Sunday, August 5, 2012

The mysterious journey inside the passport office

20 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well said writer, I am in total agreement since I can relate to the issues stated. But my "Journey" was compounded by bieng a St.lucian living abroad and making the trip home just to renew my passport in 5 days. I was confronted with the issue of the Birth certificate and when I proceeded, I discovered that my there existed discrepancies with the spelling of my name which I was told I have to get rectified at another office.Additionally, the birth certificate is collected at a diffrent location from where the application is made. Now I am in the process of trying to obtain an NIS number. It looks as if I will have to leave st.Lucia without renewing the passport.If ONLY the information wwas made available online. I WISH TO JOIN IN EXPRESSING MY DISGUST AND FRUSTRATION WITH ST.LUCIA - THE PAUCITY OF INFORMATION AND DESDAIN THAT THE POOR AND ILLITERATE PEOPLE ARE TREATED WITH. THE MORE EDUCATED WE BECOME THE MORE DETACHED WE ARE FROM REALITY AND THE MASSES!!!! LORD HAVE MERCY ON THE POOR PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY!!!

Anonymous said...

BRAVO THE TRUTH WILL MAKE ONE FREE.

VERY GOOD VG.

Anonymous said...

Ha Ha Ha I'm on my third American passport get that with no problem. All I need each time is my ID, Social Security, Voters Registration card and expire passport pay for return postage and wa la in one week or so my passport is in my hands without paying 4 A cut. Let the barking begin wooffff.

Anonymous said...

@ 6:07pm
y the lies??????

u are nothing but a fu!@#$%^&CK2455ING BARKING DAMN DIRTY BLACK HUNGRY DOG. MASH U DOG.

U ARE NOTHING BUT A UNCLE TOM ASS KISSER!!!!
U NIGGER.

Anonymous said...

WELL NOW THAT I GOT ALL THAT INFO FROM MR. MAX I GUESS I WONT HAVE TO DO MUCH WALKING BACK AND FORTH. AND WHEN I FINALLY GO TO BRING THE DOCUMENTS IN I ALREADY KNOW THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE THEIR EARS COCKED TO HEAR ABOUT MY BUSINESS, SO I WILL HAVE TO GO WITH A DON'T CARISH ATTITUDE. THANKS MAX!

Anonymous said...

@ 2:56 AM......Who ever post the comment about their American passport is speaking the truth thats all myself had to do for real.Let me ask you a little question,are you a lowdown Lucian kneegrow thats stuck in a rut? Or are you an illegal alien wishing to put their hands on a Green card or and American passport?Wake up stop showing your true color you cretin you have a diarreah of the mind sack way in yowah. Too often people like you misplace their priorities and wonder why they can't get ahead.

Anonymous said...

I hate to admit it but its true. When I applied for my State ID card in the US it only took a few hours. All i needed was my SSN card, bank card as ID and valid proof of address in the form of Government mail or Credit Card statement. This also rings true for opening busines bank accounts; all done in one day. I have questioned this approach and why it cant work here in SLU and the biggest excuse I've heard about is the prevalence of fraud. Are we to wait while our police force plays catch with the crooks before we implement new technologies and keep up with worldwide standards? I have several bank accounts in SLU with my correct name HOWEVER I have not been issued an up to date ID or PASSPORT because of a discrepancy in my birth certificate. Its so weird; things happen in reverse in fair helen.

Anonymous said...

@8:52 AM.

I WILL NEVER B A STOOGE LIKE U AND THOSE LOW DOWN NIGGERS WHO DO SO MUCH BOBOLL IN THIS COUNTRY THEN FLEE 2 THAT COUNTRY OF REFUGE
IT IS REFUGEE LIKE U WHO BUY BIRTH CERTIFICATE TO CHANGE YOUR ID.
BUT U WILL SOON BE DEPORTED TO ST.LUCIA IN YOUR ORANGE JUMP SUIT WEARING YOUR ANCLE BRACELET.
BUT THE POLICE WILL BLOW YOUR KAKA-POUL BRAIN IF U TRY YOUR TRADE OF HOLDING-UP GAS STATIONS.
THE POLICE ALREADY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU FROM THE FBI.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the information on the process of renewing a passport in St. Lucia. I wish I had that information sooner. It would have saved me a lot of trouble while trying to renew my passport from abroad. It's been 8 months and I still don't have the passport.

Had to go through a mistake on the birth certificate,(I was not notified about this until about 3 months later even though I called several times to inquire about the status) rectifying the mistake, waiting for that to get done and then I had to send a new application with the corrected name, only to be told that my application had to go through the whole process again, foreign affairs, immigration etc. There has to be an easier, more efficient, less frustrating way to do this.

Anonymous said...

It is so easy for people to tell lies and put down their home country to justify their poor existance in foriegn countries. Saint Lucia has foriegn missions in all the countries mentioned, all it takes is a phone call to the mission. Forms are available in all foriegn missions. For the people that live in SLU, they can call the passport office and ask what is required. We spend all day on BB ka parlah zaffa moun. What is wrong in putting your BB to good use and seek information.

Anonymous said...

@ 2:56 AM & 6:54 AM....You have major issues to deal with. If the peoples comment disturb you because they speak the truth and their minds for that you call them a nigger? I think you are even a lower nigger because you are so angry with yourself and everyone around you. Kindly ask your Doctor to increse your medication dosage if you are taking 50mg please tell him it's not working for you I think 150mg would work better. And you must remember St.Lucia is 99% black and I'm a very proud St.Lucian American at that.Go get a life if you cannot get one beg, borrow or steal one.Neg bwa you have no shame scruples or morals.

Anonymous said...

The foreign missions are not the abundance of helpful information as the above blogger believes. I went through the foreign mission to renew my passport and my journey continues 8 months later still with no passport and after doing everything that I was instructed.

I am not one to put down my home country, however other countries (even Caribbean countries) have simpler more efficient ways of dealing with this. Our process is unacceptable and that should be pointed out in an effort to do better.

The writer of the article pointed out several little things that could be done to make the process better even for the people at home. Why these things have not been done is a mystery. Well maybe not such a great mystery, sometimes our people just don't care and will continue to do things that make no sense just because that's how it's always been done.

OPTICAL said...

@9:30am ARE U SURE U WANT 2 TAKE ME ON???

SEY THE DOCTOR HAVE INCREST MY DOSAGE 2 500MG.
I AM OK.
LIVING IN AMERICA HAVE DOUBLE YOUR STUPIDITY U ARE A PEARL IN THE WORLD OF NIGGERS!!!
GO AND FIND OUT THE MEANING OF NIGGER?? AND COME BACK.
BIG DEAL ST.LUCIAN AMERICAN, WHAT EVER THAT MEAN?? I AM HAPPER THAT A NIGGER LIKE U CAN IDENTIFY WITH THE MINORITY IDIOTIC LOW LIFE GROPE.
I AM NOT REFEREEING 2 NEGROES AS IN RACE WHEN I AM CALLING U BY YOUR MENTALITY.
IT IS NONSENSICAL PEOPLE LIKE U WHO GO 2 THE STATES AND STAY A ST.LUCIAN YES A NOTHER LUCIAN WHO STAY 50YRS IN AMERICA WITH NOTHING 2 SHOW NOT ONE LITTLE HOUSE SPOT IN ST LUCIA BROKES LIKE HELL ALL U NIGGERS DO IS DRINK RUM(THE SPIRIT OF ST.LUCIAN AMERICAN NIGGERS) AND GAMBLE IN SOME BASEMENT AND BAD TALK YOUR CONTRY THIS IS WHAT U AND THOSE ST.LUCIAN AMERICAN DO BAD BITE YOUR FELLOW LUCIANS.
ST LUCIA THIS ST.LUCIA THAT IN ST LUCIA??? BOY DON'T TELL PEOPLE U ARE FROM THIS PLACE CALL ST.LUCIA BECAUSE THIS PLACE IS BAD NEWS???

WHERE AS THE TRUTH IS U ST.LUCIANS AMERICANS HAVE NOTHING 2 SHOW 4 ALL THE WASTED YEARS U HAVE SPEND ABRODE!!!
WE WHO STAY HOME HAVE A DECENT JOB OWN OUR HOMES AND DRIVE OUR OWN CARS AND HAVE A LITTLE LIFE INSURANCE YES WITH A FAMILY.
WE ALSO HAVE NIGGERS AMOUNG US HERE IN THIS PLACE WHO ARE NOT SO BAD LIKE THOSE ST.LUCIAN AMERICAM.
ANY INTELLIGENT LUCIAN WHO GO 2 AMERICA OR ANY OTHER COUNTRY AND DECIDE 2 MAKE THIS COUNTRY THEIR HOME WILL NEVER CRITICIZE ST.LUCIANS BACK HOME BUT WILL TRY 2HELP ALLEVIATE OUR STANDARD.

YES ST.LUCIAN AMERICAN U ARE ONLE A NUMBER IN AMERICA A MR.NOBODY MR.NOTHING LOW PAID JOBS THAT ALL U GET U ILLEGAL MISFIT NIGGER.
AS I AM WRITTING MY DOCTOR HAVE INCRESE MY DOSAGE 2 1000MG.

U CAN NOT COME BACK HOME BECAUSE ALL YOUR FRIENDS OWN THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND HOMES.

TELL ME WHO ARE U MR.ST.LUCIAN AMERICAN?? U ARE ANOTHER NIGGER
IN AN ORANGE JUMP-SUIT #666 LOCK UP BEHIND SOME IRON BARS LOOKING THROUGH IT BARS WAITING 2 B DEPORTED.

Anonymous said...

You skunk I goess there is one thing you fail reading and comprehension. Stop making people laugh at you idiot go back to preschool you need our grammer classes. I am a Registered Nurse specialize in Pediatrics/Oncology for the past twentyfour years if you understand what I mean?Please school is opening next month back home try your best to get a spot open for you.Makak my husband and two sons eighteen and ten laught at your comment and english with shame.You must stop disrespecting people when they post a comment if you don't have anything good to say then don't say nothig at all do not insult ones intelligence.

Anonymous said...

guess*

OPTICAL said...

U YOUR HUSBAN AND CHILDREN ARE NOYHING BUT A BUNCH OF NIGGERS WHO HAVE NO SHAME.
I AM A TRUE ST.LUCIAN LIVING IN ST.LUCIA SPEAKING AS A TRUE ST.LUCIAN U AND YOUR FAMILY ARE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF IDIOTS CALLING YOURSELF ST.LUCIAN AMERICAM.
COPY CATS CALL YOURSELF AFRICAN AMERICAN!!U FOOL. U A REGISTED NURSE????
IT IS U AND YOUR FAMILY THAT HAVE 2 GO BACK 2 PRE-SCHOOL I DO NOT HAVE 2 PLEASE U WITH MY GRAMMAR

U AND YOUR HUSBAND AND CHILDREN ARE LAUGHTING U SAY?
SHAME AND THE TRUTH ARE CAUSING U ALL 2 LIGHT AT YOUR OWN FILTY FOOLISHNESS SA I HAVE SAID U AND YOUR FAMILY ARE ALL FILTY ST.LUCIANS AMERICANS NIGGERS!!
WITH NOTHING 2 SHOW 4 YOUR YEARS OF ILLEGAL NURSING IN YOUR REFUGE COUNTRY.
CHECK WHO HAVE 2 TAKE THEIR MEDICATION NOW I HAVE U AND YOUR FAMILY SO IDENTIFY U SO MIX UP WITH YOUR OWN VOMIT.
WHICH WORD DO U AND YOUR UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND WANTED 2 USED?
GOESS/GUESS
U SEE THIS IS PART OF YOUR ST.LUCIAN AMERICAM VENOM VOCABULARY.

BY THE WAY YOUR HUSBAND WILL B ASKING 4 A DNA FROM THE CHILDREN 2 DETERMINE OWNERSHIP.
REMEMBER IS NOT A SAFE HEAVEN 4 DEPORTEE.

Anonymous said...

I totally agree. It took me nearly two years to get my electronic passport since I was overseas and had to have a family member doing all the running around which to me was a waste of time and rather painstaking.

OECS Teacher said...

I did not realize that people actually feel they are pigs and want others to know that.

It is such a harmless opportunity of modern technology that people can join in a discussion and exchange learning with each other.

But it is evident OPTICAL @9:30am, and Anonymous @8:52 AM are pigs who choose to participate as pigs, and we must accept their choice.

I applied and got my State ID in the United States in less than one hour. I spent eleven days in Saint Lucia and I did not get an ID card. I guess that makes me a nigger, so what?

So now you know these are the pigs in the Public Service who perpetuate the bad practices because they cannot even understand that they don't know what they don't know.

In Saint Lucia, "Where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise."
(old proverb)

Anonymous said...

All the foreign missions do is provide passport forms when you send a self-addressed and stamped envelope. They then send your application down for an exorbitant amount, where it goes through the same process and meets the same obstacles as when you do it from home. I really can't understand why pdf applications can't be available online at the very least.

Anonymous said...

http://www.slugovprintery.com/index.php/pdf/forms_download/92