migracion

Just a few words of thanks to the folks at Migracion in Zihua especially Alondra.

The circumstance was this: I had planned to apply for the renewal of my residency three weeks in advance. But an emergency came up and I had to return to the U.S. within the next few days and then stay there beyond the expiration date of my residency card. This renewal was my fourth one and therefore entitled me at this renewal to become a permanent resident. If I came back to Mexico after the expiration date, I would have to wait another four years before I would again be eligible for permanent residency.

At Migracion, I explained my circumstance to the Migracion official (Alondra it turned out) I was directed to see. She worked hard to expedite my renewal. At one point, she spent two hours helping me fill out form after form including giving me new forms to fill out when I had trouble, since I am artistically challenged, copying my signature exactly as it appears on my passport as is required.

Long story short, I was able to get my permanent residency card one day before I had to leave.

I shudder to think, incidentally, what it would have been like had it been the other way around, that is if I had been a Mexican trying to get a residency card from Immigration in the U.S. Yes, in that case a U.S. Immigration official would have expedited my renewal and spent two hours helping me fill out forms. Not even in the wildest of dreams.

Eric O.

Eric I will be in the somewhat a similar situation when I return in Nov 15. I hope I share in your luck. I have found the personnel in Migracion to be somewhat variable in their response to individual situations likely the same as one would expect in the US . There are a few persons at Migracion in zihua who seem to care like any government employee one might encounter anywhere. John