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Almaember almaember at disroot.org
Sat Aug 7 19:18:35 BST 2021
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On 07/08/2021 19:32, The Doctor wrote:
Not necessarily. One of the reasons services in the States have moved to the "you can
only fill forms out online" model is because it's far cheaper than maintaining office
space staffed with personnel who manage physical paperwork, plus the cost of printing,
storing, archiving, and managing those dead trees goes away.
There is also the highly tone-deaf "apps fix everything, let's make smartphone apps"
attitude.That might be true for the US, I wouldn't say it's true here. Although yes, forms get digitized, you can still fill them out in an office. The ID cards can't be easily validated by computers either, so...
I know, that last time I had to do govt things (e.g. get a new ID), I had to go in the office and do it there. There's an office for every district, I think, in bigger ones probably multiple.
So at least in this particular case, you can do everything in person. Although the situation might not be the same in other countries.
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