THE SAGA CONTINUES WITH CONFLICTING IMMIGRATION RULES, THAT CHANGE WITH THE PERSON. FRUSTRATION! FRUSTRATION AND MORE FRUSTRATION WITH THE IMMIGRATION BUREAUCRACY!
At great expense, my daughter a Belizean, and one of her children, ( Stephan Urscheler - my grandson ) now on his fourth passport renewal, are traveling from Miami to try and get the passport renewed. Different answers from different places, on each trip, the eternal bureaucratic "pass the buck and conflicting information" ). The roundtrip airfare from Miami to Belize City, or Belmopan, runs over a $1000 USA in expenses, including plane and taxi fares. If you cannot resolve this in one trip, multiple trips get to be accumulatively very expensive. Not counting lost time from work, or in Stefans place, lost time from his attendance at Florida International University. There has to be a better organized way to run IMMIGRATION?
Ray Auxillou ( grandpa out in Hillview, Western Belize )
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All the new passports are caricom passports, no extra fees. I renewed mine as did marlise and both got caricom passports without requesting it. Stefan's is in limbo because apparently UDP put a rule that if you were not born in Belize you need a naturalization certificate to renew your passport now, this number needs to be entered in the computer. This rule was not in effect when he got his first passport so he does not have a naturalization certificate. It was never a problem since he has renewed 3 belize passports to date confirming his Belizean citizenship he should not need it as he is already Belizean. In Belize City they indicate the certificate can only be obtained in Belmopan. We have done several trips to date only for them to tell you they need another document. Last time they did not like my original issue Belize birth certificate ( from the old hospital on the barracks ), they wanted the new "vital statistics" one they are requiring to prove parentage/descendant link. Why we have to do this after he is a citizen is beyond me. Maybe I need to sue the government for discrimination? It seems to be all about generating fees and wasting money on repeated trips. There is no standardized functioning system, it all depends on who you get .
Sharon Urscheler SUrscheler@msn.com ( my daughter Sharon Auxillou )
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Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:38:24 +0000
Subject: [Western Belize Happenings!] IMMIGRATION IN BELIZE MORDIDA, OR NEW FEE, OR WHAT?
From: hillviewhacienda@yahoo.com
To: surscheler@msn.com
INCOMING E MAIL TRAFFIC is indicating, THAT IMMIGRATION WILL RE-PROCESS YOUR BELIZE PASSPORT TO THE NEW CARICOM PASSPORT, IF YOU PAY $100.
Not sure if this is a bribe or not? But at least two people have informed me that if you pay them $100 Bz you get your passport renewed in 24 hours. Nobody mentioned whether you got a government receipt for this expediting service or not. Everybody else like my grandson, waiting to renew his 4th Belize Passport based on first come first served public service, gets to wait indefinitely. ( five years waiting now ) I guess they figure sooner or later YOU WILL PAY the extra $100 mordida for public service? If you are honest and expect to be treated FAIRLY you apparently are not going to get treated by IMMIGRATION AT ALL? I wonder if that money is going into the GENERAL TREASURY, or is a SCAM inside the bureaucracy?
The business about having to have a NATURALIZATION CERTIFICATE for PASSPORT CARRYING BELIZEANS, or roots people, still is leaving me puzzled. So far, no explanation has been forthcoming?
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Posted By A Professional BEACH BUM retires in Belize! to Western Belize Happenings! at 1/23/2012 07:28:00 AM
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LATEST INFORMATION FROM A SENIOR IMMIGRATION OFFICER, SAYS YOU ONLY NEED TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION FORM AND SUPPLY THE EXPIRED PASSPORT. NOT SO IN PRACTICE! IN THEORY THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, LOGICAL METHOD. IN PRACTICE, my daughter Sharon is climbing up the walls trying to resolve this issue. Not counting the $4000 usa already spent trying to complete this passport renewal process.
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