But REAL important papers arrived for Pollito this Monday. The US Embassy paper packet! It tells him all the things that he needs to collect, and he already has most of them. They most annoying part is trying to get the police record from Spain. Its a good thing he only lived in Spain and Lima, otherwise we would up to our necks in bureaucracy. As it is...we are in up to our knees.
All of the Spanish sites and sources say something different on how to go about getting these papers. It ends up that the only way to do it is by mail. Which is a slow and laborious process made super sketchy by the Peruvian mail system. We have been trying to get the papers since November and have contacted one of my old private lessons students in Madrid and she has been nothing but helpful and willing and equally annoyed at her own country's system. Spanish bureaucracy is just a pain. No other way around it. It is best to start early so you will end up only slightly late, and not too late.
Pollito's interview was scheduled for May 10, but due to Spain being a royal pain, he will have to postpone it. Sigh. At least we have the instructions. And a number to call for questions.
