Welcome to Government & Paperwork — share what worked for you

Renewing a passport, getting a PSA birth certificate, fixing an SSS record, transferring a car title: every one of these gets easier once somebody tells you which office, which form, and how early to get in line.

That's what this board is for.

When you post, it helps to include:

• Which office or branch, because no two run the same way
• When you went, since rules and queues change
• What you brought: the documents they actually asked for, not just the ones on the website
• How long it took, from arriving to walking out

Please don't post ID numbers, reference numbers or photos of your documents. Nobody here needs them to help you.

To start us off: which government errand went smoothest (or worst) for you, and what would you tell someone doing it next week?