This Purtuges passport racket (its a racket because someone with connections can get you a passport for a fee, apparently even the staff - I won't say where, take a little 'something' to get the j^b done) has been going on since the mid-late 90s. Earlier, the facility was available and without agents and only those wishing to migrate went through the trouble (it was real hassle to apply for one). Now, it appears everyone I know in Goa has an application in or acquired a passport.
Like everything P*rtuguese, this system had to be crooked (remember the disappearance of little Medeline and the mashed investigation after; has anyone heard of a P^rtuguese football referee of international repute?) If you wish to be a wee clever and beat the system, I suggest getting a base document rather than the passport- that way you don't get deleted from the voters list or get into trouble; and it takes a rascal fellow-Goan to snitch on you (that is the other thing- there is a load of secrecy when they apply...its like they had an apparition, and won't tell anyone). And if ever you are to travel, get to a Pork-n-cheeze dipl^matic office and get a passport...aye, don't forget to tip- its mandatory,specially now that their economy is in the dumps! I think the disappearance of names of voters lists (from a certain community) is systematically being done by certain communities (be my guest, take a guess). Try getting a voters card if you are from a certain community and living in a major city in Goi- not even a little rupia in bribe will help. If the govq-meant is so concerned, why don't they remove a lot of the migrant voters/ration card holders from their name records. Most migrants have their ration cards in their gau, when they get to Goi, they get another. Same with the voter list. Ha. As for the press....they are all pre-occupied with where their next gift goodie will come from now that the substance dealers are in the docks or on the run!!!! *meow, meow* vian A. DSouza <[email protected]> wrote: > Bad news ? Why ? People want their cake and want to eat it too ? When you > opt > for a foreign passport, you are in fact changing your nationality. You > become a > foreigner and are > subject to the same rules as foreigners - viz. you need a visa to come to > India/Goa. you cannot hold agricultural and plantation properties etc. etc. > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello [email protected] (416) 803-7264 http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
