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- It figures that a tourist would not enjoy this article and not find themself smiling and nodding along. In case you didn't read it, Expatica is "not for tourists" for this very reason!
Of course we expats know how to have fun and enjoy our settings - that's why we moved here! We've all had a few two many pints and made arses of ourselves, cringing about it later. But living abroad does teach you to have a certain self-awareness about those who are spot-on on holiday, and you cringe for them too. An open letter to the half-drunk study abroaders, 23/07/2008 08:39 - Hi,
well my name is Zaliq.
I am a Sri lankan who was born and lived in germany for 16 years.
I moved with my parents and brother back to sri lanka 5 years ago.
I loved it in germany, as a matter of fact more than i love sri lanka.
I never had any big racial problems , i mean it is normal that there is a chance that u will get critzised for ur skin colour or just your foreing heritage.But i guess you'll get that all over the world and not just germany. It's a bit judgemental to say that germany is a racist country or whatever , we have to look past all the history , hostory is history, things change.
My brother got a german passport and my parents got a permant residence visa. Well i am stuck with my sri lankan passport with no visas at all , because i came to sri lanka befor i turned 16 , if i would have turned 16 in germany i would have gotton my german citizen ship or permant residence visa.
After coming here , i applied for a visting visa to germany , just to visit ma friends and check if i can still get my PR. But my visa application was refused over here , without a statement and no reason.
I never understood that part. I have given them all my details about my past where i used to live in germany , about the school i was attending to.
I got ma uncle in germany to check on if i can get the PR , well the guys in the BEHOERDE said yes , bu i have to get an visa approval from sri lanka , wich is kinda difficult for young people over here , because they think as soon as you get the visa you wont come back to lanka and over stay in lanka.
I tried applying twice for a tourist visa , and i got rejected twice.
I have not given up hope on going back to germany but i have given up hope on the embassy in sri lanka.
I would appriciate if anyone one could give some kinda help or advice.
So you want to move to Germany?, 23/07/2008 06:17 - "If I have started a business in Brazil but not yet making one dime, do I qualify for the ex-pat tax break or do I have to make at least a certain amount?" The fight to save the US expat tax break, 23/07/2008 05:47
- Just exchange "Sweden" and "Swedish" for "The Netherlands" and the "Dutch", and it applies here as well.
Something is wrong in the cold North! Dating the Dutch, 23/07/2008 03:44 - The pasta salad from the Aldi is very nice. They also have good white and red wine! Low budget picnic, 23/07/2008 02:44
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