EP 26 Visas: The Global Rite of Bureaucratic Passage – a humorous take

Raise your hand if you have ever gone through the visa process for either travel or moving abroad. Then you know how it feels to fill in endless forms, sit in soul-draining beige waiting rooms, wait for your number to be called, and finally, finally receive your visa. This week the Auto Ethnographer does a humorous take on the visa process. Hopefully you chuckle, because the other option is crying.John Stech, host of the Auto Ethnographer summarizes his experiences into a humorous account of visa obtainment based on experience in Egypt, Russia, Brazil, Thailand, and many others.As diverse as countries and cultures are, it seems that visa agents worldwide conspired to align themselves and make a bureaucratic slog of it across the planet.Here’s a 10 minute summary. Perhaps you will learn something. Perhaps you will laugh. Or perhaps you will put your head back in your hands while you listen to this in a consular office.To learn more about The Auto Ethnographer podcast you can visit the homepage at https://www.auto-ethnographer.comFollow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/auto.ethnographer/Follow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61567929329364