Ukrainian refugees

[watervole]

 We're getting to know our prospective guest a little better. We're both on Discord and we've had a couple of chats now.  We'll probably touch base again sometime over the weekend.

I know of one visa locally that came back in only four days, but I'm warning Kyryllo to assume it could easily be a fortnight.  Better not to have hopes too high.  It is generally quicker for single people than for families - if any family member hits a problem - like a child not having a full Ukrainian passport -then it holds up the entire family.

But before I rant too much, I have to remind myself that it isn't always petty bureaucracy.  Some of it is there to prevent people abducting refugee children, claiming to be their parents and then going into sex trafficking.  It happens.

 

Sometimes a delay is to protect others.

Comments

[vera_j]

Good luck with all. And yes, you are right, this bureaucracy is necessary to keep things safe. Here the situation with refugees is rather bad - too many of them, problems with children at schools and kindergartens - not enough places for Czech people and now thousands more. The public mood slowly changes. We have more than we can cope with but EU is not doing a thing, just talking...

[coth]

Fingers crossed that all goes well.