Having fun at immigration!

I recently started a new job which required me to open my own bank account, which meant that I had to go to the city center and get my alien registration card so that I could actually open one. However, I was told that I had to go to immigration to sort out some paperwork before I could do this. I had already been to immigration three times since I have been in Japan and each time took about three hours of waiting in line and filling out paperwork. So, I was not very happy when I was told that I would be having to go back for a fourth time.



It's annoying because the paperwork can be difficult to fill out at times and you have to find all of your information by searching through old e-mails, calling work, calling the wife, or looking through piles of papers. Also, there is the fact that after you somehow found all of your information, it usually takes another 2 or 3 hours of waiting for the front desk to call out your number before you even get to talk to anyone.







I know that it is no easier for foreign people in America to go through, so I am at least glad that I know what foreigners in my country have to deal with. I just hope that I do not have to ever do it again, or for a very long time.