is it just me or is this visa thing getting annoyingly more annoying??? (it's my blog, and i say that sentence makes sense)
after a hectic 3 weeks of convincing my HR ppl to apply for Premium Processing (it gets done faster... think "taatkaal") of my H1 work visa, i had had enough. i was as bored as the dhoom2 audience, yet i felt good... something that hasn't happened in a long, long while. tired, sleepy & frankly, a lil burnt... i still couldn't get that fatigued smile off of my face. come tuesday morning, and i was completely ready to kick back, chill and enjoy my daily dose of mocha frappuccino.... but NOOOOO.... wait, make that NYYYOOOOOOOOO!
200,000+... that's rt fella! TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS visa apps sent out in 1 day. number of visas available? 85,000.... yes 85,000. brilliant... long story short, we shall now have a lottery system, where they shall RANDOMLY pick apps & process them... the rest can just go open vada pav stalls to support themselves. so after studying in a premier graduate school like USC for 2 years and working for a company that is no.1 in the world for GIS related software, my future is going to be based on a lucky draw. brilliant... bingo, anyone?
so applying with a master's degree via premium processing on the very 1st day possible could mean that i still don't get the visa. in fact, there is a 2 out of 3 chance that none of us even get our papers looked at. hmmm...
whenever life throws such monkey poo at me, i'm forced to think about who i can give a piece of my mind to..... who is the brains behind such incredible stupidity... just WHO can i go to and say, "thank you sir/madam, you're as competent as a monkey with a chainsaw performing brain surgery"... just who?
in a country that prides itself on constantly evolving systems to facilitate & increase customer satisfaction, visa issues have been treated like the step-children of a very, very stupid family. last year, the h1 visas lasted 8weeks for the general public, and 12 for people with masters degrees.... this year... they both lasted 24 hrs.
as i mentioned to my friends today: "who needs to go to vegas, when we can just sit here and gamble?!"
fyi... the visa applications are accepted from the 1st of April onward... april fool's day... coincidence? i think not!
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