Sweden asks you to hate it.
This is a real story.
It shows you how Sweden turns someone who likes and visits it each year to someone who hate it and discovers
the racist exists in Sweden that makes you hate it. The question will you hate
it?
The story starts when
a professor from the Faculty of Education called me and asked me if I would
like to work for a project with Stockholm University in Sweden? And since, I
haven't been in Sweden before -knowing that I have traveled to 14 countries,
for example America, Canada, Japan, France, Belgium...etc. In addition to my previous
work for 3 years as an Egyptian diplomat in London- I agreed.
We started our negotiations
with the Swedish side and wrote a nice proposal which has been submitted to a
Swedish funding agency. Indeed, we have secured funding, including two visits for
Egyptian team to Sweden and one visit for Swedish team to Egypt.
In August 2016, we started
our project and me and my friend went to Stockholm. Kick off meeting had been taking
place at Stockholm University. They organized a very nice trip to Stockholm Royal
Palace. The volume of greenery, health nature and friendly people have had the
greatest impact on my love for this country from the first visit.
In November 2016, the
Swedish team visited our university in Egypt and had several scientific
meetings. Also, we organized a trip to Alexandria (Mediterranean bride) and we had
swimming in warm waters. A timetable was set for the completion of the project
and based on it, we traveled for second time to Sweden to present the results of
the project in January 2017. This time it was winter, and I shocked because the
difference between Sweden in summer and Sweden in winter. In summer the day is
very long, and the atmosphere is wonderful. However, in the winter it comes in
early darkness, giving a feeling of inactivity and sleep.
In the meantime, we
have seen the large number of immigrants to Sweden who fled their country as a
result of the wars, how those migrants find it difficult to become involved in
Swedish society and to be active in the development of this beautiful country. Therefore,
an idea came to us, that we could write another project to be held in Sweden to
organize several training courses for those immigrants in different subjects to
let the, able to be involved in Swedish society. Again, we submitted it to one NGO in Sweden to
secure funding, and we won this too.
I forgot to mention
that first time I applied for Visa, I submitted the invitation of Stockholm
University, then I got a visa to enter only once, also when I submitted it for
the second time. However, in the third time I submitted the invitation of NGO,
I got visa for one year with multi-entry that ends in June 2019 - please
remember this date, as I will need it later -
In August 2018, my
friend and I have traveled to Sweden and gave several courses in the Kista city
and Uppsala city, and it was nice that a police man joined us and gave minutes to
complete the benefit for the listeners.
But in Uppsala we
arrived during the summer holiday and stayed in the university campus which was
totally empty except for the big rabbits and the delicious apples on the floor
under the trees. I was walking early in the morning around the dense gardens
around the university and eating the berries from the surrounding trees. But
walking every day for a week without seeing people at all gave you two
different emotions, the first that you are the king of all these empty lands,
the second is that you are lonely, which let me remember the popular ideals in
Egypt “Heaven without people – no entry”.
It was a happy day
when an Indian PhD student and his family returned from vacation and thus had
neighbors in this empty space. Finally, we went back to Egypt.
In April 2019, I decided
to have 6 months as a vacation, I went first to Turkey, and after nice time
there, I decided to go to Sweden in July 2019 to follow up my students there
and gave extra courses. However, my multi-entry visa just expired one month
ago.
Therefore, I applied
for the fourth time for visa and submitted a new invitation from the same NGO. However,
I shocked because this time they rejected my documents!!!! I appealed at the Swedish
Embassy in Istanbul, but the rejected again. I sent the following to Sweden:
Appeal against rejecting my
application for visa
Background
You have rejected my visa for Sweden, without any sold
reason. You did not give any respect to my title in the passport which is vice
dean for computer faculty; or for scholar who already invited -as your letter
said- by Stockholm University; the x-diplomate for Egypt in UK; the scholar who
visited 15 countries including USA, Canada, UK, France, Japan,…etc. with no
single rejection. The scholar who is working as volunteer in NGO in Sweden to
help refugee to cooperate in a good manner with Sweden society. This NGO
invited me in the last 2 times, and this is the 3rd time with the
same NGO, however, you rejected!
Your points and my justification
-
You searched on Internet
and find it in Cairo, and I did not submit any documents regarding my
occupation!!
Here is the link of my occupation on the
university’ website
As well my title in the passport.
-
You wonder what I do in
Turkey and why I have short-term residence permit while my work in Egypt!
Please know that any person has a right
to have a vacation, and in my case I have 6 months’ vacation, and as the tourist
visa type in Turkey not allow to stay all this period, I obtained a short-term
residence, which should be added point to my application not negative point, as
I used to obey the regulation of all countries.
Attached is my Confirmed Return
Air-Ticket to Egypt at 10/10/2019, however, I’m going to postponed it until I
finish my visit to Sweden first.
-
You said I did not show
my socioeconomic situation.
This is the mistake for your agent
VFS-Global, as they refuse to take my bank accounts statement and said “there
is no need for it”
Attached my Bank accounts In Dollar ($)
& Sterling pound & Turkish Lira, please note that all this money is
just what I have in this trip in Turkey, and I have a lot in Egypt.
-
You said the invited organization
will fund your trip and you ask about their financial status.
Please note that this NGO and I work as volunteer,
and they just offer a room in their organization and air-ticket and they
invited my twice before and I did my job their and returned to Egypt.
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You claim that I’ll not
leave before the expire of the visa!!
If you check my 3 visits to Sweden, you
can easily recognize that I left before the expire of the visa and may enter
only once although I have multiple entries (because some time we duplicate the
effort to finish early).
Final Word:
As my passport shows that I arrived
Turkey on 14/4/2019 while my previous Multiple Entry Visa to Sweden
finish at 15/6/2019, which means I had 60 days to disconnect my
vacation here and travel to Sweden without need new visa, that is mean that I
has no intention to stay in Sweden after my visa expire.
Best Regards
Signature:
However, they rejected
again, after I returned to Egypt as scheduled, I sent an e-mail to Swedish
embassy in Cairo, and they replied within 1 hour only, and said I must rise a
case in Sweden!!!
Thanks Sweden.
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