like that... somebody has to take them to the Ministry for attestation, then bring them to the UAE embassy for 2nd attestation... 2ndly, all the cost to get the above done will be like going to Paris yourself ... how can like that...? they crazy one huh...? yeah laaa.. I know your bapak got telaga minyak belakang rumah, can go take flight biz or 1st class to go to Paris, then come back tmrw... me? I come here to try to get some saki baki from the timba that your father use to take the minyak you know...!! makachaohai...!!

so we protested to Tecom/DIC telling them that what they are asking is so impractical... so lepas bincang2, depa kata kalau French embassy/consulate kat sini attest the docs, it will be good enough... baru laaa depa nak bagitahu... awat tak bagitahu awai2...!!

maka budak opis nih pun pegi ler ke French Consulate kat Dubai nih to get the docs attested... you know what happened...? The French General Consul refused to attest the docs because she believes that the docs were not original (rather... she has doubts if the docs were original)... so dia tak nak sign the docs... abih tuh, gua nak buat camna...? takkan nak balik gi Paris kut...?

maka dtglah idea yang bernas si budak opis nih... since I can speak French, they told me to go to French Embassy kat Abu Dhabi, goreng "skeeping" Peranchih sket dgn depa... and get the embassy to attest the docs...

maka last Wed, teman bangun awai2... siap pakai smart2 tie & coat (kan nak belagak jadik org Peghanchihkan...?) teghuih pegi Abu Dhabi... masuk Embassy, pegi Consular department, mintak attestation on the police report... "skeeping2" sket bebuih mulut... tak sampai 10mn, docs dah pun attested....!!!!

Kanena cibai luuuuu...!

disebabkan Tecom/DIC yang banyak songel, dan French consulate kat Dubai yang tak gheti buat keghojer... gua terpaksa bgn awai2, pakai smart2 mcm idup kat Eropah (nasib baik cuaca tengah sejuk, kalau musim paneh, tak ker dah lenjun bulu ketiak gua...!!), drive to Abu Dhabi (2jam), just to get the docs attested (a work which takes less than 10mn)...??

hmmm...!! inilah cabaran idup kat UAE nih... mcm2 perkara...!! and sad to say, if only I am white/caucasian, I am sure that I would never encounter such an experience....!!

Passport Mesia nih, walaupun dah tersangat baguih, masih lagi belum berapa dikenali di seantaro dunia...!! nih yg buat gua geram nih....!!