What do you think is the meaning of “Devil in the Details”

Read Beyond the Lines

1. Who is the father of Peter? Cite some evidences.

2. What kind of relationship do Cherilyn and the person in charge have? Cite some evidences.

Setting

Mactan Cebu International Airport

Germany

Singapore

Characters:Man – German; Efkemann,Heinzjuergen; Aryan features associated with typical

German(blonde hair,blue eyes,with German

passport)

Woman – Filipina; Efkemann,CherilynHer passport was issued in Cebu on Feb.20, 1998.Phil. Passports were valid for 5 years and her would expire 2003.26 going to 27;Cherilyn Hawak born in Talibon,BoholGeneral rule: anyone going to a foreign country had to have at least 6 months’ validity left in his passport.

Kid – 2 years old; efkemann,Peter; DOB 07aug00Brownish hair topping a face more Visayan than Eurasian

• Woman – Filipina; Efkemann,Cherilyn• Her passport was issued in Cebu on Feb.20, 1998.Phil.

Passports were valid for 5 years and her would expire 2003.

• 26 going to 27;Cherilyn Hawak born in Talibon,BoholGeneral rule: anyone going to a foreign country had to have at least 6 months’ validity left in his passport.

• Kid – 2 years old; efkemann,Peter; DOB 07aug00• Brownish hair topping a face more Visayan than

Eurasian

Exposition• Next in line was a typical family bound for

Singapore; man and woman and a kid about 2 years old, and a baggage cart laden with their boxes and suitcases. The man handed over their tickets and passports, bound for Frankfurt.

• The person in charge for checking the details of their passports is screening the passports as well as the physical features of the three.

• The kid’s passport was literally a piece of paper; different from the passport of his father. The german government offered a children’s version of its passport cheaper than others.

• DCS (Departure Control System) computer program accepting passengers for a flight.

• For international flights, he needs to input so many things, care is essential because a single typo was all it took for the whole entry to be invalid and one would have to start all over again.

• I would assign them good seats, one seat by the window for the kid, for both flights.I would tag their baggage for Frankfurt and waive the charge for excess baggage . But were their documents in order?

• On my screen , Efkemann, Heinzjuergen entering supplementary information : PASDE6792035487,DOB09OCT67. The code PASDE meant Passport Deutsch.The numerals were his passport number.

• The name of the passport matched the name on the ticket, except the for the spelling of Jurgen.No big deal.I knew the u with an umlaut was written as ue on tickets.

• The kid was Efkemann, Peter . PASDE2057644.DOB07aug00.

• 2 holders of German passports would be natives coming home

• As a phillippine passport holder, she would be a visiting alien. If frankfurt found this one inadmissible, she would be deported and the airline would be fined five thousand Deutschmarks and he will be suspended for a week after an investigation.

• Efkemann, Cherilyn PASPHZZ395624, issued in Cebu – Feb.20 1998. still valid and would expire in 2003. DOB 24Aug75.

• There were entry and exit stamps showing she had been to Hongkong and Taipei.

• Her German visa was the Schengen Staten type w/c is valid for only few months. She’s going to Germany for the first time.Married three years and never yet been to her husband’s homeland?

• Schengen Staten visa did not become valid until a certain date w/c might be a month or more from its date of issuance.

• Words to look for “gultig vom” and “gultig bis” valid from and valid until

• On cherilyn’s visa:• Gultig vom – 04-05-02 (tomorrow’s date)• Gultig bis – 07-07-02 (months away in the

future, as the expiration date should be

climax

• Today was April 4, by the time their connecting flight landed in Frankfurt it would be early in the morning of April 5, the first day Cherilyn’s visa was valid.

• The difference between American and the European styles of writing dates all in numbers was what had been bothering him.

• Date written as 01-02-03 would mean january 2, 2003 to an American, but would be read as 01 February 2003 by a European.

• Going back to the passports the gultig vom 04-05-02 did not mean April 5; it means 04 May

• If their flight would bring them to Frankfurt on april 5, his wife’s visa would be valid on april 5.

• The German immigration officer who would be looking at this visa in Frankfurt would interpret 04-05-02 as 04 may .

resolution

• The visa is not valid .it will be valid on may 4.

• The wife was informed that she will be checked in up to Singapore only. And advised to rebook for may 3 , or 4.

• The wife keep on blaming the filipina at the German embassy who mixed up the date on her visa

theme

• Accuracy of information should always be backed up with legal documents.

• Success or failure of others are sometimes fell into the hands of others.

• Asserting the veracity of ones document