This kind of thing is extremely common here in Brazil. Another very common example is the mandatory classes a citizen has to take in order to get his driving pe

This kind of thing is extremely common here in Brazil. Another very common example is the mandatory classes a citizen has to take in order to get his driving permit, if you fail to show on a class you can easily bribe an attendant of the licensed driving school to change the time on the clock of the biometrics computer so you can register your fingerprint on the correct time. Unfortunately this kind of issue is a cultural problem here in Brazil. This is what we call 'jeitinho brasileiro' (Brazilian way), the belief that one must always take advantage of others or find ways to bend the rules.