I completed the process for my 1-year residency.
There were a couple final details I missed. I didn’t bring one document to the appointment. But it was in my email, so they sent me across the street to a papeleria to print that out. And I left my middle initial off the application. One’s name has to appear exactly as it does on the passport. The government worker said for that reason she couldn’t accept the application. I figured no big deal, I’ll just make a new appointment and bring back a corrected application. But then she said she didn’t want me to have to make a new appointment, so she would print out a new application with my middle initial. I was sent back to the waiting room, and 10 minutes later she summoned me once again to the back office, had me sign the new application, took my credit card payment, and told me I was done. She said to come back tomorrow, or whenever I felt like it, for the printing of the ID card.
And she explained I’ll need to come back before 1 year has passed to get the card renewed. This I already knew.
Overall they were nice enough, and helpful, though businesslike.
So I’m now allowed to be here, today, tomorrow, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that, and the day after that. etc.
Following the appointment, I took a walk near the harbor, then returned to my apartment, took a shower, and made a large meal.