Saturday, November 25, 2017

Saturday 25th November 2017...Last day in USA for a few months!!!!

A photo les (get it?) blog!!!


Nothing like a good scare to get the Adrenalin pumping...this is my story today!!!


SO I PARKED DOWNTOWN AND READY TO CROSS THE BORDER I HAVE ALL MY DOCUMENTATION AND THE REQUIRED COPIES...  I CROSS THE BORDER AND WENT TO THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE JUST AS I DID WHEN I CAME THROUGH IN JUNE...HAD ALL MY COPIES AND MY PASSPORT READY AND THE 500 PESOS IN HAND AND THE AGENT PUNCHED MY PASSPORT INTO THE COMPUTER AND THAT IS WHEN THE FUN BEGAN.......I KNOW THE MAN SPOKE ENGLISH BECAUSE I HAD HEARD HIM BUT HE ONLY SPOKE TO ME IN SPANISH WHICH I AGREE WITH AND UNDERSTAND BUT I COULD NOT GET THE GIST OF WHAT HE WAS TELLING ME EXCEPT HE WAS NOT GOING TO LET ME IN TO THE COUNTRY..HE TOLD ME TO TO SIT AND WAIT AND I DID.....EVENTUALLY A WOMAN CAME OUT OF THE OFFICE WHO SPOKE ENGLISH  AND SHE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IN THEIR RECORDS I HAD A TEMPORARY VISA WHICH HAD EXPIRED AND NOT BEEN CANCELLED...I TOLD HER I DID INDEED APPLY AND WAS GRANTED A TEMP VISA IN 2014 WHICH EXPIRED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR AND I DID NOT WISH TO RE NEW OR APPLY FOR A PERMANENT VISA AND WANTED TO COME IN ON A TOURIST VISA.... BUT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM  SHE TOLD ME I HAD NOT KNOWN I HAD TO CANCEL THAT PERMIT. AND I DID NOT....I WAITED ANOTHER 20 OR SO MINUTES WHEN SHE AGAIN CAME OUT AND TOLD ME THAT IF I GO TO THE IMMIGRATION OFFICE IN SAN MIGUEL ON MONDAY AND CANCEL MY VISA I WOULD BE ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTRY ON A TOURIST VISA.....OF COURSE I AGREED TO THIS RIGHT AWAY AND THEN THE PROCESS BEGAN AND I WAS ISSUED THE 180 DAY VISA AND WAS ON MY WAY..THE ONLY THING I DID NOT LIKE WAS THE ORIGINAL OFFICER BEFORE I COULD STOP HIM WROTE SOMETHING IN MY PASSPORT UNDER THE STAMP..I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT SAYS BUT I WILL SORT IT OUT ON MONDAY AT THE LOCAL IMMIGRATION OFFICE WHERE ONE OF MY EX STUDENTS IS IN CHARGE(GOOD TO KNOW)....SO IT WAS A BIT OF A SCARE THINKING I WOULD NOT ALLOWED BACK INTO THE COUNTRY...BUT I WAS NEVER RUDE JUST PATIENT AND POLITE AND IT WORKED OUT.....FROM HERE I WALKED ABOUT 5 BLOCKS TO GET MY CAR PERMIT AND THAT WENT THROUGH LIKE CLOCK WORK......SO IT WAS A GOOD JOB I TOOK THE EXTRA DAY TO WALK OVER AND GET THESE PERMITS!!!!

I DID NOT CROSS BACK A CROSS THE BORDER TO LATE AFTERNOON DID A FINAL SHOP AND NOW TAKING IT EASY IN MY ROOM......

My cold has returned a little so just going to drink some tea and watch a movie as I hope to be on the road by 5.30 am.


Had a great visit in Texas!!

Yashi Kochi!!

2 comments:

Dee Tillotson said...

Les, I noticed you put your Mexico/US border experience in all caps. It must have been a very stressful experience. I certainly can understand, along with many others trying to cross today. It seems that the Mexico and US governments have made it so complex when years ago it was so much easier.

You sure you have a cold. Beginning to think you might have an allergy, maybe around too much cedar this time of year.

mexicokid said...

It was a bit of a stressful time but all worked out which it usually does for me..no the cold is from those cold mornings in the RV..a couple of days and I shall be fighting fit again ..thanks for caring les

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