Bureaucrazy

2006
April 17th: “Get your old passport.” – Mr Alok Prabhakar, Counsellor (Consular)

April 21st: “Will take a week or ten days.” – Mr Alok Prabhakar, Counsellor (Consular)

May 2nd: “Come for visa interview tomorrow.” – Visa Section

May 3rd: “Will take two days.” – Mr Ravi Goel, Visa Officer

May 5th: “Referred to headquarters; will take two weeks.” – Mr Ravi Goel, Visa Officer

May 19th: “Will take some time.” – Mr Ravi Goel, Visa Officer

July 25th: “Visa has not been granted.” – Mr Ravi Goel, Visa Officer

November 10th: “Call me on Monday for reference number.” – Ms Meera Sisodia, Visa Officer

November 13th: “Today is the first day of the week. Call tomorrow at the same time.” – Ms Meera Sisodia, Visa Officer

November 14th: “The reference number is COL/ VISA/ 407/ 1/ 2006 dated sometime in August 2006; have sent several reminders.” – Ms Meera Sisodia, Visa Officer

November 20th: “Get a letter from the Karnataka Government saying that your physical presence is required for them to process your citizenship application.” – Ms Meera Sisodia, Visa Officer

2007
April 18th: "I have your number. In case there's anything, I will get back to you." - Mr V Vinay Kumar, Counsellor (Consular)

May 23rd: “We sent a reminder two weeks back. Wait for some time. If there is no reply, we will send another reminder, okay? Call me on Monday or Tuesday.” – Chandra Prakash, Visa Officer