El Salvador border. This is the main building for documentation, another appears to be a very poorly stocked shop with a typewriter and the third was a window with an irksome child sitting in it and a large sullen women opened the window fractionally, extended a chubby arm and took paperwork, then quickly closed it again, without any explanation or idea of timescale. If you were in a hurry, this would be annoying. If not, then just playing along seems to be the best option.
Regard this as social payments to the populace in exchange for nominal, manufactured jobs by the Government and you’ll see the implications.