- I Paid A Bribe
- 12 years ago
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Paid a bribe, but still didn't get a passport
- Passport
- Renewal of Passport
- Paid INR 2,000
I went to India to bring my ailing father to USA. My father has been to USA before but his passport expired and we needed a new passport. My relatives have to pay Rs 2000 for person who was doing a inquiry or security check on my 80 year old father whose all children have been in a way model for social service and reforms in their own ways. We were told that we need to go to Gaziabad to get our passport. I went to India to bring him here. For 4 days I took him to the passport office. I was shocked to see that there were so many things strange there. They will close the door of office right in the middle of a working day whenever they want. We had no access to any body. Only agents who were known to the babu's there were allowed inside. From Chai Wala to agents I wanted to talk to somebody, I could not have any bodies ear. I had to come back to USA within a week. I could not get his passport. He could never get his passport and one month from that he passed away with undiagnosed illness. It was Janta Party's government and I was so sorry to note that they did not had clue of the peoples problems, like congress. I could have used my political connections but my ethics came once more in my way as it used to come when I used to live in India. I hate ( I cant help it) Indian Bureaucracy.