Yikes

Speaking of 'Just-in-Time'.....

Yeah, so today we experienced yet another adventure at the immigration office, where it appeared this morning that we could not pick up our passports until September 5. Whereas our flight leaves tomorrow, September 1. Right. After a lot of back-and forth, we were allowed to pick them up at 3:00 PM today (which actually is the time the immigration office closes, but apparently that's just details). Right. So, we decided to go early, and then I made the bold decision to go by myself, without my Mom. Wrong choice. 

Lucky seven

I'll make a very long story short though. After yet another round of lots of back-and-forths, and our driver racing down the streets to fetch my Mom at the hotel who all of a sudden needed to be present, I unexpectedly received both passports about 40 minutes afterwards. Don't ask me why, don't ask me how. But 10 minutes prior to the office closing I walked out with our visas and our passports. With my Mom not anywhere in sight yet. We did the math afterwards, and calculated we visited the immigration office seven times, and we spent a total of two days at the immigration office to extend our visas for three days. Right.

Loving immigration offices?

So for the young and careless amongst you: if you love to wait for hours on end, and come back to the immigration office countless times, then don't worry about a stay for longer than 30 days. If you're not into this type of thing, then I seriously recommend you to take care of your visa before you leave. Just a thought.