I read the older topic on gaining a cedula, after obtaining the residency carnet. The way it read is similar to "World War 2 started in 1939 and ended in 1945, the Allies won." All true, but there's so much more that happened in the middle.
I am currently in the process of applying for my cedula, alone and unaided by the fairy godmother lawyer.
I am approaching this like a computer game, where you cannot kill the troll on the bridge until you have the sword, which can only be obtained from the skeleton in the crypt in the graveyard, which can only be opened with the key in the box in the antique shop. This is my way of dealing with the limitless bureaucracy of Paraguay.
So far I have been to the dreadful castle of Indentifacciones, fought my way through the endless hordes on the ground floor up to the 2nd floor and found the office marked "Cedulas Extranjeros" where I obtained the magical list with everything I need to possess to complete the quest.
I then went to Interpol, and armed with the knowledge gained on the earlier quest for the silver carnet I had everything I needed to retrieve the Police Certificate in just two visits(one 24 hrs later to pick up).
I have secured my letter of residency from my good and worthy landlord, and await the morning sunlight of Monday to assail the local Comisaria for my Residency Certificate.
On Friday afternoon, while refreshing at the Lido Bar I noticed that the nearby Police Headquarters was mentioned on the magical list. I entered, but was merely given a parchment with another address that I must visit first, with the two certificates mentioned above.
The adventure continues.