Shamil Salakhetdinov
shamil at smsconsulting.spb.ru
Sat Mar 8 12:59:22 CST 2003
> When I applied for my visas to the USA > I was told to PLAY by the RULES. Martin, I did everything to play by their rules - even more several days before my Visum application I went to the Consulate and showed invitation and all the forms - and they said that they were OK - and I used them to apply for Visum - all these docs prepared according to their rules, which they confirmed... > Immigration are very funny these days I'm not immigarting or something like that - I just want to go to meet my business partners in West Europe, to talk to them(business) and to make some touristic trips around to show West Europe to my children - for 15 days only - and when I go there I have left here my wife and baby-boy and this is also written in the docs I used to apply for Visum... > explain excatly what you plan to do, This is written in the invitation, which they read at least twice before they accepted the docs: = +++ quoting invitation +++ = The purpose of visit is business and tourism related. We need Mr. Salakhetdinov for the co-ordination of software development in Russia, discussing and defining the projects specifications. We wanted to show him and his family members how our business is organized and how it is functioning. We also wanted to let him to travel around Netherlands for sightseeing and to visit his other friends and business colleagues in Netherlands and if time allows in other Shengen states: Belgium, France and Germany. Mr. Salakhetdinov and his family members will therefore need a one entry Shengen visa for a period from the 15th of March 2003 till 15th of April 2003, allowing for 15(fifteen) days to stay. We guarantee that all costs related to the visit will be for our account in the case Mr. Shamil Salakhetdinov will have some difficulties with that. This includes lodging, repatriating, and costs related to illness and hospital. = --- quoting invitation --- = Any problems with the text above? Something unclear? Should I present them the exact schedule where, when and why I plan to go? - yes, I plan to go to Belgium - and this is written above. Yes, I plan to go to France - and this is written above. Maybe I even go to Germany - if time allows - and this is written above... - I've money to pay for all this staying, if not my partner signed the doc and promised to help me and he has his good business in Netherlands and lives there all his life with wife and family of three kids and his own house - and they know all that. Of course I and my partner will use special additional insurance polices - what is wrong with all that? > All I can say is be patient with them, THNX for your advice, Martin, I will give it another quiet try on Tuesday (Monday isn't working day here) - if they continue their mockery I will probably just publish the phones of the Consulate General and the clerk from Den Haage and all their names if I get them for anybody who wants to call them and to say what they think about all that outrage - this is only what they should be afraid of I think - bad public opinion about them (concrete names) - maybe this will help others to escape their "chevaux de frise"... Shamil ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mwp.Reid at queens-belfast.ac.uk> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: "Chevaux de frise" of free world... > Shamil > > When I applied for my visas to the USA I was told to PLAY by the RULES. Dont > shout and do as asked even if it appears stupid. > > The person who told me that was an employee at the USA consul. Unless they are > asking you to pay again I would simply make an appointment, go see them BE > VERY NICE and sort it out. > > Immigration are very funny these days and I think the best advise is to stay > on the right side of them at all times. > > In my case they give me both a working and a tourist visa and at the end of > the day the staff at the consulate here could not have been more helpful. > > All I can say is be patient with them, explain excatly what you plan to do, > who is going with you etc and do it all in writing, again I know but just be > patient and nice. > > At the first sign of trouble they will not issue a visa becasue at the end of > the day it means nothing to them. > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com