Whilst I am irritated by Chilean process, there's another one that gets up my nose.
I have to renew my ID card every 5 years, as does everyone. For CHileans it's a brief exercise. For a foreigner you have to prove that you have not spent more than 2 years out of the last 5 outside Chile.
Fair enough. And one does that my contacting PDI who own the immigration database and they give you a certificate to say you have not been outside for more than two solid years.
All good so far.
One has to get this certificate in hardcopy, which is irritating but ok.
This certificate has NO value beyond handing into the RC people for the ID card renewal. There is simply no other use for it.
So up I go clutching the certificate. No, they say, we cannot accept that.
Why not??
Because we need a certified copy.
But this is the original!
Yes, and we need a certified copy.
But after this process I shall throw the certificate in the bin because it has no use so you cna have it.
I know, but we must have a certified copy so that we know it's genuine.
Wot??
So, down to the Notary. Hand them the original. They photocopy it and then stamp the copy to say it is a valid copy of the original and charge me $2,000 (around £2). They don't check it in anyway, it's just on the basis that they've seen the original.
Back up to the RC and they accept the certified copy.
FFS.
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