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Fri, 12 May 2006

Stuck

Sometimes things happen, this time they hit me. Suddely I'm not on the plane to MEX and don't even know if I'll make it.

When I was told that Mexican team will take care of the visa issue I was like oh great, that make things a lot easier for me since I've been in busy days working on client's projects. Then one day I received the confirmation for "internamiento", I said yay!.

Then called to the Mexican embassy and asked, as told, what should I do to get my visa. The lady asked my lastname and then she spelled the rest of my name (and I remember this, but yes I'm aware that I had this bad? habit to record things at the very frist time they have been told to me; so its great you may say, but it's not since sometimes I missinterpret and I record that) so I undertood that she checked in something and saw my name and spelled to me.
I confirmed and she told me the requisites and that I have to pay $USD98 and make an apointment online.

I said Oh well and hit the site. It was May 3 and for my surprise there were no available days for apointment until May 11. I said oh well again, since I was planning to fly on May 10, but one day more doesn't hurt and we could save some bucks. Next days I've been trying to find a cheap flight for May 12, I found it and bought it.

May 11 went to the embassy, got to the officer desk asked for the visa, she checked and none found. She told me it hasn't been sent yet. I've asked a friend to confirm the "Oficio" number with Gabriela on IRC then gave it to the lady, she said the same and asked me why did I went since I didn't called to confirm. I said I did and the lady spelled my name so I understood that she was looking at something and checking. She asked me what's this lady name because you are making a serious acussation, I was like "hell I don't go asking names to everyone"; but told I didn't know. Then I cooled down or something and said "what can I do then since I'm supossed to fly tomorrow". She told me to ask Mexican people to fax me a copy or something.

I was supossed to get back home, with my visa, buy some stuff and gifts I wanted to take over there, pack my clothes and the stuff a very good friend kindly checklisted for me, finish some client work and sleep early to go airport. No, ain't doing that!.
I know people in Mexico was working hard to make this work smoothly as possible, I know they are overstressed due the many problems they are facing. I'm even feeling more stupid for not being able to help over there with the organisation. And as time goes and people and friends arrive I feel more helpless. Risking to loose money is something ain't looking at now, I'm not taking this as bad as I've probably would do in other times, since I recently got in trouble with some "investment", I believe I'm also getting old heh.

So far my chances are to wait for INM to fax the order here (when its the question), call to the embassy to confirm, ask for an appointment (PANIC: dates available till today are from May 22 on). Yesterday I was even considering to apply for a visa by myself but as been told this would be duplication, which actually sucks more, and yes there's no guarantee I'll get it.

Things I don't understand is why on earth latinamericans ask visas to each other. I wasn't in such situation before, when I traveled in south america I was free to enter another country without much hassle. The Andean Community have this agreement to let people travel even with their own country' Id. I hope one day other countries will follow such things.

Anyway I hope you have planty fun and hopefully I join you at some point. Thanks to people working on this, I know there are other in almost the same situation, and friends who gave me support on IRC. I'm going out to have some fresh air.

Posted at: 12 May 2006 12:27 - [/debian] permanent link

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