Took 5 days to get a simple visa in Lisbon. Not exaggerating.

I landed in Lisbon expecting a quick visa run to Spain. The appointment system crashed, documents got rejected twice over tiny things. Anyone else hit a bureaucratic wall that ate up way more time than the actual work?

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margaretj401mo ago

Hell yeah, it's like every simple thing now takes triple the effort just to prove you're not a problem.

abbychen1mo ago

Man, you nailed it. Every little thing now comes with a whole checklist of hoops to jump through. I swear people assume the worst until you prove otherwise. It's exhausting. Like, I just want to get through my day without having to defend myself for existing. We're all just trying to do the right thing, but it never feels like enough. Solidarity, for real.