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

THNX Marty,

I will give it another try to solve the problem without complaints - if no
result then maybe I will go compainingt o the Head Office. But the chances
are very high that they will not accept any of my complaints and will play
fool - or you've any success stories when complaints helped to solve the
situations like that mine?

TIA for any additional info,
Shamil

----- Original Message -----
From: "MartyConnelly" <martyconnelly at shaw.ca>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: "Chevaux de frise" of free world...


> I would complain (umm... make a request for clarification or advice) to
> the Head Office rather than locally. "Better to complain to the organ
> grinder than the monkey". This is an English aphorism
> referring to street buskers who would play a portable windup organ and
> have a little monkey running around with a cup to collect spare change.
>
> Here is the mailing address for Ministry in the Hague
> The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
>
> Visitors Address:
> Bezuidenhoutseweg 67, The Hague
> tel. +31 70 3486486;
> fax. + 31 70 3484848;
>
> The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs
> Postal Address:
> PO Box 20061
> 2500 EB The Hague
>
> Or email complaint page
>
http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=5A764C199D984EB288FB2B58766A3E25X
2X55346X5
> or
>
> If you have any questions, please check the Frequently Asked Questions
> first. If you have still not found an answer to your question, then you
> can call the Communication department on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 12:30
> p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on +31 (0)70 370 3124.
> see: in english Visa Applications
>
> http://www.immigratiedienst.nl/
>
> Probably a phone call to their communication department in external
> affairs for clarification would quickly resolve the matter. They aren't
> clear on their forms about very short business trips or actually working
> for a company on a 3 month contract or a business man who goes to
> Holland to solicit business and takes along his wife so she can shop or
> sitesee or a technician who goes to Holland to repair a machine. A 10
> minute phone call to Europe from Canada only costs a little over a dollar,
> I don't know about your costs.
>
> Also when you applied, Holland was going through a National election
> where one of the major topics was Illegal Immigration and assylum
> seekers. So there may have been political direction to be hesitant or
> over zealous in the checking of visas, to avoid political embarassment
> to the powers that be, during the election period.
>
> This wasn't hard for me to check up. I was a Civil (Silly) Servant for a
> few years and can find my way around . You do learn skills as a civil
> servant. Things like reading upside down and backwards
> so you can read a letter on a desk you are not supposed to see. I can
> carry two passports EU and Canadian and still get into trouble over
> there with the regulations.
>
>
> Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote:
>
> >THNX for your info Marty!
> >Very much appreciated!
> >
> >
> >
> >> it isn't worth the hassle to complain
> >>about some minor functionary or bureaucrat
> >>
> >>
> >OK, I decided to reapply for the Visum if they are asking to do so but
I'd
> >like to have some documents left on my hands(unfortunately I didn't make
the
> >copy of the first Visa application)
> >
> >I'd like to write a letter to the head of the Consulate-General with
request
> >for their help of solving this small misapprehension ASAP - how should I
> >proceed with them to let me to pass this letter to him and to allow me to
> >meet with him/his representative and to officially register my letter
with
> >help request and explanation (my vision) of situation (of course without
any
> >complaints)?
> >
> >
> >
> >>filling in a Green Card  lottery form for permanent
> >>residence in  US (odds 1:100)
> >>
> >>
> >You propose me to immigrate to the States? A plenty of work there and a
room
> >for five people? - I still prefer to stay here in Russia and find a way
to
> >freely travel around the World - should be doable but needs some time to
> >solve this without immigration to the States...
> >
> >Shamil
> >
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