Thursday, February 24, 2011

FM2 renewal 2011, vist 3-5

My previous post was about how I found out what I needed to do to fix the mistake I made by putting my country as Estonia. Trip number three went something like this. I had been told all I needed was a copy of all the papers I had from the first time and to redo the application. No problem one lesson I have learned is to make a full extra copy of everything I turn in for my records. So I went online and redid the application and checked it three times to make sure it was right. I then made two more copies off all the other stuff I had from the first time I applied. When I got to the desk she realized I had put an extra 5 on one of my ID numbers. OH my gosh am I an idiot... well no not really I have an astigmatism and haven't had my eyes checked in over a year. She had to show me each number one by one before I could see the mistake. After going across the hall and fixing this I turned it all into her and got my next print out with my information that I could check online. This all in all took over 3 hours.
Next after checking online and the status saying that I needed to go in and check on it we made the plans. I went in with my print off and got a number. This time I waited for almost 3 hours before being called again. They informed me that now I needed to pay for the address change. Thankfully the whole time I was waiting I was talking myself into the idea that I wouldn't actually be picking up my FM2 card that day. All that was needed she said was for me to go pay the fee (using the form they give you at immigration) and to bring them back one copy of my print out and two copies of the receipt. It was already 1230 and since they close at one I decided to do it all the next morning. Last Friday I made my fifth trip to immigration in a month and turned in my payment. She printed me off a sheet but it didn't have the info to check it online. She told me to use my old info and wrote down a new clave for me. I have tried this online multiple times this week and it is not working. For now the plan is for me to go check into it tomorrow morning.
I have been slacking on actually putting a list up so Im going to do that now on another post.

4 comments:

  1. I discovered your blog today. I am a Mexican citizen that does not know Mexico. I had been living in the US since childhood, I am 43 now. I was deported a month ago after i got pulled over for a small traffic violation. I have four children in the US, my wife is afraid but willing to move to Mexico. Fortunately I have skills that will help me to care for my family here in Tijuana where I now live. At first I was totally and utterly destroyed, but now I am begining to see this as a good thing for me and my family. I enjoy reading your blog very much.

    Fermin M.

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  2. I discovered your blog today. I am a Mexican citizen that does not know Mexico. I had been living in the US since childhood, I am 43 now. I was deported a month ago after i got pulled over for a small traffic violation. I have four children in the US, my wife is afraid but willing to move to Mexico. Fortunately I have skills that will help me to care for my family here in Tijuana where I now live. At first I was totally and utterly destroyed, but now I am begining to see this as a good thing for me and my family. I enjoy reading your blog very much.

    Fermin M.

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  3. Electrouble- Im sorry to hear about what has happened to you. Im still amazed at how many times this type of thing is happening to people. I can remember how much it broke down my husband and it was so hard to see. I actually have some letters in his own words on this blog. For sure let your wife know about not only my blog but check out the others on my feed. Im pretty sure there is at least one of the ones I read who live in or near Tijuana.

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  4. Thank you for your kind words.

    My family just moved in with my wife's mom in Portland Oregon, from Berkeley CA, where we all used to live. In about a year they will be here with me, we are just waiting for my oldest son to finish High School.

    For us It was very very stressful to live in the US because we knew it was just a matter of time when the federal government would separate us. It took 10 long years after an immigration judge order me deported that it actually happened. My wife would cry many a night just thinking about it. I would drive out of my house with fear every single day I went out for work for 10 long years. It is no way to live.

    I am not bitter nor do I hate America because of it all. They have the right to protect their country but I think that in their indiscriminate process they are hurting good, hardworking, productive families. They have set up a system that is cruel and very inflexible for it does not take into account individual extenuating circumstances of any kind. A behemoth of a government agency that tramples on and destroys lives, dreams, and the hopes of those families unfortunate enough to be on its path.

    Some Americans forget that America was built on the backs of immigrants from all over the world and whose only "US visa" was their eagerness to work hard to earn a better life for their loved ones. Many achieved just that but their sons and daughters do not look upon immigrants with the kindness shown to their forefathers.How quickly they forgot where they came from.

    Anyway those are my 2 cents. I would like to read your husbands letters,How can I do that?

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