Shubh Overseas

Down here in Khair, things are usually pretty quiet compared to what you see in the big cities. We have our small office set up under the name Shubh Overseas. The address is just Khair, because almost everyone around here knows where every building is located without needing a map. We spend most of our daily time on the phone or handling big stacks of paper applications. It is just a simple office with a few desks, some computers that are several years old, and a lot of metal filing cabinets. People come in from the surrounding areas wanting to know about the process for going abroad for work or for their studies. We sit down with them and talk through all the different forms they need to fill out. It is definitely not a fast process. There is always a lot of waiting for documents to come back from the government offices. We end up drinking a lot of tea while we wait for the phone to ring. The office gets a bit dusty because of the dry roads just outside the door. We try our best to keep everything organized, but sometimes the desks are just completely covered in maps and papers. We are not some big fancy agency with glass walls and uniforms. We are just local people helping our neighbors figure out how to travel. Some days are very slow, and we just sit and talk.