Tuesday, October 5, 2010

surprise, surprise


Attention:
...we are not seeing anyone today, because there is a lot of dust...

My husband went to the RNP (Registro Nacional de las Personas) yesterday to apply for Nicholas' birth certificate. They were closed. Because of dust. Yes, dust. AND they misspelled the word "demaSiado" (too much/a lot) on that sign. Spell check, anyone?

He went again this morning, and they were open (hooray!) but the wait was over 5 hours (boo!). It took Jose over 6 months to get a new ID last year because every time he went they were out of plastic (for printing the cards). Next time he gets away from work to go, they'll probably say no hay sistema (the system is down). Or they'll be on strike. Or they'll be out of paper....

Maybe Nicholas will never have a birth certificate (and therefore never a US passport!!!)....

2 comments:

Honduras Sprout said...

Dust!?! Wow. This might be known information on your part, but make sure when you get a copy of the birth certificate to bring to the US Embassy, you get the LONG form birth certificate. We made the mistake of getting the short one and yep, we had to make more trips with more waiting.

Karine and Tom said...

Getting Zeke's passport was a ridiculous experience. I feel for your husband. Five trips to the Registro in La Ceiba. Days of no hay sistema and no hay papel. Total confusion and desperation. Until I gave 100 Lemps to the right guy. Then I had it in two hours.

Good Luck!