The #X&%Y UK work-visa application

"Your bank statement copy is not certified. Don't waste my time", thus said the fcuking woman officer in Carlton(?), UK resident visa office. Astonished, if I was Soki. The bank statement is a true copy printed by HSBC. Who the hell could possibly know a company stamp is required? Not to say he wasted so much time dead waiting in the queue, although he arrived the visa office well ahead of the scheduled appointment time. Soki managed to obtain the HSBC stamp after 15 minutes and attempted to re-submit his visa application. Everything fine, another officer was about to stick the visa on his passport. "Hold-on!" the bitch passed by and shouted, "I just rejected this dude's application, our office can't process his application any further. He should schedule another appointment." Soki suppressed his anger and did not punch her. The resident visa application is dependent on his work permit application, and the work permit was approved just yesterday. To further complicate the situation, Soki's student visa is going to expire on 31st Oct. Also, the resident visa is replaced by a new resident+work visa from 1st Nov onwards, which means the old resident visa will no longer be available. Application to the new visa can only be submitted in Hong Kong. Danm!!! "The next available appointment slot in our office is next Monday. Meanwhile, there is nothing you can do, but to mail your resident visa application to the Sheffield office". The bitch suggested the Sheffield office, which is a post-box. What a game... The HR from the company described the visa office as "notoriously illogical", and told Soki "unfortunately all you can do is to wait". This is a typical experience of an Asian (if not any foreigner) in UK (if not Europe). :p