Rules? What Rules?

[Gaybutton]

I am becoming more and more convinced that resolving immigration woes depends much more upon which officer you're dealing with rather than the actual rules. If there is a problem, I think your chances of resolving them depends on the officer. You'll either be lucky or you won't.

 

This morning I went in to submit my 90-day address report. I was not due to submit it until nearly a month from now, but at the time of the deadline date, according to my GPS, I expect to be hundreds of kilometers from the nearest immigration office. I went in to submit my report today in hopes of not having to interrupt my trip to go way out of my way just to submit an address report.

 

About a year or so ago I went in two weeks early to submit my report and the officer refused to accept it, telling me that I cannot submit my report any sooner than seven days in advance.

 

I expected to hear the same thing this morning and was ready with a great sob story in an attempt to convince the officer to let me submit the report.

 

The officer was not the same officer as the one who had previously rejected me. This officer didn't bat an eye. He hardly gave the deadline date a second glance. He accepted my report, nearly four weeks in advance, without a word and with no problem whatsoever. The only time he spoke at all was when he was pointing out the next due date.

 

Maybe the regulations have changed, but I was in and out within two minutes. Now my next report is due close to the end of January and I can go out into the hinterlands without having that to worry about.

 

My only disappointment was not having the chance to tell the sob story . . .

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Just count your blessings and forget the sob story.

[Guest fountainhall]

There'll be something else to sob about soon enough!