Embassy: the Madhatter’s tea party
I went to the Burkina Faso embassy the other day. I was happy to see that they only required me to fill one form and hand it in, rather than the typical process of multiple copies and the applicants expense. The process was moving along rather quickly and smoothly, a great contrast to my experience at the embassy of Ghana in Cairo. I was finally sent through to the representative of Burkina Faso to pay the final fees. He gave me a form regarding a reciprocity agreement between his country and mine. It seems that Burkinabe students can receive a five year multiple entry visa to the US. He then told me that he could not give me a 3 month multiple entry visa. Here I hit confusion.
“What do you mean?” I asked, “will I only get a single entry visa?”
“I have to give you the five year visa, otherwise it will be like breaking the agreement.”
Who am I to argue with diplomats. I now have a five year multiple entry visa into Burkina Faso. Maybe I should invest in some land there.
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