Stampa? Si! Paga? Si? Panteloni? No, Permisso? No
You remember, perhaps, or you can look back to the entry: Stampa Stampa, Paga Paga. This is a continuation of the saga. As you may remember, I was trying to renew my permit to stay in Italy, and they had changed the procedure, so I had to do what I thought was everything at the post office. I surprised the clerk there by having everything ready. I thought I had clear sailing. They had reduced the paperwork by double, and to save people renewing their permisso money, they had also doubled the cost.
Sure enough, I got a letter in the mail from Rome. I was to go to the Questura's office here in Sciacca to get my permisso. I thought I had beaten the system. The letter said that I was to be there on Tuesday, July 19th at 9:36 A.M. I am not making this up. So I went there on Tuesday, but it was the 17th. I was wearing shorts. They told me to come back on Thursday, and to wear long pants. Men are supposed to wear long pants at the police station, or they will not be allowed in.
Some things it is not worth arguing with, especially when the person who told the officials that I should be wearing long pants was the lowest ranking person in the office, and had to exert his authority somehow. Besides, now I know that if I want to rob someone, I should just wear shorts, as I would not be allowed in the police station with shorts on. Sometimes it is good to know such things.
I went back on Thursday, with the four additional photographs requested, a copy of the letter with the disagreeing date and day, my original permisso, and my passport. Despite the 104 degree temperature at 9;36 AM, I was wearing long pants. First, I had to sit and wait until it was 10;24 AM. Then they looked through everything, gave me back my passport, made (another) copy of my original permisso, and then gave me back three of the four needed photos. The one photo they needed they scanned into the computer, along with a fresh signature from me, to go along with the three on the application, and then they digitally took my fingerprints, which were already on file and in the computer file. I guess they wanted to make sure that I had not filed the prints off my fingers in the last two years.
Now, I have to wait for my permisso request to again go through Agrigento to Rome, and then back to Agrigento, and finally to Sciacca. It may also have stops in Palermo. Who knows. The delay is caused by the new regulations, that were made to simplify the process. According to section 8901, Part II b, subsection 34, of the codice stranieri of 2006, ultimate rule, which is to supersede all previous rules, no application for renewal of a permisso de sojourno will be approved on the first time through. I am making that up.
Anyway, the guys at the police station are friendly, and I always get to see people going through the process the first time, and getting frustrated, so I can feel better. I will let you know when all the stamping and paying is done, and you can bet I will be wearing long pants when that happens.
Sure enough, I got a letter in the mail from Rome. I was to go to the Questura's office here in Sciacca to get my permisso. I thought I had beaten the system. The letter said that I was to be there on Tuesday, July 19th at 9:36 A.M. I am not making this up. So I went there on Tuesday, but it was the 17th. I was wearing shorts. They told me to come back on Thursday, and to wear long pants. Men are supposed to wear long pants at the police station, or they will not be allowed in.
Some things it is not worth arguing with, especially when the person who told the officials that I should be wearing long pants was the lowest ranking person in the office, and had to exert his authority somehow. Besides, now I know that if I want to rob someone, I should just wear shorts, as I would not be allowed in the police station with shorts on. Sometimes it is good to know such things.
I went back on Thursday, with the four additional photographs requested, a copy of the letter with the disagreeing date and day, my original permisso, and my passport. Despite the 104 degree temperature at 9;36 AM, I was wearing long pants. First, I had to sit and wait until it was 10;24 AM. Then they looked through everything, gave me back my passport, made (another) copy of my original permisso, and then gave me back three of the four needed photos. The one photo they needed they scanned into the computer, along with a fresh signature from me, to go along with the three on the application, and then they digitally took my fingerprints, which were already on file and in the computer file. I guess they wanted to make sure that I had not filed the prints off my fingers in the last two years.
Now, I have to wait for my permisso request to again go through Agrigento to Rome, and then back to Agrigento, and finally to Sciacca. It may also have stops in Palermo. Who knows. The delay is caused by the new regulations, that were made to simplify the process. According to section 8901, Part II b, subsection 34, of the codice stranieri of 2006, ultimate rule, which is to supersede all previous rules, no application for renewal of a permisso de sojourno will be approved on the first time through. I am making that up.
Anyway, the guys at the police station are friendly, and I always get to see people going through the process the first time, and getting frustrated, so I can feel better. I will let you know when all the stamping and paying is done, and you can bet I will be wearing long pants when that happens.
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