How Airport border control officer earns more
How Airport border control officer earns more
At airport passport control the other day, after 32 hours of travel, I gave my documents to the officer, as my sons sleepily walked up behind me. Once they were all beside me, I handed him my kids passports as well. My Khmer wife, meanwhile, had already been directed with the baby to another desk.
After a minute the officer looked at my tall 13 year old, handed him his passport and told him to go to a third desk. Two minutes later, he lifted a passport up off his lower part of the desk and pushed it back through the plexiglass window towards me. I wrongly assumed it was mine, completed, as he had had mine several minutes already.
Next he pointed down to my 4-year old, so I picked him up for his photo. The officer shook his head and waved towards another control desk. I laughed and said, in Khmer, he's only 4 years old. We waited... My wife had already gone on. My elder son had gone on... I was waiting for the passports of my 4 and 11 year old... The 3 of us continued waiting... Finally I asked about our passports, and he decided to wave us on. Apparently, I thought, foreigners need their passports for some other airport process, but Cambodians, my sons have K visas, have their passports kept at passport control.
Testing was next, and here the doctors followed normal country entry procedure and took our family, parents and young kids, together as a group. (No idea why passport control refused to treat a family as a group. Anyone have thoughts?)
30-50 more minutes, and several more steps, and we were on the hotel bus.
When it was time to register for our hotel room, I gave my wife my passport. Her eyes widened, she asked me, instantly stressed, "WHY do you have this?"
I said because the passport control officer pushed it back to me, made eye contact, and indicated I should take it. Now, finally, I checked it. It wasn't mine, but rather the unstamped passport of our 4-year-old. (Yes, I know the rule, always check your passport stamp when you get it back, but, in my defence, after 32 hours herding 4 kids through 4 airports I wasn't perfectly fresh.)
Right there and then, my wife showed the passport to the hotel owner and asked for help getting it stamped.
From then, and right to this moment, my wife feels I was crazy to take the passport Border Control asked me to take, and that any price is fair to make up for my obvious and extreme stupidity.
Finally yesterday afternoon, after asking about it many times, we got a call back yesterday from someone from immigration saying they could help.
Today they picked up the passport, flatly refused $20 and asked for more. Potentially much more.
Whose fault was it?
How much SHOULD it cost?
After a minute the officer looked at my tall 13 year old, handed him his passport and told him to go to a third desk. Two minutes later, he lifted a passport up off his lower part of the desk and pushed it back through the plexiglass window towards me. I wrongly assumed it was mine, completed, as he had had mine several minutes already.
Next he pointed down to my 4-year old, so I picked him up for his photo. The officer shook his head and waved towards another control desk. I laughed and said, in Khmer, he's only 4 years old. We waited... My wife had already gone on. My elder son had gone on... I was waiting for the passports of my 4 and 11 year old... The 3 of us continued waiting... Finally I asked about our passports, and he decided to wave us on. Apparently, I thought, foreigners need their passports for some other airport process, but Cambodians, my sons have K visas, have their passports kept at passport control.
Testing was next, and here the doctors followed normal country entry procedure and took our family, parents and young kids, together as a group. (No idea why passport control refused to treat a family as a group. Anyone have thoughts?)
30-50 more minutes, and several more steps, and we were on the hotel bus.
When it was time to register for our hotel room, I gave my wife my passport. Her eyes widened, she asked me, instantly stressed, "WHY do you have this?"
I said because the passport control officer pushed it back to me, made eye contact, and indicated I should take it. Now, finally, I checked it. It wasn't mine, but rather the unstamped passport of our 4-year-old. (Yes, I know the rule, always check your passport stamp when you get it back, but, in my defence, after 32 hours herding 4 kids through 4 airports I wasn't perfectly fresh.)
Right there and then, my wife showed the passport to the hotel owner and asked for help getting it stamped.
From then, and right to this moment, my wife feels I was crazy to take the passport Border Control asked me to take, and that any price is fair to make up for my obvious and extreme stupidity.
Finally yesterday afternoon, after asking about it many times, we got a call back yesterday from someone from immigration saying they could help.
Today they picked up the passport, flatly refused $20 and asked for more. Potentially much more.
Whose fault was it?
How much SHOULD it cost?
It’s plainly your 4yo fault, can’t be yours as you’re just the parent.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
Yes. Thanks for your insightful and shrewd analysis and support.
The Passport Officer clearly thought a 4 year old could manage on another desk by himself, perhaps as efficient and simple as throwing his passport with all his might towards the ceiling, so it would drop over the top of plexiglass and, by striking the Officer in the head, wake him up so he could do his (F'@$%ing) job.
The Passport Officer clearly thought a 4 year old could manage on another desk by himself, perhaps as efficient and simple as throwing his passport with all his might towards the ceiling, so it would drop over the top of plexiglass and, by striking the Officer in the head, wake him up so he could do his (F'@$%ing) job.
Well if you’re after redemption it’s not going to happen pal. It’s your responsibility to check. No excuses.
Pay the fee and suck it up cupcake.
Pay the fee and suck it up cupcake.
pew, pew, pew, pew!
Done, Mr Pom
Cost to have a Passport immigration officer give you back a passport at the arrivals hall of Poenchentong airport, then get it back to him so he can stamp it as he should have done originally: ... drum roll please ... $45.
Thanks for participating!
Cost to have a Passport immigration officer give you back a passport at the arrivals hall of Poenchentong airport, then get it back to him so he can stamp it as he should have done originally: ... drum roll please ... $45.
Thanks for participating!
$45 is better than being fined and imprisoned for illegal entry.
Sometimes the corrupt route is better than the legal book. Don’t complain too much, you got off lightly.
Sometimes the corrupt route is better than the legal book. Don’t complain too much, you got off lightly.
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Alexandra, I agree, as far as $$ is concerned, but my wife will NEVER let me live this one down!
"Why, why, WHY didn't you just ask him why he just gave you just one passport!!"
(Decided not to drink in Quarantine, but now I really need a cold beer!)
"Why, why, WHY didn't you just ask him why he just gave you just one passport!!"
(Decided not to drink in Quarantine, but now I really need a cold beer!)
Ask the hotel to arrange a separate room for you to give her time to cool down.
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45 bucks is a good result.
Easily done, don’t beat yourself up. And look on the bright side, next time your wife will never trust you to handle passports. Much easier travelling for you!
Easily done, don’t beat yourself up. And look on the bright side, next time your wife will never trust you to handle passports. Much easier travelling for you!
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You should have given 5 bucks or maybe even ten for multiple k visas.
Front of the line too.
If you try to get kvisa free, there not going to be too happy about. Don't think of it as bribery, think of it as the actual fee or tax.
Front of the line too.
If you try to get kvisa free, there not going to be too happy about. Don't think of it as bribery, think of it as the actual fee or tax.
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That's never been my experience and I don't think that's the issue here either. It was because he didn't get his own foreign passport stamped.Kvisa wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:25 pmIf you try to get kvisa free, there not going to be too happy about. Don't think of it as bribery, think of it as the actual fee or tax.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
Under current Entry restrictions and requirements, all passports are held by the DoI/MoH until passengers are released from quarantine following 2x Negative COVID-19 tests/completion of 14 day mandatory quarantine, the DoI officer at the entry control point is not supposed to hand the passports back....that, and the fact that the kids passport was obviously not processed to record entry, are the issues here.
Who is at fault?... both parties are, but I would say the DoI Officer mostly. Still, TIC and you are the one who will have to pay
Who is at fault?... both parties are, but I would say the DoI Officer mostly. Still, TIC and you are the one who will have to pay
I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
What are you on about!? First of all, they already had their Visas as there are no Visas issued on arrival currently, not even K-type Visas. Secondly, there is never any need to pay any tea money for K-type Visas, even if they hint at it...they are Gratis, plain and simple.Kvisa wrote: ↑Mon Nov 23, 2020 7:25 pmYou should have given 5 bucks or maybe even ten for multiple k visas.
If you try to get kvisa free, there not going to be too happy about. Don't think of it as bribery, think of it as the actual fee or tax.
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I'm not a negative person, I encourage people all the time...it's usually to f**k off! But, whatever.
Looks to me, Guest999 got the kids PP back, because the officer didn't notice any more kids to stamp in
I am surprised the oldest got his PP back, or was he simply redirected to another immigration desk and not to the next level of processing ?
I am surprised the oldest got his PP back, or was he simply redirected to another immigration desk and not to the next level of processing ?
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