[AccessD] OT: "Chevaux de frise" of free world...

Hi All,

I'm sorry I'm writing about that here - I just went very crazy today about
what they - Western Embassies and Consulates here and their bosses in Den
Haage (Netherlands) are doing...

Here is a fresh story:

- I applied for business Visum (15 days of staying, one entry) several days
ago for me and my two children(15 and 17 years old)  (IMPORTANT NOTE: here
in Consualate General they ACCEPTED this application for BUSINESS visum and
they checked all the docs carefully) - to make that I prepared all the
needed paperwork, get original invitation from my partner from Netherlands
(DHL, second day delivery = rather expensive), even changed the passports to
make them fresh new (some more bucks) because at first they said that the
ones I had aren't good, PAID for their "services"(not that much but should
be enough for a rather good dinner for three I think) and I started to
wait...
And BTW I spent quite some time on all that prepations and quite some
bucks in total...

Do you know what answer I've got today? (in fact my Netherland's partner was
called from Den Haage - Ministry of Foreign Affairs) - they said I should
have applied for TOURISTIC not BUSINESS visum because I plan to go with my
kids but as I mentioned above here they CHECKED all the docs and ACCEPTED
them...

Should I fight with them looking for truth with the risk to be written in
their "black lists" forever?
Or should I give up and accept the "rules" of their game? - there is a whole
business around them here - and one (including any kinds of criminals etc.)
can buy for money any kind of Visum and freely enter West Europe or States
or Canada...

I wanted to make it direct and according to all the laws and I didn't want
to pay to the "shadow business around them" any extra money - and I've got
NOTHING - or I'd better say I and my partner in Netherlands got real
mockery... And they were harsh not only with me - they were that hostile
with my Netherland's partner too - how it comes?

Shamil

P.S. I know, probably Russian Embassies do something like that there in West
Europe - but should it justify what they are doing here these ambassadors of
"civilized" free world?

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