"Once you start, it's like a whirlpool," said the journalist, who helps his guests with their byzantine German-language paperwork, accompanies them to the hospital, takes them grocery shopping, and finds them longer-term places to live while they cycle through the "jungle" of German bureaucracy.
There's all the stuff you have to leave behind, like your family, a set of friends, most of your actual material belongings, and there are the terrifying things you're moving towards: finding a job and sourcing somewhere to live, trying to force people to hang out with you and navigating a hellish, bureaucratic nightmare-scape of paperwork, sometimes in a language you don't understand.
Using a computer tablet that is based in the robot's chest, Dubai residents can report crimes, pay speeding tickets, and submit paperwork in six different languages.
We were talking about how all of the DMV paperwork came in multiple languages, and how much that must cost to produce.
Shamrock Travel, for example, arranged accommodation, language training, registration paperwork and medical check-ups for the new employees.
The lawyers asked the judge to ensure that Mr. Feinberg's public comments, and the language of the paperwork he uses to settle cases, are "clear, accurate and fair" to the people who might be able to sue.
But working in Mexico isn't easy: There is paperwork involved, not to mention language barriers and discrimination many of the things that plague Mexicans, legal or not, in the U.S. today.
Sloppy contract language, staff turnover, incomplete paperwork and stressful combat conditions on the ground led to a badly flawed process, senior Army officials in Washington said.
If you are applying directly to a Chinese institution however, you might encounter difficulties involving language, timely completion of paperwork and differing expectations of behavior between you and the Chinese institution you're applying for.
Precinct captains fluent in the newcomers' languages would help them through the paperwork, in return for their loyalty.
