Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Trying to own a car ?

RECENTLY, our government allowed shore job workers to import a car per head if they have paid duly income taxes loyally to date. The news is welcomed by all shore job and sea job workers. As usual, things related to our government offices are not easy task. Those shore job workers who intend to import a care have to apply car permit first. The problem begins there. The president changes policies to ease people's lives. But the character of government staffs is not match with the attitude of our president. It's understood that the applicant has to compile relevant documents before he/she goes to the office. First of all, the applicant has to open foreign bank account at MFTB (Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank) which is solely place for those who want to get car permit from all over the country. There are some requirements to open bank account at MFTB as follow:-

1) application form duly filled in - attention to MD
2) appointment letter
3) company contract
4) income tax slip up to date
5) passport copy
6) leave form
7) national identity card (to copy front and rare page on a same page)
8) introductory letter by existing MFTB bank account holder (need 2 recommendation)
9) passport photo 2 nos
10) NRIC copy of intended joint account holder (optional)

The form has to be pasted with a 3.00 Ks stamp from internal revenue office. Out of 10 documents required above, only item no.8 is out of reach and easily can find sponsor at nearby platform shops. But it will cost you 30,000 Ks per head. They'll offer full service for 300,000 Ks if you have no time to go long journey of documentation. Regardless of sense or non-sense, you have to entertain those document required by MFTB if you want to get a car permit. This is just the beginning of long journey. You have to be patient, friend. This is Burma.

this piece of paper can be found front counter of MFTB for those who wanna open bank account.

(to be continued)

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