Wrong address

PAN CARD ARRIVAL!
PAN CARD ARRIVAL!

Can you believe it? It has finally come.
I've been waiting for months.

The mailman came to my door a few minutes ago and asked if it was my name on the envelope. The address had the wrong house number. He said he's been trying to deliver it there for the last 3 weeks, but the people at that house tell him there's no such person. So very cleverly, he decided the foreign sounding name might belong to the foreigner and he came and asked me.

Hooray!

It was only yesterday that I had a conversation about where the card, supposedly mailed out, had gone. I thought that since I had the email notification and the number I was issued, that they could just look that up and and make me a new one.
No, they could look up the number and access my name and account, but for a new card, I'd have to apply again.
!
Unbelievable.
But I'm so glad to be saved that hassle.
The card is here.
Joy.

Finally!

It's after midnight here, but the exciting news is that I was finally issued a PAN card!
At least I was notified that I was--and that was after midnight, too--and that it is supposed to turn up in the mail.
My notification stated:

The Income Tax Department takes pleasure in informing that a PAN has been allotted to you.

Pleasure, huh?
It only took five months and two tries ("seven to ten days", ha!).
Such efficiency don't you think? Especially for people who want you to pay the taxes that pay their salaries.

PAN card update

So I've been waiting seven to ten days, right?
Repeatedly. Seven to ten days go by, and then another seven to 10, and another...
How long ago was it that I submitted my original documents? Well over two months ago.
This morning I was told that I need to submit a new photo because they can't scan the one I gave them.
Really?
Serious?
I asked if I could just send them a digital file.
No, this is not possible.
They will not let me help them to make their job a little easier so that they can help me.
And I continue to wait...

Y is supposed to

I have to fill out a form to get a pan card. A "personal something-or-other number" card so that I can pay taxes.
I went to the office, filled out the form, glued on my picture, signed it and submitted my application. I was told it would be a seven to ten day wait.
A week later I heard my form was unacceptable.
Why?
My name in the signature went outside the box.
Huh?
The letter Y is supposed to go below the line.
But no, this was a signature box, not a signature line and all of the signature must be inside the box.
For pete sakes.
So I went in this morning to try again. Filled out the form and very carefully signed it.
Waiting again for another seven to ten days.
And why do I want to pay taxes for such bureaucracy?