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So you thought Dante Alighieri had a rough time in Hell? That's nothing compared to getting a residence visa. One of Expatica's editors tells her tale.
The Sixth Circle of Hell houses Applicants Waiting Approval. A deep valley leads into the Seventh Circle of Hell, where those who have filed Written Complaints spend eternity with their blood boiling. Rembrandt and Lynelle meet a group of Case Workers, creatures who are half man, half slug. These souls must endure eternity in the form of trees to make up for the reams of paper they have wasted.Lynelle Barrett is an editor at Expatica and resides in the Netherlands, where she tries very hard to be a good representative of America...in spite of bureaucracy.
Hello, Thank you for this beautifully written article - funny even coming out of hell :-) I do wish you very best of good luck! I also would like to say that even as a European who has been living and working in Belgium and Luxembourg I went through the same 'circles'; I had to struggle for four months to have an allowance when my work contract ended here in The Hague. It was hell indeed too. Once one is unemployed you become an inferior being apparently. An expat office which welcomed me warmly when I had a splendid working contract in hands told me this time that if I cannot pay my rent I shall sleep in the parc! A social worker wanted to give me 20eur to put me on the train to Belgium! This is Europe too. It abandons her citizens without any help or protection within its own very institutions. On national level they do not know or do not want to know the rights of European citizens.
Best wishes,
Dinah
I want to thank the writer for a very amusing story. It made my day. Keep up the great writing, the world needs you.
Best Wishes,
Duke White
Hello, Thank you for this beautifully written article - funny even coming out of hell :-) I do wish you very best of good luck! I also would like to say that even as a European who has been living and working in Belgium and Luxembourg I went through the same 'circles'; I had to struggle for four months to have an allowance when my work contract ended here in The Hague. It was hell indeed too. Once one is unemployed you become an inferior being apparently. An expat office which welcomed me warmly when I had a splendid working contract in hands told me this time that if I cannot pay my rent I shall sleep in the parc! A social worker wanted to give me 20eur to put me on the train to Belgium! This is Europe too. It abandons her citizens without any help or protection within its own very institutions. On national level they do not know or do not want to know the rights of European citizens.
Best wishes,
Dinah
I want to thank the writer for a very amusing story. It made my day. Keep up the great writing, the world needs you.
Best Wishes,
Duke White
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