[Magdalen] USA folks doing business trips in Canada?

[Jay Weigel]

Sounds like your company's travel booking system is somewhat like S/O's,
minus the person he always referred to as the "travel bimbo" (who has now
left and not been replaced)...not nice, I know, but she was impossibly
dumb. Fortunately he hasn't had to make any travel arrangements since she
left. I think her position has now devolved on one one in HR. I shudder to
think.......

On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Charles Wohlers
> <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Scott, if your going on business for HP, this is *their* problem, not
> yours.
> > Let them take care of it.
>
> Thanks. I checked with a colleague who has gone to Ottawa for this
> same project, and she said I'd need only a passport. She said not to
> overexplain what I'm doing (although of course speak truthfully to
> answer any questions), as more detail leads to more questions.
>
> Our terrible travel booking system pushes one into a dire-looking area
> that urges getting work authorization. It got to a point that I was
> told I had "improperly submitted" a case initiation, and I sent my
> manager a request to submit it for me. I think she was bewildered by
> it. I was glad to let her know it isn't needed.
>
> Next hurdle: My photo for my passport was rejected yesterday by the
> State Department processing place in Virginia, so this afternoon I
> need to get a new one and overnight it so they can finish making my
> passport. The photo was fine to the passport agent with whom I applied
> for the passport. Personally, I'm amazed they let individuals submit
> their own photos...one would think the photo would have to be made in
> the presence of the same agent who witnessed the applicant swearing to
> the truth of the information submitted. I'm also amazed at the
> handwriting and manual processing...
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>