Endured the dreaded Imigrasi visit yesterday, this year more dreaded than usual given the coronavirus situation. And here was an event fine-tuned to everything you're not supposed to do. A thick, shoulder-to-shoulder crowd consisting mostly of people from western countries, many of them new arrivals. No masks, by and large. People practically sitting on each others laps as they waited an hour and more for their interview and photo-taking event. Everyone using the same pen to sign their electronic documents. Government standard stupidity. And yet there's no choice. If you don't got your permit, you don't stay in the country. And as far as I could tell, no air-conditioning. Oh well, at least they didn't do the fingerprinting this year. Although they have added a new fee to the permit, and a pretty hefty one at that. Something about record of domicile. It's a fairly nifty tactic really, considering that many foreign residents tend to change residence from here to there on the island. Cha-ching!
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