Sunday, April 12, 2009

FM3 at last!

After 2 phone calls to the Manzanillo immigration office, 3 trips to the office, mailing Lyle’s birth certificate back to the US to get an apostil, having the birth certificate and apostil translated, and two months later…..We are now legal!

Yeah, happy dance.

Only problem, when we started the process we lived at one address, we’ve since moved. Supposedly you have to notify the office within 30 days of a move and show them the last bill from your old address and the new bill from you new address. If the two bills are more then 30 days apart they can fine you up to 50 pesos a day per person.

We are still thinking about how to handle this issue. For now we are just celebrating our new status!

2 comments:

Steve Cotton said...

Congratulations. I know the feeling of relief. Even though I got mine from the consulate in Portland, it felt good to have it in my hand. In just two more weeks, I will have the joy of registering it in Manzanillo.

Frankly Ronda said...

Yeah!!!!!!!!!