Our authorities advertise inviting us to register, but I'll say they don't do anything to make it popular, in spite of the striking likeness of my passport photograph I had to telephone round and drag another registered citizen out of her office to come down to identify me! The decent thing to do would be to have a professional identifier or two with a wide social acquaintance and more time than money sitting round on a bench subject to call.
And speaking about paying, Kitty. I sure hope there'll be a markdown in passports before you come out here. Our government must wish to discourage travel, or else think that any one who can el can afford to pay for luxuries, the way our official papers cost. Its the most expensive nation in the world to belong to, so far as I can see. I understand the Department cleared a big profit last year and since they don't seem in-¢lined to increase consular allowances with it, why not divide with the migratory public?
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