Slow change scam from airport immigration officers
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What were the ridiculing comments? Were they about your tiny hands?
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Immigration officers are getting damned surly these days, speaking of ridiculing comments. First of all, many of them give you a disgusted look on arrival. And, no, I'm not a haggard-looking, dirty alcoholic foreigner.
Into Siem Reap last year, the c*nt stamped me in 3-4 blank pages into my diminishing passport, and upside down and in the middle of the page. I walked away and went back to ask if this was OK. Gave me a dismissive gesture and a grunt. On the way out, I gave a female officer a shoulder shrug when she saw where the stamp was. She looked over somewhere to other officer desks and then stamped me out.
Another time later, the officer threw the passport and almost off the counter top.
On the way in a couple of weeks ago, I handed the officer my passport and realized I'd forgotten to write in the visa number. I told him I could write it in for you. "Who's immigration? Are you immigration?" I said, "You are, sir". "You can stand over there," pointing to the lineup. It was a strange exchange. He did his job but what a miserable bunch overall.
I thought the Viets were grouchy. Have to say they've been better lately at SGN Airport.
Into Siem Reap last year, the c*nt stamped me in 3-4 blank pages into my diminishing passport, and upside down and in the middle of the page. I walked away and went back to ask if this was OK. Gave me a dismissive gesture and a grunt. On the way out, I gave a female officer a shoulder shrug when she saw where the stamp was. She looked over somewhere to other officer desks and then stamped me out.
Another time later, the officer threw the passport and almost off the counter top.
On the way in a couple of weeks ago, I handed the officer my passport and realized I'd forgotten to write in the visa number. I told him I could write it in for you. "Who's immigration? Are you immigration?" I said, "You are, sir". "You can stand over there," pointing to the lineup. It was a strange exchange. He did his job but what a miserable bunch overall.
I thought the Viets were grouchy. Have to say they've been better lately at SGN Airport.
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If you can hear or see it then it's not "them".Dahon wrote:
Have to stop now, there's a black helicopter coming closer to my hotel.....
An immigration agent probably lives close by.
Seriously. I don't get all these cry babies bitching about simple traveling experiences. It's no wonder they look pissed off when you're the 2000th clueless peanut to bumble through.
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Yeah, it's not easy to get a hello or good morning out of them in English or Khmer.PenhMan wrote:Immigration officers are getting damned surly these days, speaking of ridiculing comments. First of all, many of them give you a disgusted look on arrival. And, no, I'm not a haggard-looking, dirty alcoholic foreigner.
Into Siem Reap last year, the c*nt stamped me in 3-4 blank pages into my diminishing passport, and upside down and in the middle of the page. I walked away and went back to ask if this was OK. Gave me a dismissive gesture and a grunt. On the way out, I gave a female officer a shoulder shrug when she saw where the stamp was. She looked over somewhere to other officer desks and then stamped me out.
Another time later, the officer threw the passport and almost off the counter top.
On the way in a couple of weeks ago, I handed the officer my passport and realized I'd forgotten to write in the visa number. I told him I could write it in for you. "Who's immigration? Are you immigration?" I said, "You are, sir". "You can stand over there," pointing to the lineup. It was a strange exchange. He did his job but what a miserable bunch overall.
I thought the Viets were grouchy. Have to say they've been better lately at SGN Airport.
I've given up being friendly and just scowl back at them. They seem to appreciate this.
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I was once chastised a few years ago by immigration at PNH as I had a 50$ bill folded between one of my passport pages which I didn't know about. They called me over sternly... says this is a big problem or what I did was very bad or something like that and handed me the 50$ bill. I didn't know it was there so just apologized and thanked them. Guy warned me quite sternly to never do that again! Maybe they thought I was testing them or something?
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In some countries it is assumed to be bribe if you have cash in your passport when handing it to an official. I remember when visiting an Eastern European country (I think it was Belarus) there were signs up saying this in the airport.kansaicanuck wrote:I was once chastised a few years ago by immigration at PNH as I had a 50$ bill folded between one of my passport pages which I didn't know about. They called me over sternly... says this is a big problem or what I did was very bad or something like that and handed me the 50$ bill. I didn't know it was there so just apologized and thanked them. Guy warned me quite sternly to never do that again! Maybe they thought I was testing them or something?
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GM - I've got size 12 hands, so, no don't think that.gavinmac wrote:What were the ridiculing comments? Were they about your tiny hands?
Playboy - I'm Swedish, not American. And there is no part of Sweden called Florida. And I guess in Florida they hand out cartoons on the flight showing the procedure, usually the Americans are great at explaining things to even the dumbest of visitors.
Ok, I walk up to the counter, immigration officer spews out something like "fimpin", I e fingerprint. I hesitate and then try to put my fingers on the scanner, which features a bottom area 4cm or so which is covered by semi-translucent green plastic. The upper 4 inches or so just have this yellow-green glass. Now, is it obvious where to put your finger or that You are supposed to put all four finger but not the thumb on the UPPER art? Officer sees my hesitation, reclines hiss body and in particular his head, stiffens his upper lip, and in his best Queen's English spits out "-foofingaah, foffingaah" (four fingers), meaning that he wants me to put my four FINGERS (thumb obviously not counted as a finger) on the scanner. I then put my fingers and thumb on the bottom part since I find it diffucult to understand why You mark off a certain part of the scanner if You donn't intend to use it. Why then not mark it with black tape, red crosshatch or some other internationally recognized symbol for "NO".
This, to put it mildly, does not impress said immigration officer. He tells me rudely to put only the fingers and not the thumb on the top part before reclining back into is headmaster style position of amusement. Anyway, I eventually succeed in passing all four levels of consciense (ringt fingers, right thumb, left fingers, left thumd) and get my passport stamped.
Now, this is not like being interrogated in Abu Ghraib, but why not put up a sign if I m the 2000th fuckface that week to do the same mistake. And if I was the first idiot to emerge at the counter, why not show consideration?
It probably goes natural to all You old Cambodia hands out there but I found it an unsettling first experience. Anyway, everything elso so far has been smooth.
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^Fucking heel its hardly injustice of the month is it. Seems there's one Bjorn every minute.
My posts are just jokes, maybe they're rude, offensive, and politically incorrect. They're not my opinion, viewpoint, idea, or judgement, but they're just fucking jokes so lighten up.
Bit surprising, really, I've found their fingerprinting procedure rather intuitive. The reader is indicating which finger(s) to put on next, you do that, done.
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Obviously Dahon is not exactly well-traveled.Alex wrote:Bit surprising, really, I've found their fingerprinting procedure rather intuitive. The reader is indicating which finger(s) to put on next, you do that, done.
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[quote="ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ"][quote="PenhMan"]Immigration officers are getting damned surly these days, speaking of ridiculing comments. First of all, many of them give you a disgusted look on arrival. And, no, I'm not a haggard-looking, dirty alcoholic foreigner.
Into Siem Reap last year, the c*nt stamped me in 3-4 blank pages into my diminishing passport, and upside down and in the middle of the page. I walked away and went back to ask if this was OK. Gave me a dismissive gesture and a grunt. On the way out, I gave a female officer a shoulder shrug when she saw where the stamp was. She looked over somewhere to other officer desks and then stamped me out.
Another time later, the officer threw the passport and almost off the counter top.
On the way in a couple of weeks ago, I handed the officer my passport and realized I'd forgotten to write in the visa number. I told him I could write it in for you. "Who's immigration? Are you immigration?" I said, "You are, sir". "You can stand over there," pointing to the lineup. It was a strange exchange. He did his job but what a miserable bunch overall.
I thought the Viets were grouchy. Have to say they've been better lately at SGN Airport.[/quote]
Yeah, it's not easy to get a hello or good morning out of them in English or Khmer.
I've given up being friendly and just scowl back at them. They seem to appreciate this.[/quote]
Dear ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ - sorry for being off topic here, but I am studying how to read khmer and just read your name. Awesome!
If I could chime in on the scam subject, I got an evisa before coming into PP. no issues on the entry and it was pretty quick. However on the way out, I practiced khmer with the immigration official and asked him how he was. He replied that he was "not good because he had no money."
Me not being the swiftest ship in the fleet, felt bad and told him in khmer "I hope you feel better tomorrow." He laughed.
Later, at the gate it hit me what he was doing. The info above from others is terrific.
Thank you board.
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Into Siem Reap last year, the c*nt stamped me in 3-4 blank pages into my diminishing passport, and upside down and in the middle of the page. I walked away and went back to ask if this was OK. Gave me a dismissive gesture and a grunt. On the way out, I gave a female officer a shoulder shrug when she saw where the stamp was. She looked over somewhere to other officer desks and then stamped me out.
Another time later, the officer threw the passport and almost off the counter top.
On the way in a couple of weeks ago, I handed the officer my passport and realized I'd forgotten to write in the visa number. I told him I could write it in for you. "Who's immigration? Are you immigration?" I said, "You are, sir". "You can stand over there," pointing to the lineup. It was a strange exchange. He did his job but what a miserable bunch overall.
I thought the Viets were grouchy. Have to say they've been better lately at SGN Airport.[/quote]
Yeah, it's not easy to get a hello or good morning out of them in English or Khmer.
I've given up being friendly and just scowl back at them. They seem to appreciate this.[/quote]
Dear ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ - sorry for being off topic here, but I am studying how to read khmer and just read your name. Awesome!
If I could chime in on the scam subject, I got an evisa before coming into PP. no issues on the entry and it was pretty quick. However on the way out, I practiced khmer with the immigration official and asked him how he was. He replied that he was "not good because he had no money."
Me not being the swiftest ship in the fleet, felt bad and told him in khmer "I hope you feel better tomorrow." He laughed.
Later, at the gate it hit me what he was doing. The info above from others is terrific.
Thank you board.
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