A short story about a passport.

I want to go out and see the beauty of this world.

There are too many dreams waiting for me to take risks and too many wonderful things waiting for us to discover. I once saw a news that only 200 million people flew over the country's population of more than one billion. I believe many people will have questions, and even fewer people will go abroad. By chance, I was introduced by my fellow villagers to work in other places. The first time I went abroad to work by plane, my mind was full of surprises to the outside world. A trip as far away as South America, Sao Paulo, Brazil. I am extremely excited and nervous inside. Although more and more people go abroad to work, study, do business and travel around the world? Explore the strange. The most important thing is a passport that shows the identity of each country. Passport originated in western countries, and it is actually a document to help stateless refugees show their identity.

The attitude of one country towards another country is completely reflected in the procedures for handling passports and visas. Do you need a deposit or a company guarantee? Whether it is a tourist, a job or a business visa. Every visa is different. I didn't know much about the visa procedures to Brazil before. I think the boss there is handled through an intermediary company. First, he sent his personal passport to a company in Shanghai by courier, and then they went to the Brazilian embassy to apply for a visa. A Portuguese company document, hotel name and round-trip ticket. In fact, there are many unknown secrets in my heart. However, when I have the opportunity to go abroad, the expenses are all paid by my boss. I didn't think so much, and I didn't dare to ask the boss more. Arrive at Guangzhou airport one day in advance, and then contact the tour leader. All the itineraries were arranged by the tour leader, who kept the tickets for us. Ding Qian told me to put $500 in my wallet in case of customs inspection. When everything seemed to be going well, a couple in the same trade still had problems when they finally cleared the customs and boarded the plane. The customs police said that there was a record on the Internet, and the court sued him for a sum of money, which was blacklisted and could not leave the country. According to himself, it has been returned, probably because the court did not erase the criminal record. The tour guide said that the customs staff cut off his passport directly. , certainly can't get on the plane. Now his wife doesn't want to leave her husband and come with us. This happened before I got on the plane. It was a great blow to the team leader. The initial failure shows that the next trip will not be easy.

We didn't know until we got on the plane in the middle of the night that we first flew to Hado, the capital of Qatar, and then transferred to Sao Paulo, Brazil. The whole flight time needs more than 24 hours, excluding the waiting time for connecting flights. This is a long flight. The huge space of A380 and the exotic atmosphere of the beautiful stewardess made me summon up the courage to take the initiative to ask for a photo. Although they speak English and I use gestures, communication is a bit awkward, but they can fully understand the meaning of expression.

Guangzhou airport set off with a pair of African wildlife tourists sitting together. The strength of the motherland makes more and more people go abroad, and the distance between countries on the earth is getting closer and closer. Considering that my parents seldom go out across provinces, let alone go abroad to see the world. We all changed planes at Qatar airport and went to our respective destinations. When we arrived at Qatar airport, foreigners were everywhere. After flying for more than ten hours, I was a little tired. Under the leadership of the team leader, a group of people went to the waiting room to wait for the plane to board. Then everything went well, and I flew for more than ten hours. When I went through the customs in Brazil, the customs officers kept asking me questions, but I couldn't answer them. She had no choice but to step on me.

One of my colleagues is in trouble again. It turned out that he had been to Iran, and his passport was stamped with the seal of Iran. Iran is a country sanctioned by the United States. It is estimated that Brazil and the United States have an agreement that people who have already entered Iran cannot enter Brazil. This makes the team leader very worried. Can't go to Brazil, repatriation on the spot, very troublesome, but also damage their business reputation. After a long phone call, I got in touch with our boss, who passed and punished him. Later, I heard that it was the police chief of Sao Paulo or something. It should be a big official. Going abroad is really not a simple matter, and it is difficult to make it clear in a few words.

I didn't look at it carefully and didn't understand it. Later, I learned that a business visa like mine is only valid for three months, which means a legal stay of 90 days. Those who stay illegally for more than one day will not only be fined, but also be blacklisted and will not be allowed to enter Brazil in the future. But as long as you leave the country once every three months, you will have a legal residence for three months. I've always been excited about going abroad. I don't know that I never thought about such a thing. This should be for the boss to save money, but also for unnecessary trouble. Or both. Later, under the preaching of my colleagues in Brazil for many years, I gradually understood the truth. Needless to say, I am carefree when I come to a foreign country. Three months passed quickly, and I have passed the legal stay period. If you want to legalize your passport, you can have several options. You can stay and leave Brazil and never come back. Accept a huge fine when you come back. Or now is my next way, using their legal procedures, through a certain process, to "wash your passport white"

(border crossing between Brazil and Paraguay)

? Through the introduction of friends in the Chinese circle, some of them are "yellow cattle" who specialize in this line. At first, I thought they bribed the immigration police to complete the operation. I think the question is too simple. Cattle first applied to the "Federal Police" for "refugees" and "IOUs" through official website. The scalper also organized a delegation to take us to the border checkpoint. You have exceeded the legal residence period in Brazil, and you have become a "refugee" for your own reasons. From a humanitarian point of view, the Brazilian government accepts you and helps you tide over the difficulties. When the "scalper" takes you out of Brazil through the border checkpoint again, your "white note" will be invalid. But if you exceed the date, it can offset the fine you have to pay. Leaving Brazil will give you a departure date. If you come to Brazil again, the legal stay period of 90 days will be recalculated for you. Many people leave the country without stamping the date of entry, which will create the illusion that you are in Brazil but you are not.

Is Argentina around here? Brazil? At the junction of the three countries of Paraguay, this unique geographical location has also created unprecedented prosperity in the town. Most of them come here, and people in small towns are used to people coming and going. We arrived at the Brazil-Paraguay border checkpoint at four o'clock in the morning, and the Brazilian border inspectors saw me holding a "refugee note". Just told me a sentence to the effect that if you have a "refugee card", you will not be taken measures and fined for overstaying. But as soon as you leave Brazil, this certificate will be torn up and invalidated. No longer have the right to be a refugee. At my nod, he tore off the "white note" and ordered others to stamp the date of departure on my passport.

Up to now, I still don't understand under what circumstances the "scalper" helped me to apply for a "refugee card"

I still don't fully understand what this means. This is the long-heard "refugee card = white note". I also successfully went through the formalities and entered Paraguay. The scalper told me to go to a small town in Paraguay and come back. After all, we have to go through the immigration formalities again. It is impossible to go out directly and then return to Brazil. But pay attention to the border police in Paraguay. In fact, they have been waiting nearby. I was stopped by the Paraguayan police before I entered the Paraguayan town and was taken into a small house. There are already people in twos and threes. I asked an Arab to translate for me and asked me to take out my passport and say that I had entered the country illegally. You need bail to be arrested and detained. Or be fined and deported. I stopped by and went back. Their meaning is also obvious. I said there were only two or three hundred baht in my pocket, and they said they wanted two hundred dollars. The two sides were deadlocked for a while. They said no. They took the Pakistani currency, pulled me into the car and prepared to send me to another place to be locked up. Although I was scared and helpless, everyone got on the bus together. Unexpectedly, after driving for a few minutes, we could see the same place as the prison from a distance, and we were kicked out of the car. Border police, older than the accident, can get more. Everything else is to scare us. I look stupid and pretentious, which makes me burst out with a national curse, which makes me feel funny when I think about it. Is there only conflict of interest in the communication between countries?

The next thing went well. When I quickly returned to the port of entry in Brazil, the early shift staff had already left work, changed shifts and looked at my passport. You still want to teach me a lesson. Because I have entry and exit records and IOUs before. Give me one last chance. If I stay for more than 90 days, I will only have my passport blacked out and I will not be allowed to enter Brasilia for life. I've been nodding to the rhythm of his speech. Things went well, and my heart finally settled down a lot. "Yellow Cattle" took us to the duty-free shopping mall on the Argentine border. After walking in it for a long time, we went to a China restaurant for lunch. Wait for the afternoon bus to take us back to Sao Paulo.

On the way back, the whole person relaxed and carefully looked at a large number of crops planted by the roadside, including soybeans and sugar cane. They are all planted together. Brazil is a country with almost no industry. Agricultural and animal husbandry exports account for a large share of its trade, especially to China. More than 70% of our soybean import quota comes from Brazil. Fertile land and superior geographical environment bring superior growth momentum to crops.

Although I am very grateful to my boss for giving me the experience of working abroad this time, our visa for going abroad is illegal, illegal, not protected by the laws of other countries, and will be sanctioned. Although it seems nothing on the surface, everyone who just went to Brazil has been doing this for decades. Everyone has become accustomed to it, but it is actually not desirable. This will undoubtedly bring potential harm to China's international reputation and status. It is also one of the reasons why our country's passports can be "landing visa" or "visa-free" in many countries.