Tag Archives: citizenship

Sweet Service Award goes to Wizardz; Sour Service Award goes to Department of Home Affairs.

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Wizardz in the Garden Centre, for its fantastic service when I went there today to have Biometric photographs taken for my German passport renewal. There was a very long queue, and I asked whether one had to stand in the same queue if one needed a photograph done. I and a gentleman were called out of the queue to have our photographs taken and processed. Then the same staff member made a photocopy of each document I have to take to the German Consulate for my passport renewal. A lovely friendly and quick service. Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 134 of Level 1, 11 February 2022

 

Friday 11 February 2022, Day 134 of Level 1 šŸ˜·

Corona Lockdown Gratitude šŸ™

#grateful for a busy day, and for goals achieved, with good time-keeping; for posting for my clients this morning and this afternoon; for getting photocopies of documents made at Wizards in Gardens (very slow service), having them stamped at the Cape Town Central police station (far more efficient than I expected), and for being very luck today be allowed to enter the Dept of Home Affairs at 15h05, with hundreds of people in the queue outside, to drop off all my paperwork at the Citizenship Department, the letter Iā€™m needing to be able to renew my German passport likely to take 3 – 6 Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 119 of Level 1, 27 January 2022

 

Thursday 27 January 2022, Day 119 of Level 1 šŸ˜·

Corona Lockdown Gratitude šŸ™

#grateful for a busy and successful day; for posting for my clients this morning and preparing for two Status meetings; for Alex finally getting hold of BA via Twitter, all other phone call attempts failing, and costing R300 in holding on and on and on, or the calls unanswered, with the sad news that they cannot delay their flight by one day, so itā€™s back to the UK tomorrow šŸ„²; for getting my restrung pearls delivered to my home by Timeless Pearls ā¤ļø; for collecting my post at Vlaeberg Post Office Continue reading →