After three weeks of waiting, Adrien finally gets an appointment at Counter 7, which appears on no map, neither on the ground floor nor on the mirror floor.
His application is rejected for lack of the required document, which can only be issued after the application has been filed.
It all begins with a ticket. Letter D, number 14, displayed on a screen that shows only the letter C. He is told that the D is to be understood as a C pronounced softly. The staircase leads to a door “A,” barred, next to a door “B” that opens onto another door “A.” At reception, they confirm that Counter 7 has been “temporarily moved to the location of Counter 7,” and that he need only follow the arrows, which prudently point both ways.
At the window, he is asked for the original of the duplicate of the provisional certificate, impossible to locate since its creation. The form to be filled out (B-404) asks, on page 2, for a number that can only be obtained after page 3 is validated. Adrien tries the online option: the website invites him to call, the automated phone system advises returning to the site. On site, payment accepted “only via dematerialized stamp,” sold at the neighboring counter “only in paper form.”
Contacted by us, the Directorate for Administrative Coherence and Temporary Procedures aims to reassure: “Everything is in order: the absence of the document must be proven by the presence of its absence, on invisible letterhead.” The receipt given to Adrien certifies that he came yesterday and that he will return tomorrow, between 9 a.m. and 9 a.m., compressed. He therefore leaves equipped with proof of passage that does not authorize entry, but entitles him to a new queue, the beginning of which is officially located at its end.
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