Why can't they make things easier??

It's nice to have school breaks now and then, thats the best time to relax, get things done and catch up on things... lucky for me this year the school had given a day off for good Friday. I mean thats a nice thought considering that all the staff in my school are catholics. I on the other hand took advantage of this leave to settle my husbands visa.

While everyone went to church, My husband and I spent half the day at the Immigration office. I really hate the long hours of waiting in the cue and waiting for the number to be called. I knew that the trip would take at least 4 hours just to get his social pass to be extended for a few more months. I wanted to extend on a long term basis, it's more convenient for me coz I can't be taking leave every few months to get this done.

We took a taxi to get there, as usual I'm not confident to drive there. We manage to get there by 8.30am. My idea of going there early just to beat the crowd... but I guess everyone else had that same strategy too... The place was packed and we had to cue to get the forms, number and information from the counter. The cue was so freaking long, took us 20 minutes to get there and all the guy did was direct us to counter 5. The officer in charge gave me a bunch of forms.. this is what I got not only that I had to pay RM4 for these forms :-

• Declaration from the wife to support the social visit pas application for the Husband
• Additional Information about the applicant (husband)
• Financial Statement, source of Income and Bank Account balance form.
• Declaration from Husband and wife form.
• Security Bon
• Declaration from Sponsor form.
  

When I asked the officer in charge how to fill the forms and what are the requirements for the application... She said "Baca .. lepas tu isi borang jer" hmmm ok read and fill the forms... sounds simple right... which idiot cant do that? duhhhh... She then asked me to go down to the ground floor and get 3 Visit Pass Application forms.. Apparently we have to get it from the counter downstairs. Ok fine, We went down to get the form and paid another RM3 for it.. then went back to the 4th floor.. Why do we have to buy these forms?, why did we have to go all they way down to get the other 3 forms? and why are they sold sapperately? jeeesusssss!!!! After going through the forms there were actually more then just reading and filling up... I got help from some people down stairs and they told me that there are other require attached documents ..!!!

They require :-

• Bank Statements
• 3 months Pay slip
• Assets
• J form
• A letter from my employer
• Marriage certificate
• Birth certificates
• Photocopy of I/C and passport
• A copy of the payment resit VDR/JP Visa (whatever that is)
• A copy of the Deposite resit (what deposite?)
• 2 passport size photo's of the wife.
• 3 passport photo's for the Husband.
• Wedding picture
• Information about witnesses present during our marriage registration.
• Proof of employment and source of income statement. (condition salary must be RM2,000 above)

Why do we need to attach our wedding picture for?? isn't our marriage registration certificate sufficient enough???. apperently ur not married until you're not officially married until you get your picture taken.. hehe.. funny!
Ok now... all the information above they didn't tell you to include unless you asked them, at least thats how it seemed to me at the time... THEY JUST EXPECT YOU TO KNOW?.

We wasted 1 hour filling up the forms, going up and down to get people to at least explain to us how to fill up the dam thing.. only to find out that I need all the other attachments as well. When I asked the Officer again, that all this requirements is not stated in the forms... she then noticed she didn't give me the details and instruction forms..bloody hell! All she didn't even apologize or show any professionalism. Of coz with all the attachments I cant submit the forms... to get all those done will take at least a week.

In the end we just filled up 1 form to extend the normal social visit pass. It's bad enough that the place was filled with people and there were not enough chairs to sit on. We waited 4 hours just to get the 2 months extension and paid RM100 for it. To top that off they misspelled his middle name... arghhhhhhhhhh *bangs her head on the counter* I was frustrated and angry.. these people are suppose to know everything about the whole process.. but honestly they dont! It's easier to just cross the Singapore boarder and get an extension of 3 months without paying any fee and the process takes less then 20 minutes, no hassle what so ever.. plus I get to visit my brother and his family in JB. If not because we wanted to apply for a long term pass, I rather not go there at all.

Oh well, looks like there is another trip to JB in the near future.. good excuse to go shopping and buy some gifts for my niece and godson!