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Bureaucracy. An 11-letter word that means 'absurd.'
So I had to get my Bank-generated statement of account and its translation notarized. Shouldn't be a big deal. Expensive. $120 USD, but what's it take, right? Wrong.
First, the Notary asked me for my Alien Registration card. This is issued by the government, with my photograph and an embedded hologram, with all my relevant data. No problem. We are required to always have this with us. But what I didn't have was a copy of the certification from the Public Office saying that this was MY Alien Registration card (remember, my photo is embedded into the card under the hologram.) So I had to go back to City Hall, fill out an application for the certification, pay the filing fee so that the clerk would print out a paper saying 'Yes, this is his card' and stamp it in five different places. Then I had to take the paper and the card to the police station so they could give me THEIR form saying, "Yes, not only is this his card, but the address EMBEDDED in the card and the birthday EMBEDDED in the card is accurate." And pay the fee. THEN I could go back to the Notary and she made six copies of the form that said "Golly gee! The form that the bank made that Stitchawl presented and signed is really the form that the bank made and Stitchawl signed."
It would be easier to move to Venus.
Stitchawl
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