Thursday, November 28, 2013

Visa fun in KL

Well on Wednesday when I went to the Myanmar embassy I was greeted by this sign:






So I went back early this morning. Got there just after 9. I was second in the queue and there was a sign saying they opened at 930. It got to 945 and there was a small crowd waiting when a girl passed us this flyer:






Outsourced. To a travel agent. Of course.

The Malaysian guy who was next to me in line said he had a car. So an Australian backpacker, a Pakistani couple, a Malaysian man and his brother in law (the driver) hop into the car (sounds like the beginning of a joke right?). We drive around to find the travel agent. At one stage we ask the taxi next to us at the traffic lights. He tells us to follow him. "Follow that taxi!".

The visa application form is very detailed:






It was a 'take a number' and sit down type scenario. I got to the desk and the woman told me I needed to have a flight booked to get a visa. I told her I didn't want to book a flight until I HAD the visa. Nope. She assured me the visa will be ready today, and told me that I could conveniently book the flight over at counter 9. Of course. Whatever. So flight is booked for tomorrow morning, and I go to pick up my visa this afternoon. Fingers crossed!





Update:
Well they were over an hour late with the visas.. But who cares because here it is!!




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