Finally received my debit card last week and took it into the bank to activate it. Unfortunately, there is some strike or protest or something going on (not that I have seen anything about this in the newspaper) so it is going to take at least TEN business days to get me my pin number. So, I have a useless card in my wallet.
By the middle of last week, I still had not received the statement I need for my visa stuff. So, I requested another one which takes 4-5 business days. At this point, I have overstayed my passport stamp by 3 weeks.
At least they have my name and address correct now...well, except for the fact that I am moving into a new place soon....
Yay for moving in a new place though! I cannot wait to move and not wait 30 minutes or more for the bus to get home each day and to not go home to a place that smell of cigarette smoke. Yay!
4 comments:
Wow!!
Such a lot has happened. I can't believe how hard it is to open a bank account. It would take a Beers to deal with so much bureaucracy.
Do they make everyone jump through bureaucratic hoops or just foreigners?
At least this debacle makes for good blog fodder! I know you'll laugh about this one day if you're not already.
By the way, my first comment I accidentally buried in your week two posting. oops. Love, Marianne
Hi Marianne!
Great to hear from you! You can definitely live in my closet for a while to help out with all this bureaucratic stuff. It is a lot worse for foreigners than for Irish citizens. I have a few more things to sort out - my residency permission, getting broadband at my apartment, etc. so I think I should be all set just in time to fly home in early December. : )
Momeester,
This is all definitely stressing even a Beers' ability to organize. : ) Great to hear from you!
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