Posted by: vname January 18, 2011
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OK Blame Sujata KOIRALA
Why ? you may ask. here is teh story.
Recently ( about 5 months ago) I went to Australia to visit my families and immigration officers asked me to come with her in a different room.I followed her but she asked me to wait outside and she went inside. She came back after 45 minutes and saidshe wants to ask few questions although passport seems to be fine.I studied in Australia previously so she asked me how do I go to the place I filled in immigration card, like which train I would take , those sort of question. I said I have someone waiting for me outside but if I would have to take the train, then I take this line etc etc.After 15 minutes she finished her questions and she said I could go. I asked her to stamp my passport and I asked her whats the reason since I am frequent traveler to Australia. She said she has order from above to check all Nepalese passport to make sure person holding the passport is the actual person.She also said ," I am not authorised to say but someone in Nepal is selling thousand of Nepalese passport and we already have 100's of people entering with changed photo".
I became speechless.
Later I found out that people buy passport with Australian visa ( it was so easy to get student visa couple of years ago) and change photo and go to Australia.
I was also told my relatives that they met First secretary from Nepalese embassy and he also told Australian government has asked them to verify all the details before issuing the new passport mostly in lost passport case.
what Nepalese did was change the photo go to Australia and then make new passport from Canberra wheich then will become genuine passport.
anyway I was in Nepal couple of weeks ago and my cousin was going to Australia .we were on the same flight to Bangkok .The immigration officer @ Nepal asked his any ID from Australia , he shoed his DL . He asked the officer why would you want Australian ID in Nepal, the guy replied , Mantri le nai passport bechera khi sakyo, ani aarkai manche Australia chirchaa.Hami le check na gare kasle garne?
later my cousin told me Nepalese students were stopped in Australian immigration port and returned back to Nepal, Immigration officer called their college and Universities and checked their attendance , work hours and didn't let them in.Students in Australia gets multiple travel and 20 hour work rights . They have no problem going in and out. In our days student used to go on holiday on weekends to another countries.Thank to Sujata Koirala Now it seems they cannot even return to their own country as 70 % of Nepalese are denied entry ( as told by my cousin). She as a forign minister must take responsibility for all the forged passport.
Same thing must have happened in US port of entry , as they are looking for suspicious passport and while checking the passport they ask question and and if any fault found they deny the entry.
Why ? you may ask. here is teh story.
Recently ( about 5 months ago) I went to Australia to visit my families and immigration officers asked me to come with her in a different room.I followed her but she asked me to wait outside and she went inside. She came back after 45 minutes and saidshe wants to ask few questions although passport seems to be fine.I studied in Australia previously so she asked me how do I go to the place I filled in immigration card, like which train I would take , those sort of question. I said I have someone waiting for me outside but if I would have to take the train, then I take this line etc etc.After 15 minutes she finished her questions and she said I could go. I asked her to stamp my passport and I asked her whats the reason since I am frequent traveler to Australia. She said she has order from above to check all Nepalese passport to make sure person holding the passport is the actual person.She also said ," I am not authorised to say but someone in Nepal is selling thousand of Nepalese passport and we already have 100's of people entering with changed photo".
I became speechless.
Later I found out that people buy passport with Australian visa ( it was so easy to get student visa couple of years ago) and change photo and go to Australia.
I was also told my relatives that they met First secretary from Nepalese embassy and he also told Australian government has asked them to verify all the details before issuing the new passport mostly in lost passport case.
what Nepalese did was change the photo go to Australia and then make new passport from Canberra wheich then will become genuine passport.
anyway I was in Nepal couple of weeks ago and my cousin was going to Australia .we were on the same flight to Bangkok .The immigration officer @ Nepal asked his any ID from Australia , he shoed his DL . He asked the officer why would you want Australian ID in Nepal, the guy replied , Mantri le nai passport bechera khi sakyo, ani aarkai manche Australia chirchaa.Hami le check na gare kasle garne?
later my cousin told me Nepalese students were stopped in Australian immigration port and returned back to Nepal, Immigration officer called their college and Universities and checked their attendance , work hours and didn't let them in.Students in Australia gets multiple travel and 20 hour work rights . They have no problem going in and out. In our days student used to go on holiday on weekends to another countries.Thank to Sujata Koirala Now it seems they cannot even return to their own country as 70 % of Nepalese are denied entry ( as told by my cousin). She as a forign minister must take responsibility for all the forged passport.
Same thing must have happened in US port of entry , as they are looking for suspicious passport and while checking the passport they ask question and and if any fault found they deny the entry.
Last edited: 18-Jan-11 08:20 PM