Ridiculous!
How ridiculous is it to be told by the Medical school office that they do not know how to do letters for student visa extensions!
It made my blood boil because once again, I'm thrown to and fro places to sort out this problem since NO ONE knows how to solve it...and ridiculously, it's THE UNIVERSITY!
It is frustrating enough to have to extend my visa, hence, resulting in me having to run between placements out of and into Cardiff between office hours, which anyone would know it's impossible unless I take days off and run the risk of getting into trouble with my Consultant. But what frustrates me isn't that much abt taking days off, but more about not actually getting things done quickly because this place's pace is worse than a snail! Plus, not to mention, having to pay 250 quid ($750) to extend it, which is a total rip off.
All I needed from the Uni is a simple letter stating the ending date for my university studies and because there's a gap of a few days between my end date and the start of the work permit I'll have to apply for close to graduation, I kindly requested for the uni staff to extend the end date for a week or so, just to make sure it overlaps with the start of the work permit and prevent me from running the risk of having to get out of UK for a few days and paying another 250 pounds just to stay if I have to.
A simple request and I got a "There's no way I can change the date." and there's no way I can get it done despite explaining. No means NO. FUCK!
I was told to go to the med sch (manz, whenever someone tells me to go there and get a problem solved, I know it's as good as telling me to DIY). And as expected, it was a NIGHTMARE!!!!!
Told them my problem, and got a "I don't know how to solve this problem." A joke isn't it? And just to push me away, the undergrad sent me to the postgrad centre, which I went to, and the staff in the postgrad centre told me they have nothing to do with this, and I should get it solved in the undergrad centre. Typical of UK. No doubt abt it.
It was funny how I actually blurted this out at the undergrad office.
Lady: Erm..maybe it's best if u speak to Martin...
Me: Martin? I'll speak to anyone except him.
(Martin is a guy who I think should be sacked from the med sch. I have no idea why he exists, and I have no idea what he does during office hours. He's meant to solve problems for med undergrads, but he's totally inefficient and useless. In fact, if I can have a go at sacking people from the med sch, he's first on my list.)
So anyway, I finally got to the supposedly-right person in charge, who also had no idea. Explained to her that all I ask for is extension of 1 week more after the end date, and all she did was ask someone in the office to type a letter to explain my difficulty. And that bloody letter made me wait 20 mins. It was only 4 lines, and it took the person 20 mins to type.
And they were so niao abt the dates. They gave me till 1st Aug 2007, and I just asked for the 5th just in case. A difference of 4 days, and still, the answer is NO.
Madness. These people have really fucked up minds.
It made my blood boil because once again, I'm thrown to and fro places to sort out this problem since NO ONE knows how to solve it...and ridiculously, it's THE UNIVERSITY!
It is frustrating enough to have to extend my visa, hence, resulting in me having to run between placements out of and into Cardiff between office hours, which anyone would know it's impossible unless I take days off and run the risk of getting into trouble with my Consultant. But what frustrates me isn't that much abt taking days off, but more about not actually getting things done quickly because this place's pace is worse than a snail! Plus, not to mention, having to pay 250 quid ($750) to extend it, which is a total rip off.
All I needed from the Uni is a simple letter stating the ending date for my university studies and because there's a gap of a few days between my end date and the start of the work permit I'll have to apply for close to graduation, I kindly requested for the uni staff to extend the end date for a week or so, just to make sure it overlaps with the start of the work permit and prevent me from running the risk of having to get out of UK for a few days and paying another 250 pounds just to stay if I have to.
A simple request and I got a "There's no way I can change the date." and there's no way I can get it done despite explaining. No means NO. FUCK!
I was told to go to the med sch (manz, whenever someone tells me to go there and get a problem solved, I know it's as good as telling me to DIY). And as expected, it was a NIGHTMARE!!!!!
Told them my problem, and got a "I don't know how to solve this problem." A joke isn't it? And just to push me away, the undergrad sent me to the postgrad centre, which I went to, and the staff in the postgrad centre told me they have nothing to do with this, and I should get it solved in the undergrad centre. Typical of UK. No doubt abt it.
It was funny how I actually blurted this out at the undergrad office.
Lady: Erm..maybe it's best if u speak to Martin...
Me: Martin? I'll speak to anyone except him.
(Martin is a guy who I think should be sacked from the med sch. I have no idea why he exists, and I have no idea what he does during office hours. He's meant to solve problems for med undergrads, but he's totally inefficient and useless. In fact, if I can have a go at sacking people from the med sch, he's first on my list.)
So anyway, I finally got to the supposedly-right person in charge, who also had no idea. Explained to her that all I ask for is extension of 1 week more after the end date, and all she did was ask someone in the office to type a letter to explain my difficulty. And that bloody letter made me wait 20 mins. It was only 4 lines, and it took the person 20 mins to type.
And they were so niao abt the dates. They gave me till 1st Aug 2007, and I just asked for the 5th just in case. A difference of 4 days, and still, the answer is NO.
Madness. These people have really fucked up minds.
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