visa blues part 2 : dejavu

well this morning i went to the immigration and guess what...deja fucking vu. there i go getting all the documents filled in, taking photos and getting all the stamping done and in the end they refused me again. Now this time around i can't exactly blame the immigration altogether to be fair. Let me tell you what happened. From my last post, you will know that i had to get a visa extension for my wife and the immigration refused me but what i didn't tell you was that i did finally managed to get a visa extension (don't ask me how and i shan't tell you any lies). Now when i got the visa extension, the reason for the extension for extending my wife's stay so that she could get registered but the immigration officer that approved my wife's visa stated that the visa extension was for her to arrange documents to leave the country hence not allowing me to extend my wife's visa another time.

Now what i can't understand is why in the world did the darn officer state "making arrangement to leave the country" when the whole stack of documents that he or she has to go read before signing the visa is all related to my marriage registration. in fact, even my visa extension application form states the reason as extension due to marriage registration date. the more i think of it now, i shouldn't be even fair to say it was partly my fault as how should i know how the immigration states it's policies.

well, i guess it's gonna be a trip to thailand for me and my wife since this time around my wife has no choice to leave the country. what a bad time for this to happen as my new online venture is just starting to bloom. anyways i'll be bringing my faithful notebook along with me so i can do my work and also blog about the trip.

my last words on this is "wake the fucking up !! yeah you guys know who you fuckers are !!!

visa blues

tomorrow is the day that i have to go renew my wife's visa or she would be an illegal alien in this country. i really wish the immigration department would not make things so hard for us genuine people who marries a foreign spouse. there's so much procedures and hardship placed by the department that really makes it very inconvenient. trust me on this, before you even think of having a relationship with someone of a different country, sit down and think whether you are ready to face what the immigration department puts you thru when you finally wanna settle down and get married.

when you finally wanna tie the knot with your foreign spouse, you're gonna have to make sure all the legal documents are in place and translated to english and also get all the necessary certification. after that you would have to go to the registration of marriage department to submit all your documents as well as getting a date for the registration. now i did mine in putrajaya and i have to say the people working there were great. you will not have any problems with the registration department once you have all the relevant documents ready.

now the problem lies with the immigration department. you see my wife entered malaysia using a social visit pass (so does all other foreigners whether they're on business, pleasure or in my wife's case, coming to get married). now her social visit pass allows her to stay for 30 days before leaving the country. ok here comes the tricky part, in order to submit your documents for registration and to get a date, my wife had to be in the country for at least 7 days and when you do get a date for registration it will be at least 3 weeks ahead from the date you submit your documents. as you can see, definitely my wife's 1 month social visit pass isn't gonna enable her to stay in the country long enough to get registered so we would have to extend her visa. I've checked with the foreign affairs ministry of malaysia and they have confirmed with me that vietnamese nationals are allowed to extend their visa for 1 month if there is valid reason. great, so there i go with my wife and the wedding registration confirmation letter to the immigration department.

guess what ? baamm..they refuse me right away at the counter and says that my wife has to leave the country and come back in again. i told them that the foreign affairs ministry has said that my wife who is a vietnamese national can get her social visit pass extended and i have the proof that we're about to get married but again the officer says no. now i was pissed cause i thought the foreign affairs ministry is the one that governs the immigration department but it seems not. now i have a dilemma of spending more money to send my wife back and come down again. but the ironic part of this is that i met a malaysian guy who is getting married to his indonesian wife and guess what, they just got their visa extension and need not leave the country. now i walked back to the counter and asked them why i couldn't get an extension for my wife when others could and i was told that vietnamese and chinese mainlanders are not given visa extensions due to a lot of overstay and also vice activities. now this is degrading as to me, they have just slammed a big assumption that all vietnamese and chinese mainlanders are here in malaysia to either overstay their visas or act in vice activities. now yes i do know of the problem malaysia is facing with the vice problems and overstay of visas but here i am with my wife who legimately wants to get married and we're being brush aside because of all this shit. Now the big question is how many percent of illegal immigrants in malaysia are indonesians ? are they also involved in vice activities ? (i've read about news in the papers that they have in fact caught indonesian girls in vice activities). now don't get me wrong, i have nothing against the indonesians nor any hatred whatsoever but i strongly feel that there is a case of double standard here. maybe Datuk Syed could really look into this matter when he's free as it really tarnishes the name of malaysia to other countries.

well finally our wedding registration went smooth and accordingly once we have our wedding certificate, my wife would be able to get visa extensions until our file is opened with the immigration department so that she can get a multiple entry long term visa. now again that is what i understand from the immigration department. let's just hope the information is real or i'll be in deep shit.

So much for "malaysia boleh" eh ?

fish spa ????

well i guess some of you may have already heard about this fish therapy thing. it started some time a go and i never had the chance to really find out where was one as i didn't really liked the idea of fished chewing on my dead skin. (maybe it's a pirahna phobia) anyways i was at merchant's square today and i saw the sampouton fish spa and hence curiosity caught the better of me and i stopped to snap a photo of the place. i didn't manage to try out their services but i did however managed to get some info about the place. basically form what i understand from the hostess there, the fish (Garra Ruffa) is a tiny freshwater fish from the Kangal District of Turkey which supposed to peel off the dry and dead skins of your body. my fear of the fish eating me was abolished once i had a look at the tiny fish. man, if they made a go for it to bite me, all i have to do is step on them. hahahaha. anyway i had mommy in the car so i had to rush back to her before she started a fit on me leaving her there. i guess one of these days i'll treat myself to some fish spa treatment. anyone gone for this yet ? i would love to know how it went.

p/s sorry i had to get some pictures from the net regarding the place and i couldn't take any pictures inside.

For more info about The Sampouton Fish Spa, visit them at :

The Sampuoton Fish Spa
B-G-23, Merchant Square,
Jalan Tropicana Selatan 1,
47410 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Phone: 03 - 7885 0691