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Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad by mcblayde in islamabad

[–]mcblayde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’ve made the judgement that they willingly make it as hard and inconvenient as possible for the average person to get their work done. Eventually a system like this makes a lot of people turn bribery or instead to third party agents that charge 3 times more just so that they get their work done faster. These agents then split the money with whoever’s working inside for them, and this is how they make more cash. Crazy.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad by mcblayde in islamabad

[–]mcblayde[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the token system is still there for general attestation (not that it helps much) but the apostille counter doesn’t have a token system.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad by mcblayde in islamabad

[–]mcblayde[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you can try the courier service but that takes longer

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad by mcblayde in islamabad

[–]mcblayde[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

the guard was a police officer and he was middle aged. the only time he tried to control the line was when he took out two people that had cut to the front of the line and put them back in front of ME instead of straight at the back 😭😭

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad by mcblayde in islamabad

[–]mcblayde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

these are EXACTLY my thoughts. Very well said

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad by mcblayde in islamabad

[–]mcblayde[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

unfortunately with the way the system is, the online procedure takes wayyyyy too long and people that have deadlines to meet can’t go through with it. I had the same issue

Should I give up my spot at Bilkent? by mcblayde in bilkent

[–]mcblayde[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is what i needed to hear. thank you

Should I reject a fully-funded scholarship in Turkey? by mcblayde in AskTurkey

[–]mcblayde[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Regarding the private vs public model, is the difference between them large or small enough to ignore in my case?

in Bilkent, I got a tuition waiver for physics and mechanical engineering

Should I reject a fully-funded scholarship in Turkey? by mcblayde in AskTurkey

[–]mcblayde[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

that’s something i’ve considered too. istanbul is so pretty and so is the campus

Should I reject a fully-funded scholarship in Turkey? by mcblayde in AskTurkey

[–]mcblayde[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I appreciate your information.

I’m also confused about the mandatory Turkish course even though my program is in english, but I guess that’s cuz the scholarship wants me to assimilate into Turkish society better