Open Letter to the Consul General of the New York City French Consulate

Re: Horrified Schengen Visa Application Experiences

To: Consul General Mr. Bertrand Lortholary

Dear Mr. Lortholary

My name is Lin Tan, I am a news anchor and talk show host for a Chinese TV station based in New York City. The purpose of this letter is to share an absolutely horrified experience I recently had at your consulate, and to expose the extremely unprofessional, rude, demeaning, and malevolent behaviors exhibited by certain employees at your New York City consulate visa application department. I personally experienced these hurtful and aggravating behaviors when I tried to apply for visa at this consulate in early April 2014. It was my 3rd time applying for visa there.

Let me first start with a little background. Paris was one of my favorite cities, and that’s the primary reason why I was planning to visit Paris again for th

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平静意味着安逸、悠然，或许也意味着消磨和涣散。

裂变伴随的阵痛固然难以隐忍，但恒定弥漫的死寂同样令人惴息。

 

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有人设想，如果当初选择了不一样的征途，眼前落下的就该是另一幅帷幕。

但有人却笃信，无论铺排了多少道殊途，终究还是会踏上同样的归路。

前者在懊悔中虚度，后者在迂涂中踌躇。

 

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