But when the rent goes up, it's a problem. Not a problem when you only have rent to pay and food to buy for yourself, wife, son, and mother in law. They all went back with a Denied stamp for their efforts.Įventually, I began to realize that my limited work time each day equated in money at the end of the shift according to the number of people I was able to process. Familiar faces began to show up after each day, trying to get in on charm or blatantly fake passports. I heard insults at the same rate that prostitutes handed me their card, inviting me to visit them later. And the next day, an invitation for foreigners, a ticket for nationals, and a mild interrogation procedure was needed before I could dictate, as some sort of immigration god, who could come in and who couldn't. Later a ticket system was implemented along with the usual passport checkup. On the second day, foreigners could enter too, if their passports showed no signs of irregularities. The first day, only nationals were allowed. Then a few more show up for the border party.
