Please Help! My dream came true and DAS is dying, but now I need a visa extension!

Hi everyone. So the day has finally come: DAS will officially be dying. Most likely "dying" will simply mean repackaging the corruption, uzis and inefficiency that was/is DAS just enough to satisfy Ambassador William "El Chuzado" Brownsfield, but we'll take what we can get. Nevertheless, this presents a problem. For someone like myself who needs a tourist visa extension in the next week or so, it's unclear exactly where to go. The DAS website has proven to be unhelpful as expected, so now I turn to the PBH masses. Does anyone know if it's still cool to show up at DAS and request an extension?

By august on Sep 19, 2009, 00:10 in Visa & paperwork.

Oviedo (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 19, 2009, 05:38: I did an extension yesterday. Everything the same......Fat Fanny said to say hi to all here www.61prado.comfortable rooms at great prices in the center of Medellin 0 funny, 0 helpful.

davidyamiga says on Sep 19, 2009, 05:47: Go to your nearest DAS office. Nothing changes. Otra vez en casa...Cali! 1 funny, 0 helpful.

august says on Sep 19, 2009, 10:31: Good to hear. Oh how I do miss dear Fanny. 0 funny, 0 helpful.

viajero123 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 19, 2009, 11:02: DAS is dying only until January. And the new agency will apparently still keep migration services. 0 funny, 0 helpful.

Gator says on Sep 19, 2009, 19:41: Local DAS office will take care of your "problem." Perhaps this will be a case of better the devil you know than the devil you don't. "Bene, cum Latine nescias, nolo manus meas in te maculare" . 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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