Another trip down to the immigration office this morning - Graham left the his office at 6:50 AM. When he arrived at the immigraiton office, he was told they weren't handing out numbers yet. But then, a few minutes later, an American couple left and said "Yeah, we have our numbers." So Graham tried again, and this time they gave him a number - 510. "Oh-oh" thought Graham. This is going to take a while. He had hoped to be one of the first.
While reading a book (The Speed of Trust by Covey - a good read!) a lady came up to Graham and asked if she could switch ticket numbers. She had 507, but her husband hadn't arrived yet and she didn't want to lose her turn. Graham happily gave a 510 for a 507! Settling back to continue reading, Graham realized that the numbers were rolling by quickly! They had opened three windows for service! AND started early! At about 8:07 they called 507, and 5 minutes later Graham had his new censo. On to the salida (permission to leave the country).
Amazingly, no one was in the line, or in the waiting room. Graham got ticket 209, and then they immediately called for 209. Two minutes later Graham was out the door. By 8:15 he was looking for a taxi and back to work at 8:25. WOW! That is the FASTEST we have ever gotten those documents.
The only down side is that Graham didn't get much reading done . . .
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