buckthesystem Posted December 20, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 1,706 Topics Per Day: 0.26 Content Count: 3,386 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/12/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/10/1955 Share Posted December 20, 2007 http://www.stuff.co.nz/4330827a4560.html Richard Baatjies, a South African attempting to migrate to New Zealand, says he's having a few difficulties because he is officially dead. Mr Baatjies and his wife Theresa returned home in October from a holiday in New Zealand and decided to emigrate. But when Mr Baatjies 57, of Johannesburg, tried to renew his passport at the Department of Home Affairs, officials told him he had died of tuberculosis in 2005 in Port Elizabeth, the Sowetan newspaper reported. Home Affairs officials have told Baatjies he has to initiate a whole new series of identity documentation, complete with fingerprints. By the beginning of December the application had been filled out, but computer data still "confirmed" that Mr Baatjies was "dead". Now officials in Pretoria have told the couple they are working on the problem, but Mr Baatjies said he was worried because he is due in NZ to start a new job in February. _____________________________________________________________________ What these crazy bureaucrats don't realise is that they are messing up somebody's entire life by their idiocy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akiko Posted December 20, 2007 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 5 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 211 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/14/2006 Share Posted December 20, 2007 o_O... paperwork now has the power to strike someone dead. wow. *shakes head* i wonder how you would write a check to someone who's dead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladypeartree Posted December 20, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 37 Topic Count: 539 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 32,785 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 23,464 Days Won: 223 Joined: 06/21/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/23/1953 Share Posted December 20, 2007 well if you did you would have to be careful about the pall bearers as most cheques are written " pay the bearer upon demand " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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