Greetings, loved ones!
So, the exciting news is that I've been issued my 2-year visa, good until December 2011! My passport is back where it belongs, with me - not serving as a doorstop at Immigration, which is where I fancy they put it when it's awaiting "just one more signature."
However, I have been given 25 days to follow up with that and get my carnet, or else there are presumably dire consequences. The "carnet" is an identification card, everyone needs one for performing a variety of business transactions. To get a carnet, though, I need to go get a certificate of good behavior from one governmental authority, and I have to once again do a "domiciliario" to prove where I live.
This last, the domiciliario, proved very difficult last time. You need to get a police officer to accompany you to your home, where you have assembled two witnesses from the neighbourhood who can testify that you do indeed live where you say you do. They have to go through a rigamarole of signing things and all that. Last year, there were needless delays and broken appointments and all manner of nonsense. Hopefully it will be more straightforward this year.
If you could join me in prayer that I could get everything in order in the required 25 days, that would be swell.
Lots of love,
Rachael
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Irregular Updates from the Field Concerning My Life in La Paz.
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"Doubt is no hindrance to prayer unless it keeps you from praying."
-B.J. Wilhite
-B.J. Wilhite
Mailing Address!
I love to get mail, so if you ever want to drop me a line, here's the address:
Rachael Robertson
Casilla 13308
La Paz, Bolivia
South America
Rachael Robertson
Casilla 13308
La Paz, Bolivia
South America
3 comments:
Is it alright to ask that if there is indeed rigamarole and all manner of nonsense that it is at least accompanied by funny music and happens at a slightly sped up pace, like an old silent film?
I wish I could hit the 'like' button on Daniels' comment.
Rach praying that you get everything in order and soon!
Love you lots
Ruth
Congrats on the 2 year visa! Hoping it won't be too frustrating to get the domiciliario (but this part of the adventure too could make for interesting reading in a future blog).
Hang in there girl,
:) Beth
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