Our suspicions are confirmed, it is not easy to buy the motorcycle, or new or used. The people offer us alternatives for obtaining fast. Shops and sellers, and even government offices say that as foreigners can not buy the motorcycle, we need a legal residence in the country, and a number of national identification (ID) How? We just want to buy a motorcycle and travelling in the country. Does not intend or residence or nationality, nor travel with Argentine passport. The people offer us solutions ranging absurdist: Buy on behalf of another person. Mr. We are travellers, we do not know anyone in Argentina and although I know I do not want give any responsibility an other person. Mmm… So, you can not. Mr. We intend to cross into Chile, if the motorcycle is not in our name, how will I be able to cross the border? Mmm… in this case the person, who lends his name, must accompany us to the border and cross with you… How? We just want to buy a motorcycle and travelling in Argentina!
Mr. We are travellers, we haven’t legal residence, we do not live here and we come here as tourists, how can I buy a motorcycle? Mmmm... You must bring proof of legal address of another person; I repeat that I do not live here… Mmm… So, invent one. How? Mr. We do not want to lie, we just want to buy a motorcycle and go travelling in Argentina. Mmmm… Go to the n ext line (300 people waiting) and asked where he could give the information required? How? We must take our turn 320 people ahead in front us (We keep as a souvenir) in the office you are wrong (We were in the ANSES) needs to go to AFIP… arrived at the AFIP, you need to go to another AFIP,… you need to go ask the Registry of Patents …
MAFALDA IS RIGHT! This Argentine bureaucracy, equitable to the turtle Mafalda! Where officials do not know any procedure and is not concerned for knowing…
At last, after 6 offices visited, and talked to the technical departments, legal assistance and similars (and my good qualities as a lawyer ... this is Gaby) got on the identification number and test our residence with the hotel bill … lot, but much easier than a "barrida" of Tango.
With our newly acquired "Argentine official documents" which seems to us very well, gives us legitimacy, but that gives us the sense of the legacy of dictatorships-the desire of the absolute control of citizens… MONITORING AND PUNISH.
At last! We can buy our motorcycle! A week after we bought the motorcycle in place that gives us give it to another day of purchase, although not to believe that our problems bureaucratic ends here, now has to wait for police verification, the registration of patents, the delivery of plate, and so on.
We are tired! The city of Cordoba are so pleased, but we bite the feet to start the tour, we decided to go the December 22 in the motorcycle without plates or paper (not see that the police) tell us sellers are days of Christmas, not believe they have problems, we appeal to us that if a police have feelings of compassion own at the time, and we do not remove our newly acquired motorcycle.
Mafalda is 6 years old and is always worried about the global situation
and plans to be an interpreter at the U.N. when she's older so she can
translate politicians' insults into compliments and bring about world
peace. Strong patriot, wise, progressive, loves the Beatles and hates
soup. Has a turtle named Bureaucracy.
