My employer took care of most of the red tape for me. But I remember there being a lot of paperwork involved in getting a bank account, like it was some sort of great privilege or something. But maybe that's just a mixed up memory because I was jet-lagged when it all happened.

I did hear someone complain about having to get a new passport because their pages were all used up. Besides thinking, 'Must be nice', I was surprised. We can get pages added to ours.