Home Again, Slightly Pissed

[bjarvis]

I attempted to visit the Canadian embassy to sort out my passport issues but it was a wasted effort. The staff indicated this was a consular matter, not a visa/immigration/etc. matter; consular matters may only be handled during consular hours, 9 AM to 12 PM Monday-Friday.

In short, I have to take another chunk of my workday off work to get a replacement passport. Since I'm UNIX Primary all of next week, it will have to be tomorrow morning.

Grrr.

Comments

[cuyahogarvr.livejournal.com]

Okay, that sucks. Not to sound silly, but what's the difference between a visa/immigration/etc. matter and a consular matter?

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Truly, I have no idea. I would have thought consular matters are bigger issues which don't fit into the usual pigeonhole bureaucracy, such as political asylum, emergency evacuation of citizens and such; I'd have thought replacing a lost passport to be a routine function performed by the same team which processes visas and conducts immigration interviews. Go figure.

[bearginner.livejournal.com]

If I may...
A visa/immigration matter is a matter that concerns foreigners in Canada or willing to go to Canada.
A consular matter is a matter concerning Canadian citizens that need assistance abroad...
You can't expect a public servant (from any citizenship) to think both ways at the same time... I can tell!!! :-)

[kent4str.livejournal.com]

Well, crap. Wanna ride down together?

Still no clue?

[weekilter.livejournal.com]

You still don't have a clue where your passport and other paperrs trotted off to?

Re: Still no clue?

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

Nope, no idea. I continue to tear the house apart in my spare time but to no avail.