If you are a regular reader of this blog (or an immigrant yourself), you know immigration procedures are not easy.  Therefore, I would like to give a big thanks to the Espoo Police.

I went to renew my residence permit last week, which is a process that nominally takes three months.  We arrived at their office at 8 a.m., and since all my papers were in order and they had me in the system, they did all the process on the spot and one hour later I left with a new permit for another couple of years.  I found excellent, courteous service and as you can see a very fast turnaround.

It seems the authorities do want my taxes after all ;-).