It's time for my biannual renewal of residency, so I made the trip to SD. Bought the 100 pesos application form at window 10, filled it in, handed it back and was told to wait until my name was called. All working as usual.
During the 40 minutes I waited for my name to be called I noticed how smooth things were rolling for the people in front of me. After their name was called they took their documents to window 3, paid the 1000 pesos renewal fee and most likely the 4000 pesos VIP fee, because they were called for photo session almost immediately after. "Good news", I thought, "I may be out of here in less than an hour if things go that way for me too." And why shouldn't they. I've done this before, no biggie.....
My name was called and I went to window 9 to pick up my form. "There's problem," the man said. "You are not in our system." Had I by any chance the papers I used to apply for residency in the first place. The answer to that was "No. That was 8 years ago. I'm pretty sure they are lost. But how come I'm not in the system? I have the residency card which I renewed 2 years ago without any problems." That he agreed to, then told me to come back in a month or two!
There was nothing more I could do so I went back home to Punta Cana. But now I'm thinking: If I'm not in the system today, what would make me show up in the system in a month or two? I would hate to make the trip again just to be told to wait another month or two.
Is there anyone here who had this experience?
During the 40 minutes I waited for my name to be called I noticed how smooth things were rolling for the people in front of me. After their name was called they took their documents to window 3, paid the 1000 pesos renewal fee and most likely the 4000 pesos VIP fee, because they were called for photo session almost immediately after. "Good news", I thought, "I may be out of here in less than an hour if things go that way for me too." And why shouldn't they. I've done this before, no biggie.....
My name was called and I went to window 9 to pick up my form. "There's problem," the man said. "You are not in our system." Had I by any chance the papers I used to apply for residency in the first place. The answer to that was "No. That was 8 years ago. I'm pretty sure they are lost. But how come I'm not in the system? I have the residency card which I renewed 2 years ago without any problems." That he agreed to, then told me to come back in a month or two!
There was nothing more I could do so I went back home to Punta Cana. But now I'm thinking: If I'm not in the system today, what would make me show up in the system in a month or two? I would hate to make the trip again just to be told to wait another month or two.
Is there anyone here who had this experience?