Another (negative) point for Spain

http://adoptando-en-zhitomir.blogspot.com/2010/04/burocracia.html

I found this picture today, which almost sums up with relationship Pollito has had with the Spanish government since we decided to get married and go to the states.  Except the turtle should have walked through a maze with several dead-ends, and places where he has to pay multiple tolls.

Pollito sent his papers in to get his Spanish police record, last week.  Because of the uncertainty of Peruvian post, he sent it with a courier.  Aparently when the courier went to drop off the packet at the address that the Ministry of Justice gives you, he was told that this was not the place for things from courier, just for mail - I'm sorry, what IS mail then?  Well, obviously only something that comes from the country's national post service.

So the courier had to go around and drop off the package somewhere else, not at the specific address listed on the Ministry of Justice's paper.  Pollito ha to call them to make sure that the paper arrived in the correct spot.  Good thing the Ministry of Justice is open until 4pm, right?

Wrong.  The people who take care of police reports/records stop working at 2pm.  Yay Espain.  He was however informed that the process of getting the police record is not the simple 3 days like it says on the form....or like it is said at the Embassy and stuff.  Its a whopping 30 day.  THIRTY.   It won't even be done until almost July, and with the mailing and everything, that puts us pretty much in July, and then Pollito has to call for an interview, which they will probably give to him within a month, so end of July/beginning of August.  And then he will need to buy a plane ticket and get ready to come.   And its ridiculous to spend a last minute fare price on a ticket, so chances are slimming for him to be here by my birthday.

Hopefully Spain will still send you back the finished report.