Chapter Fifty-fifth Encountered making things difficult
() "I returned to China half a year ago, and this time I entered Portugal through a labor visa. I just met you today when I arrived. How have you been recently? Are you still working in the same restaurant?"
Flavell was also very happy to see Xu Yang again.
"I also went back to China half a year ago. I just arrived last night. I didn't expect to meet you today. Where are you going?"
Xu Yang has always had a good impression of Flavel, and he was very happy to see him again.
"I'm going to Évora to find a place to live and then find a job," Flavell replied.
"Okay, let me help you keep an eye on whether there are any suitable jobs. Have you changed your number?" Xu Yang asked thoughtfully.
Flavell has a good character, and Xu Yang plans to recruit him to help him. But his own affairs have not started yet, so he can only leave his contact information first.
"It's still the same phone number, and yours hasn't changed?"
"Well, mine hasn't changed either, so it will be easier for us to contact you."
It seems that even after being separated for half a year, their numbers have not changed.
When the car arrived in Évora, it was only around 10 o'clock in the morning. Xu Yang and Flavel said hello and went back to their original homes.
"Ayang, are you home yet? I have made an appointment for you to change your residence permit at 12 noon today. I have arranged all the other materials for you. All you need to do is prepare two kinds of photos. You can come directly to the Immigration Bureau.
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As soon as Xu Yang put down his luggage, he received a call from his original boss, Jing Shan.
"Okay, please excuse me. I have prepared the photos. We will meet at the immigration office then."
Xu Yang and Jing Shan made an appointment to meet at a place and hung up the phone.
Around 11:30, Xu Yang went to the Immigration Bureau, and Jingshan arrived soon after. The two exchanged a few words, and Jingshan handed Xu Yang the materials for changing residence.
Then Xu Yang took the materials and went to get the number and queued up. It was Xu Yang's turn. The staff member in front of him was a middle-aged woman with a waist waist and a Portuguese characteristic.
Xu Yang carefully checked the materials required for the residence change and then handed them to the staff.
"Miss, if you want to renew your five-year residence permit, do you still need an A-certificate issued by the school?" Xu Yang asked.
"Yes, do you want to change your residence permit for five years?" The middle-aged woman glanced sideways at Xu Yang and asked.
"Well, I have been in Portugal for five years. Can I apply for a five-year residence permit?"
Xu Yang said as he handed his graduation certificate issued by the school to this "water bucket waist".
"You fill out a new form." The middle-aged woman took out the filled-in form that Xu Yang brought and threw it into the trash can.
"Didn't you fill out that form? Why did you throw it away?" Xu Yang asked puzzledly.
"This form needs to be filled out by yourself on the spot, and we don't know if you filled it out yourself." The woman glanced at Xu Yang and said displeased.
"You idiot, aren't you deliberately looking for trouble? When did this rule come into existence? Weren't you able to fill it in on your behalf before?"
Xu Yang secretly cursed this old woman, but in order to stay for five years, he had to endure it secretly.
Fortunately, this form was not difficult. After Xu Yang filled it out, he handed it to the old woman.
"To change to a five-year residence permit, you have to pass a written test and an oral test. You first write a self-introduction."
The old woman took a piece of white paper from the side and handed it to Xu Yang.
"Oh my god, didn't you just need a certificate of school acceptance? This old woman must have reached menopause and is deliberately trying to tease her." Xu Yang slandered in his heart.
But I was still dissatisfied, so I still had to write a self-introduction.
However, Xu Yang already knew how to introduce himself on the first day of Portuguese class. He wrote the self-introduction in a few strokes and handed it to the old woman.
Seeing that Xu Yang had finished writing so quickly, the old woman knew that this could not embarrass him, so she threw it aside without even reading it.
"You're such a loser, I finally finished writing it and you didn't read it."
Xu Yang felt depressed when he saw the results of his hard work being thrown away casually.
"Now read this newspaper again!" the old woman handed a newspaper to Xu Yang and said.
"..."
Xu Yang took the newspaper dejectedly and started reading stammeringly. After reading the news, Xu Yang broke out in a sweat.
"You're such a loser. I just passed the A-certificate, and you actually gave me such a complicated article to read. Do you need to embarrass me like this?"
Xu Yang became more and more dissatisfied. The A certificate is equivalent to the second grade of elementary school. If you ask a primary school student to read a newspaper, will he be able to read smoothly? He won't be able to read many words.
"Seeing how difficult it is for you to study, did you get your certificate by taking an exam? I don't know what's going on with the current school, but they will actually give you an A certificate."
The old woman squinted at Xu Yang with contempt and said disdainfully.
Xu Yang's face suddenly turned green with anger. Why don't we just change the residence permit for five years? Is there any need to bury people like this?
"What is the name of our Portuguese president? And the prime minister, who is the director of the State Police?"
The old woman asked a bunch of nonsensical questions again.
Now, no matter how stupid Xu Yang was, he understood that this old woman was just playing tricks on him! He went to and from get off work all day long, and lived in restaurants and homes, so he had no time to pay attention to the national leaders of Portugal.
"Do these issues have anything to do with changing residence?" Xu Yang asked coldly.
"What kind of attitude do you have! If you don't even know these simple questions, it only shows that you have no respect for the leaders of our country. I have the right to refuse to grant you a five-year residence permit!"
The old woman was also angry. She threw the material on the table with a bang.
"Since you are not willing to give me a five-year residence permit, then I will change my residence permit for two years. The taxes I have declared are enough. You have no right to refuse! Otherwise, I don't mind filing a complaint with the court!"
Now that he knew that they had no intention of issuing a five-year residence permit, Xu Yang was no longer polite and directly asked for a two-year extension of his residence permit.
Now the old woman's face turned green with anger, but Xu Yang proposed to renew her residence permit. She had no right to refuse, so she could only go through the procedures with a cold face.
"Signature, fingerprints, one hundred and forty-six euros."
The old woman handed over a form, pointed to the two blank squares on the form and said coldly.
Xu Yang didn't answer the topic, just picked up the pen and signed his name, then put two fingerprints on it and handed her the form and 150 yuan.
The old woman returned four euros to Xu Yang.
Xu Yang didn't bother to talk nonsense to her, took the money and receipt and left.
"What's wrong? Seeing that you look unhappy, shouldn't I change your residence permit for five years?"
When Jingshan saw Xu Yang coming out with a cold face, he couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know what happened. The staff member deliberately harassed me and kept finding reasons to make things difficult for me. In short, he refused to give me a five-year residence permit!"
Xu Yang looked at Jingshan depressedly and said helplessly.
"The Immigration Bureau in Evora changed its director this year, and some of the previous rules have been changed. I used to have some friendship with the former director, but with this change of director, even my cousin's application for a five-year residence failed. It seems that this time
The director is very unfriendly to us Chinese!"
Jingshan told some situations, which made Xu Yang suddenly realize.
"One day, I want these arrogant Portuguese people to look good!"
