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    An Iranian, an American, and a Japanese walk into a bar . . .

    Luis Edgardo Fraguada
    Nov 19, '05 6:54 AM EST

    Well we actually walked into the Chinese Embassy in London. Three radically different results. For me, it was not too bad, other than Americans and Brtis pay 30GBP, while *most* other nationalities pay 20GBP . . . so some bad relations and we pay an extra tenner. But who knew Japan and China were so cozy? My teammate Yoshi did not have to pay anything, and he got his visa back the same day. I had to return 4 days later to pick up my passport with a nice page full of visa complete with Great Wall of China icon. But the most f'ed up thing . . . Sara, from Iran was denied a visa on the spot. No ability to talk to someone, no ability to get her plane ticket refunded. Apparently, if someone from China invites her, then she can go. So she returned to the embassy with 2/3 Chinese people that we have in our class in order to represent her. Still no go. Really puts in perspective the current state of our world.



     
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    • WOW! That is amazingly F'd up...

      Nov 19, 05 10:19 am  · 
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      TED

      the next time your walk into your local walmart have a think about it.

      US is chinas biggest trading partner
      US doesnt like Iran
      China doesnt like what US doesnt like.

      did you look at the address - perhaps you walked into the US embassy by mistake....

      Nov 20, 05 9:24 am  · 
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      sporadic supernova

      Quite sad actually !! ... so much for "global village" !!!

      hope she gets the visa eventually .... maybe the relatives of your classmates could invite her over ? ... dont know .. just thinking aloud !!

      Dec 5, 05 2:54 am  · 
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      sporadic supernova

      Quite sad actually !! ... so much for "global village" !!!

      hope she gets the visa eventually .... maybe the relatives of your classmates could invite her over ? ... dont know .. just thinking aloud !!

      Dec 5, 05 2:54 am  · 
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