Comments on: Dealing with Czech bureaucracy http://rickyyates.com/dealing-with-czech-bureaucracy/ Ricky Yates - A blog and more Thu, 17 May 2012 15:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ricky http://rickyyates.com/dealing-with-czech-bureaucracy/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Ricky Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:02:39 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=94#comment-62 Karen, I concur entirely with what you say. At least we don't have to go to the Doctor as well, thank goodness! Glad you like the visual - it expresses very well how I feel about Czech bureaucracy. It makes me want to scream!!! Karen,

I concur entirely with what you say. At least we don’t have to go to the Doctor as well, thank goodness! Glad you like the visual – it expresses very well how I feel about Czech bureaucracy. It makes me want to scream!!!

]]> By: Ricky http://rickyyates.com/dealing-with-czech-bureaucracy/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Ricky Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:56:41 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=94#comment-61 Roz, I can understand needing to give a 'permanent address' in your home country if you are on a 'temporary' visa. But as two EU citizens living in an EU country, all we are doing is seeking to obtain a document that confirms where we live. And we can live here permanently, just as a Czech citizen can live permanently in the UK. As for appearing before Notaries or JPs, I do not see the point. I would be happy to produce my passport to show who I am when I collect my residence permit, as I will still need to do. But surely the authorities can check my signature then, rather than signing before and paying a notary for the priviledge of doing so. Roz,

I can understand needing to give a ‘permanent address’ in your home country if you are on a ‘temporary’ visa. But as two EU citizens living in an EU country, all we are doing is seeking to obtain a document that confirms where we live. And we can live here permanently, just as a Czech citizen can live permanently in the UK.

As for appearing before Notaries or JPs, I do not see the point. I would be happy to produce my passport to show who I am when I collect my residence permit, as I will still need to do. But surely the authorities can check my signature then, rather than signing before and paying a notary for the priviledge of doing so.

]]> By: Karen http://rickyyates.com/dealing-with-czech-bureaucracy/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Karen Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:01:37 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=94#comment-56 Going to the Notary seemed sooooo 19th century, and frankly, a bit of a scam. What does it prove for a lady to sign a sheet of paper and make note of it in a book? Nothing. I also wondered about the doctor's visits that are required for a work permit. Does anyone truly get turned away? Nice visual, by the way. Going to the Notary seemed sooooo 19th century, and frankly, a bit of a scam. What does it prove for a lady to sign a sheet of paper and make note of it in a book? Nothing. I also wondered about the doctor’s visits that are required for a work permit. Does anyone truly get turned away? Nice visual, by the way.

]]> By: Roz http://rickyyates.com/dealing-with-czech-bureaucracy/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Roz Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:51:11 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=94#comment-54 Gosh, that sounds like a real headache - hope that you get everything sorted out soon. Even in Australia, you need to give a 'permanent address' in your home country if you are on a temporary visa. Surprisingly, there is also a lot of bureaucracy (although not as much as in the Czech Republic) - I am forever going to the Justice of the Peace to have copies of documents certified as true copies of the orginals! Gosh, that sounds like a real headache – hope that you get everything sorted out soon. Even in Australia, you need to give a ‘permanent address’ in your home country if you are on a temporary visa. Surprisingly, there is also a lot of bureaucracy (although not as much as in the Czech Republic) – I am forever going to the Justice of the Peace to have copies of documents certified as true copies of the orginals!

]]> By: Golden Prague http://rickyyates.com/dealing-with-czech-bureaucracy/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Golden Prague Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:48:18 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=94#comment-53 I hear you, I hear you, I am in similar battles ;-) BTW I have tagged you here: http://prague.today.com/2009/03/14/7-things/ I am looking forward to your answers ;-) I hear you, I hear you, I am in similar battles ;-) BTW I have tagged you here: http://prague.today.com/2009/03/14/7-things/ I am looking forward to your answers ;-)

]]> By: Ricky http://rickyyates.com/dealing-with-czech-bureaucracy/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Ricky Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:25:47 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=94#comment-46 Hi Sher, Welcome to my blog! I'm not sure that it is 'lovely' or 'fun' though I guess it is better to laugh about it than to cry. But I cannot help but contrast what we are going through at present, with what a Czech citizen would have to do who moved to the UK. If they were in employment, then they would have to apply for a National Insurance number. But that is a simple process (ask Sybille - she did it) and does not require apostilled marriage and birth certificates or signing umpteen times before a notary! Take care - Ricky Hi Sher,

Welcome to my blog!

I’m not sure that it is ‘lovely’ or ‘fun’ though I guess it is better to laugh about it than to cry. But I cannot help but contrast what we are going through at present, with what a Czech citizen would have to do who moved to the UK. If they were in employment, then they would have to apply for a National Insurance number. But that is a simple process (ask Sybille – she did it) and does not require apostilled marriage and birth certificates or signing umpteen times before a notary!

Take care – Ricky

]]> By: Sher http://rickyyates.com/dealing-with-czech-bureaucracy/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Sher Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:31:35 +0000 http://rickyyates.com/?p=94#comment-45 Yes...this is the "lovely" part of getting to live in the Czech Republic! Sometimes it is a nightmare trying to get things done when dealing with the bureaucracy! Jiri and I had a lot of fun before our wedding! It took many weeks of work for me to get ready for our wedding 4 years ago--that was before I came for the wedding! And then many trips to various office--getting the stamps and required signatures, along with paying every step of the way! We also had this "fun" when I moved here! It's always an adventure!!! Good luck to you both on this process!!! Have a great day, Sher :0) Yes…this is the “lovely” part of getting to live in the Czech Republic! Sometimes it is a nightmare trying to get things done when dealing with the bureaucracy! Jiri and I had a lot of fun before our wedding! It took many weeks of work for me to get ready for our wedding 4 years ago–that was before I came for the wedding! And then many trips to various office–getting the stamps and required signatures, along with paying every step of the way! We also had this “fun” when I moved here!

It’s always an adventure!!!

Good luck to you both on this process!!!

Have a great day,
Sher :0)

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