Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Idiocracy

I feel so bad for my doorman friend (US citizen but not born here). He had plans to go to Miami to visit family and then to El Salvador to visit a friend. He didn't realize that his passport expired so he did an expedited application. Didn't get it, didn't get it, and so went to the office. He was told that they wouldn't issue a passport due to nonpayment of child support from 1989. Thing is, he was cleared of that in the 90's. And, he was allowed to go to the Dominican Republic to bury his son in 2005. Stupid bureaucrats. So now he's not going on his vacation.

So you know the current rules and regulations.

Customs and Border Patrol Web Page

5 comments:

M. Robert Turnage said...

Madness.

This is a difference between me and my Mrs. I try to study all of the rules to anticipate BS like this and make sure everything is in order.

She just assumes everything will work our for her. More often than not, she's right.

Churlita said...

That sucks for him. I hate it when you clean up your old crap, and it still comes back to bite you in the ass.

Tera said...

That fucking sucks ASS! Big time!

NoRegrets said...

The only way I could think to make him feel better was to offer to jump up and down. (He asked why I had my arms crossed when I went outside, and hey, if someone asks me a question I'll usually answer it honestly, and I told him I had forgotten my bra.)

dmarks said...

Why do you think people jump border....