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[periwinkle]

I went to immigration to get my F2 visa, and after waiting over an hour, it seems I forgot to bring something very important. My husband. He called immigration, and they told him that I needed to bring xyz documents, but I have never heard that he had to accomapny me. The woman I dealt with could've cared less. An, "I'm sorry you were misinformed" would've made me feel much better. I got her back, though. I was in the bathroom ranting on my cell (I very, very rarely talk on my cell in public, btw- only when necessary), came out of the stall, and there she was! Ha, ha, ha. next time, check your attitude, biatch.

Another thing. Thank god I can get along fairly well in Korean, but IMO, to work for immigration, you should be required to SPEAK ENGLISH!! I feel badly for some of the DDD workers going in there that speak little or no English or Korean. I wonder if there are any Russian, Chinese, etc. translators around at immigration? Yeah, right.

Why are so many government workers so apathetic? If I don't like my job, I find one that I do like and care about. I'm not talking about just Korean immi workers, either. I've met some pretty apatheic government workers back home, too. I mean, if you go to a hospital or a school, etc., you aren't likely to encounter such apathy, so why does it seem prevalent among government workers? I heard being a civil servant in Korea is pretty cushy, btw...

[crazylemongirl]

I think that immigration is where they send the dregs of the public service....

[paperbag princess]

they're completely retarded.

[Conchis]

Isn't it better that those people are stuck behind immigration desks, rather than roaming the streets like zombies and making everyone depressed?

Sorry, drunk.

[mindmetoo]

[mrt]

[chiaa]

1. If you went to the Seoul office I know which woman you are talking about. She is never nice

2. But you can't blame her, you did not have the right stuff. Whenever I need to do something there the wife calls several times over a couple of weeks to get the correct answer(s). No one person is ever right.

3. People that can speak English fluently in this country do not work in customer service. They are a bit more important than that.

[Bee Positive]

[bobbyhanlon]

yeah, mokdong immigration is the seventh circle of hell. for less important immigration-related stuff, go to gwanghwamun, much friendlier and less waiting around. sadly you can't get the really important tasks done there, for that the powers that be have in their infinite wisdom created the greyest, most dismal office, in the greyest and most dismal place in korea, and staffed it with people who unbelievably, have lower foreign language skills than some shigol halaboji...

[jaderedux]

If you went to Mokdong I know the woman. I went to renew with my husband who is korean and very shy. She questioned us for a lllllloooong time about our "relationship". Asking me first where we met and how. Then asking him the same question in korean. Why do we live apart? (2 addresses) do we live together? Do we have children? why do we live seperately??? Had spouse explain about 3,000 times. But she kept asking.

I live in school housing. As my spousal units business is clear across town. So there was some problem with the address. So instead of letting me just change the addy she sent me to the investigation area so they could decide my "case". They (the investigation folks) were very nice and told me what to do next year to avoid the 100K fine.

Went back down and she continued to ask why we didn't live together and how we met. She has now decided I married him to stay in Korea. She questioned my age as I am older than my spouse and had the people surrounding her look at my passport since she couldn't believe I was older than spousal unit. Generally not a nice gal.

At this point I was ready to throttle her and S.U. was ready to sink into the floor and die. We smiled left with the new F-2 and as I left I wished a plague on her house.

My warped perception...Witch ain't married and p.o.'ed cuz us kojangi girls snapped up a couple. (most likely not true but I feel better saying something so mean)

Merry Christmas!
Jade

[Wangja]

Do Korean immigration personnel received their advanced training from the Department of Homeland Security?

[PolyChronic Time Girl]

[Wangja]

[antoniothegreat]

I dont want to sound like that guy and big brother is a good thing...

my brother married a samoan girl and had a ton of trouble as well...

but, let's remember Korea didn't have a plane crash into a building in Seoul and kill 3,000 people. Korea doesn't have half of the Islamic world dying to cut off their heads. so I think maybe give the american immigration people a bit of understanding.

I understand your annoyances. and if they treated you disrespectfully, that is not good, but if they want to get a picture and a fingerprint, well, that isn't too much to ask, is it?

and yes, i am scared for posting this message, please dont send me hate mail...

[Wangja]

Can you please share whatever it is you are smoking?