Yin tafiya tare da kati mai ƙarewa koyaushe mummunan tunani ne, kuma Sheila Bergara ta koyi wannan hanya mai wahala.
A baya, shirin Bergara da mijinta na hutu a wurare masu zafi ya zo ƙarshe ba zato ba tsammani a wurin duba shiga jirgin saman United Airlines. A can, wata wakiliyar jirgin sama ta sanar da Bergara cewa ba za ta iya shiga Mexico daga Amurka a kan kati da ya kare ba. Sakamakon haka, United Airlines ta hana ma'auratan shiga jirgin zuwa Cancun.
Mijin Sheila, Paul, ya ce kamfanin jirgin ya yi kuskure wajen hana ma'auratan shiga tare da lalata shirin hutunsu. Ya dage cewa sabunta Green Card din matarsa zai ba ta damar tafiya kasar waje. Amma United ba ta amince ba kuma ta yi la'akari da batun a rufe.
Paul yana son United ta sake bude koken nasa kuma ya yarda cewa ya yi kuskuren da ya kashe shi dala 3,000 don gyarawa.
Ya yi imanin gaskiyar cewa ma'auratan sun tashi zuwa Mexico washegari a kan Jirgin Jirgin Ruhu ya kwatanta lamarinsa. Amma shi ne?
A bazarar da ta gabata, Bulus da matarsa sun karɓi gayyatar zuwa wani daurin aure na Yuli a Meziko. Koyaya, Sheila, mazaunin dindindin a Amurka, ta sami matsala: katinta na kore ya ƙare.
Duk da cewa ta nemi sabon izinin zama a kan lokaci, tsarin amincewa ya ɗauki watanni 12-18. Ta san cewa sabon katin bashi da wuya ya isa kan lokacin tafiya.
Tsohon matafiyi Paul yayi ɗan bincike ta hanyar karanta littafin jagora akan gidan yanar gizon ofishin jakadancin Mexico. Dangane da wannan bayanin, ya yanke shawarar cewa kati na Sheila da ya ƙare ba zai hana ta zuwa Cancun ba.
“Lokacin da muke jiran sabon koren katin matata, ta karɓi fom I-797. Wannan takarda ta tsawaita kati na sharadi na wasu shekaru biyu, ”Paul ya bayyana mani. "Don haka ba mu yi tsammanin wata matsala da Mexico ba."
Da tabbacin cewa komai yana cikin tsari, ma'auratan sun yi amfani da Expedia don yin ajiyar jirgin da ba tsayawa daga Chicago zuwa Cancun kuma suna fatan tafiya zuwa Mexico. Ba su ƙara yin la'akari da katunan koren da suka ƙare ba.
Har zuwa ranar da suke shirin tafiya tafiya zuwa wurare masu zafi. Tun daga wannan lokacin, tafiya zuwa ƙasashen waje tare da kati mai ƙarewa a fili ba kyakkyawan ra'ayi ba ne.
Ma'auratan sun shirya shan rum na kwakwa a bakin tekun Caribbean kafin abincin rana, suna isa filin jirgin da sanyin safiyar. Suna zuwa kanunar jiragen sama na United Airlines, suka ba da duk takaddun kuma suka haƙura suna jiran fas ɗin jirgi. Ba tare da tsammanin wata matsala ba, sun yi taɗi yayin da wakilin haɗin gwiwa ya buga akan maballin.
Lokacin da ba a ba da takardar izinin shiga ba bayan wani ɗan lokaci, ma'auratan sun fara tunanin ko menene dalilin jinkirin.
Wakilin mai ban mamaki ya duba daga allon kwamfutar don isar da mummunan labari: Sheila ba za ta iya tafiya Mexico a kan kati mai ƙarewa ba. Ingantacciyar fasfo dinta na Philippines kuma ya hana ta bin hanyoyin shige da fice a Cancun. Jami'an United Airlines sun gaya musu cewa tana bukatar bizar Mexico don shiga jirgin.
Bulus ya yi ƙoƙari ya yi magana da wakilin, yana bayyana cewa Form I-797 yana riƙe da ikon koren katin.
“Ta ce min a’a. Sai wakilin ya nuna mana wata takarda ta cikin gida da ta ce an ci tarar United saboda daukar masu I-797 zuwa Mexico,” in ji Paul. "Ta gaya mana cewa wannan ba manufar jirgin sama ba ce, amma manufofin gwamnatin Mexico."
Bulus ya ce ya tabbata cewa wakilin ya yi kuskure, amma ya gane cewa ba za a ƙara yin jayayya ba. Lokacin da wakilin ya ba da shawarar cewa Paul da Sheila sun soke jirginsu don su sami darajar United don jiragen nan gaba, ya yarda.
"Ina tsammanin zan yi aiki a kan hakan daga baya tare da United," in ji Paul. "Na farko, Ina bukatan gano yadda zan kai mu Mexico don bikin aure."
Ba da daɗewa ba aka sanar da Paul cewa United Airlines ta soke yin rajistar su kuma ta ba su kuɗin dala 1,147 na jirgin nan gaba don jirgin da ya ɓace zuwa Cancun. Amma ma'auratan sun yi balaguron balaguron tare da Expedia, wanda ya tsara tafiyar a matsayin tikitin hanya guda biyu da ba su da alaƙa da juna. Don haka, tikitin dawowar Frontier ba su da kuɗi. Kamfanin jirgin ya caje ma'auratan kudin soke dala 458 tare da bayar da dala 1,146 a matsayin bashi na jiragen da za su tashi nan gaba. Expedia kuma ta caji ma'auratan kuɗin soke dala $99.
Daga nan Paul ya mayar da hankalinsa kan kamfanin jiragen sama na Spirit Airlines, wanda yake fatan ba zai haifar da matsala kamar United ba.
“Na yi ajiyar jirgin Spirit don gobe don kada mu rasa dukkan tafiyar. Tikitin mintuna na ƙarshe sun kai sama da $2,000,” in ji Paul. "Hanya ce mai tsada don gyara kurakuran United, amma ba ni da zabi."
Washegari, ma’auratan sun tunkari ma’aikacin jirgin ruwa na Spirit Airlines tare da takardu iri ɗaya da na ranar da ta gabata. Bulus yana da tabbaci cewa Sheila tana da abin da ake bukata don yin tafiya mai nasara zuwa Mexico.
Wannan karon ya sha bamban. Sun mika takardun ga ma’aikatan kamfanin na Spirit Airlines, kuma ma’auratan sun karbi takardar izinin shiga ba tare da bata lokaci ba.
Sa'o'i kadan bayan haka, jami'an shige da fice na Mexico sun buga fasfo din Sheila, kuma ba da jimawa ba ma'auratan sun ci moriyar hadaddiyar giyar a bakin teku. Lokacin da Bergaras a ƙarshe suka yi tafiya zuwa Mexico, tafiyarsu ba ta da kyau kuma tana jin daɗi (wanda, a cewar Paul, ya baratar da su).
Sa’ad da ma’auratan suka dawo daga hutu, Bulus ya ƙudurta ya tabbata cewa irin wannan fiasco ba ta faru da wani mai ɗauke da katin ba.
After submitting his complaint to United Airlines and not receiving confirmation that she made a mistake, Paul sent his story to tip@thepointsguy.com and asked for help. In no time, his disturbing story arrived in my inbox.
Sa’ad da na karanta labarin Bulus na abin da ya faru da ma’auratan, na ji tsoro game da abin da suka sha.
Duk da haka, ina kuma zargin cewa United ba ta yi wani laifi ba ta hanyar ƙin barin Sheila ta yi tafiya zuwa Mexico tare da kati mai ƙarewa.
A cikin shekaru da yawa, na magance dubban gunaguni na mabukaci. Kashi mai yawa na waɗannan shari'o'in sun haɗa da matafiya waɗanda ke cikin ruɗani ta hanyar wucewa da buƙatun shiga a ƙasashen waje. Wannan bai taɓa zama gaskiya ba yayin bala'i. A zahiri, hutun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun matafiya na ƙasa da ƙasa sun lalace sakamakon rikice-rikice, saurin hana tafiye-tafiye da coronavirus ya haifar.
Koyaya, bala'in ba shine musabbabin yanayin Paul da Sheila ba. Rashin fahimtar ka'idojin balaguron balaguro ga mazaunan Amurkan na dindindin ne ya haifar da gazawar hutun.
Na sake nazarin bayanan da ofishin jakadancin Mexico ya bayar kuma na bincika sau biyu abin da na yi imani ya kasance.
Labari mara kyau ga Paul: Mexico ba ta karɓar Form I-797 a matsayin ingantacciyar takardar tafiya. Sheila na tafiya ne da kati mara inganci da fasfo na Philippines ba tare da biza ba.
United Airlines ta yi abin da ya dace ta hanyar hana ta shiga jirgi zuwa Mexico.
Masu riƙe katin kore kada su dogara da takaddar I-797 don tabbatar da kasancewar Amurka a wata ƙasa. Jami'an Shige da Fice na Amurka ne ke amfani da wannan fom kuma yana bawa masu riƙe katin izinin komawa gida. Amma babu wata gwamnati da ake buƙatar karɓar tsawaita I-797 a matsayin shaidar zama ta Amurka-wataƙila ba za su iya ba.
A gaskiya ma, ofishin jakadancin na Mexico ya bayyana a fili cewa a kan Form I-797 tare da katin gargadin da ya ƙare, an haramta shiga kasar, kuma fasfo da katin koren mazaunin zama dole ne ba a ƙare ba:
Na raba wannan bayanin tare da Paul, inda na nuna cewa idan United Airlines ta ba Sheila damar shiga jirgin kuma aka hana ta shiga, za su iya fuskantar tarar tara. Ya duba sanarwar ofishin jakadanci, amma ya tunatar da ni cewa jirgin Spirit Airlines bai sami matsala da takardun Sheila ko jami'an shige da fice a Cancun ba.
Jami'an shige-da-fice suna da ɗan sassauci wajen yanke shawarar ko za a bar baƙi su shiga ƙasar. Za a iya hana Sheila cikin sauƙi, a tsare, kuma a dawo da ita Amurka a jirgin sama na gaba. (Na ba da rahoton an kama matafiya da yawa waɗanda ba su da isassun takardun balaguron balaguro sannan suka dawo da sauri zuwa inda za su tashi. Wannan lamari ne mai cike da takaici.)
Ba da daɗewa ba na sami amsar ƙarshe da Bulus yake nema, kuma yana so ya raba wa wasu don kada su kasance cikin yanayi ɗaya.
Ofishin Jakadancin na Cancun ya tabbatar da cewa: “Gaba ɗaya, mazauna Amurka da ke tafiya zuwa ƙasar Mexico dole ne su kasance da fasfo mai aiki (ƙasar asalin) da ingantaccen kati na LPR mai ɗauke da bizar Amurka.”
Sheila na iya neman takardar izinin shiga Mexico, wanda yawanci yakan ɗauki kwanaki 10 zuwa 14 kafin a amince da shi, kuma da wataƙila ya isa ba tare da wata matsala ba. Amma kati I-797 da ya ƙare ba dole ba ne ga United Airlines.
Don natsuwar zuciyarsa, ina ba da shawarar cewa Bulus ya yi amfani da fasfo na musamman, biza, da duba lafiyar IATA kuma ya ga abin da ya ce game da Sheila na iya tafiya Mexico ba tare da biza ba.
Kamfanonin jiragen sama da yawa ne ke amfani da sigar ƙwararrun wannan kayan aiki (Timatic) yayin shiga don tabbatar da cewa fasinjojin su na da takaddun da suke buƙata don shiga jirgin. Koyaya, matafiya zasu iya kuma yakamata suyi amfani da sigar kyauta tun kafin su nufi filin jirgin sama don tabbatar da cewa basu rasa mahimman takaddun balaguro ba.
Lokacin da Paul ya ƙara duk bayanan sirri na Sheila, Timatic ya sami amsar da ta taimaki ma'auratan 'yan watanni da suka gabata kuma ya cece su kusan dala 3,000: Sheila na buƙatar biza don tafiya Mexico.
An yi sa'a jami'in shige da fice na Cancun ya ba ta damar shiga ba tare da wata matsala ba. Kamar yadda na samu daga al’amura da dama da na yi bayani a baya, hana su shiga jirgi zuwa inda za ka yi abin takaici ne. Duk da haka, ya fi muni a tsare a cikin dare ɗaya a mayar da shi ƙasarku ba tare da diyya ba kuma ba tare da izini ba.
A ƙarshe, Bulus ya yi farin ciki da saƙon da ma’auratan suka samu cewa mai yiwuwa Sheila za ta karɓi kati da ya kare a nan gaba. Kamar yadda yake tare da duk matakan gwamnati yayin bala'i, masu neman izinin sabunta takaddun su yakamata su sami jinkiri.
Amma yanzu ya bayyana ga ma'auratan cewa idan sun yanke shawarar sake yin balaguro zuwa ƙasashen waje yayin da suke jira, tabbas Sheila ba za ta dogara da Form I-797 a matsayin takardar tafiya ba.
Samun kati mai ƙarewa koyaushe yana sa ya zama da wahala a kewaya duniya. Matafiya masu ƙoƙarin shiga jirgin ƙasa da ƙasa tare da kati mai ƙarewa na iya fuskantar matsaloli yayin tashi da isowa.
Katin kore mai inganci shine wanda bai ƙare ba. Masu riƙe katinan kore ba sa rasa matsayin dindindin na dindindin, amma ƙoƙarin tafiya ƙasashen waje yayin da suke cikin jihar yana da haɗari sosai.
Katin Green da ya ƙare ba kawai ingantaccen takaddar shiga yawancin ƙasashen waje ba ne, har ma don sake shiga Amurka. Masu rike da kati ya kamata su tuna da wannan yayin da katunan su ke gab da ƙarewa.
Idan katin mai kati ya kare yayin da suke kasar waje, za su iya samun wahalar shiga jirgi, shiga ko fita kasar. Zai fi kyau a nemi sabuntawa kafin ranar karewa. Mazauna na dindindin na iya fara aikin sabuntawa har zuwa watanni shida kafin ainihin ranar ƙarewar katin. (Lura: Mazaunan dindindin na sharadi suna da kwanaki 90 kafin katin kore ɗin su ya ƙare don fara aikin.)
Lokacin aikawa: Janairu-09-2023
