MIGRACION

Next week we're going to the Office of Migración to attempt to get our FM3s, or if we're really lucky, our FM2s. These are the renewable documents that allow foreign residents to stay for a year and replace the tourist visa, which is only good for 180 days maximum. I say "attempt" because we all know what bureaucracies are like. In addition to the lovely images below, we need (and have!):

1. Our passports and copies of every page of our passports. If, like me, you never noticed how many pages there are in an American passport, there are 24, most of them blank in our case.

2. A marriage certificate with a raised seal (!).

3. Original bank statements for the last 3 months.

4. Proof of address (our lease).

5. A letter stating why we want to migrate to Mexico.

AND. . . we are persons of the "tercera edad" (over 60), so we don't have to stand in line, except with other persons of "tercera edad." Must be the line with the defibrillator nearby.