RE: Re: [mAliLink2] Passeports maliens: Quelle galere !!!

University of Utah Salt Lake City >From: "Moumine Ballo" <zballo@hotmail.com> >To: malilink@malilink.net >Subject: RE: Re: [mAliLink2] Passeports maliens: Quelle galere !!! >Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:59:53 -0400 > >Hello Djeneba and all, > >I paid the same amount (USD153.00) to renew my passport back in >January. The explanation from the embassy made sens to me: More >sophisticated passports due to hightned security, hence higher cost. > >But it's been half a year and I still do not have a new passport. >Hopefully, Mali still has the right to issue its own passports... > >On another note, I hope they will save us the ridicule of arabic in >the new passports. > >- Moumine > > >>From: "Traore Djeneba" <traore.d@mellon.com> >>To: "Niang Amadou" <niangam@hotmail.com>, <malilink@malilink.net> >>Subject: RE: Re: [mAliLink2] Passeports maliens: Quelle galere !!! >>Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:33:13 -0400 >> >>Hello Amadou and All, >> >>Hello Amadou and All,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = >>"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> >> >> >> >>If you got your passport for less than $100.00 you were lucky! I >>applied for a new passport in August of 2003. I paid >>$153.00($135.00 for the passport and $18.00 for the id card) and >>they said it would take 2 months. It actually took 2 months and 2 >>weeks or so. >> >>I believe the embassy may be adding their own processing fee, which >>may explain the discrepancies between the prices. >> >> >> >>On the web site of the Mali embassy in DC this is what they >>indicate: >> >> >> >>     Passports >>     Important information >> >>       A consular Identity card is required whenever a new passport >>  is issued >>       Two (2) completed application forms, Two (2) recent passport >>size photographs >>       An application fee of $18 >>       NB:  the total fee for a new passport will be $153 >> >>       Documents required for new passports >>      a)A certified copy of the birth certificate >>      b)Two (2) completed application forms >>      c)Three (3) recent passport size photographs >>      d)The copy of the old passport >>      e))An application fee of $135 in money order, cash or check >>(no personal check) >>  The passport application will be processed in two (2) months >> >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-malilink@malilink.net >>[mailto:owner-malilink@malilink.net]On Behalf Of Niang Amadou >>Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:11 PM >>To: malilink@malilink.net >>Subject: FW: Re: [mAliLink2] Passeports maliens: Quelle galere !!! >> >> >> >>Je crois que la soeur Fatoumata m' a envoye en prive par erreur sa >>reaction au probleme de passeport. Je crois que son intervention >>merite d' etre lu par tout le monde puisque le probleme nous >>concerne tous. J' espere que d' autres partagerons leurs >>experiences pour que nous puissions mesurer l' ampleur du probleme >>afin de decider les mesures adequats. Je sais que MaliWatch a deja >>initie des actions concernant la duree du visa (felicitation a >>maliwatch pour le travail de fourmis qu' elle abat sans tambour ni >>trompette). >> >>Fatoumata dit avoir paye "environ $150 U.S." a New York pour son >>passeport. Elle n' a pas precise le moment. Vers juillet 2002 j' ai >>paye moins de $ 100 pour le renouvellemnt de mon passeport, et cela >>c' etait passe apres la mise en circulation des nouveaux passeports >>  . Les frais ont-ils change? >> >>Amadou Niang >> >>University of Utah >>Salt Lake City >> >From: Fatoumatas@aol.com >> >To: niangam@hotmail.com >> >Subject: Re: [mAliLink2] Passeports maliens: Quelle galere !!! >> >Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 23:59:19 EDT >> > >> >A New York le passeport coute plus cher qu'a  Washington si je me >>refere a >> >l'experience  du compatriote qui l'a eu a moins de $100 US. >> >Je me rappelle quand j'echangeais le mien par la  biais de la >>representation >> >consulaire ici a New York , j'ai paye environ $150.00 US. >> >Donc en conclusion, quelque chose ne marche pas quelque part. >> >C'est a nous de resoudre ce probleme ou simplement de payer le >>prix. >> >Quel est le bon choix? >> >>   _____ >> >>STOP MORE SPAM with the new   >><http://g.msn.com/8HMBEN/2728??PS=47575> MSN 8 and get 2 months >>FREE* ___________________________________________________ mAliLink: >>Forum de discussion Malien http://www.malilink.net >> >>The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential and is >>intended solely for the use of the named addressee. >>Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information >>contained therein by any other person is not authorized. >>If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately >>by returning the e-mail to the originator.(B) > >_________________________________________________________________ >Watch the online reality show Mixed Messages with a friend and enter >to win a trip to NY >http://www.msnmessenger-download.click-url.com/go/onm00200497ave/direct/01/ > >___________________________________________________ >mAliLink: Forum de discussion Malien >http://www.malilink.net