Visa – Everywhere You Want to Be … As long as it’s Sierra Leone
Well, it's official. The sovereign government of Sierra Leone will allow me to come in and stay awhile. The following tidbit of joy greeted me as I opened the mail today.
I'm not sure how I feel about the government of a country making the marital status of the bearer the most obvious thing about a visa for their country. Look at it there – highlighted in purple and in a font twice as large as anything else on the form. I'm generally not sensitive about my marital status (especially after my induction into the Bachelors to the Rapture not-so-secret-nor-serious society), but come on. I could foresee this being salt in a wound to many singles. Sensitivity is ever so important … just like oral hygiene and paying your taxes.
Don't be getting any funny ideas about pasting a copy of this into your passport and sneaking into Sierra Leone. I would appreciate your company, I'm sure. But you should really get your own. Besides, I’ve removed the sensitive numerical information. I'm generally not naive, but I am unfamiliar with the sensitivity of posting such a thing. If there is a reason that this should not be displayed, please let me know.