Faarm Bay

Last week, I wrote about applying for a Pakistani NICOP card and the "magic sheet of paper". I just received a receipt confirmation from the Pakistan Consulate in Los Angeles, which confirmed all of the supporting materials I submitted with the application: photos, copies of passports, birth certificate, etc. There was also one more thing written in Urdu that it indicated I submitted. It took me a while to figure out what it said. It said "FAARM BAY". Say what?

A few minutes pass scratching my head.... Ohhh! It means "Form-B", also known as the Child Registration Certificate (CRC), and is necessary to get a NICOP card if you don't already have a Pakistani ID card (which I don't). It turns out that the magic sheet of paper was the Form-B for our family. So it's not so magical after all, but it's very fortunate that I randomly came across it last month.

Other thoughts:
Maybe I should relearn how to read/write Urdu....
Or better yet, maybe I should learn how to speak Urdu beyond the level of a 5 year old....