{"id":35610,"date":"2017-03-31T23:31:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T20:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=35610"},"modified":"2017-03-31T23:31:20","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T20:31:20","slug":"the-visa-in-my-passport-makes-it-officially-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/the-visa-in-my-passport-makes-it-officially-official\/","title":{"rendered":"The Visa in My Passport Makes It Officially Official"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a bit of a complicated story, but I ended up getting a chauffeur for most of my day, which made going downtown to the Mexican consulate to pickup my passport very easy rather than something to have nightmares over. I settled my driver at Starbucks with a coffee while I walked up Peel to the consulate. I arrived around 9:15, gave them my receipt, and was told to have a seat. Less than five minutes later, the visa lady called me over and handed me my passport with this beautiful thing stuck to one of its pages (redacted, of course!):<\/p>\n

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She then wanted to give me a spiel on how things work from here on out, but when she started off by telling me that I had 180 days upon arriving in\u00a0Mexico to do the “canje” (exchange to the residency card), which is incorrect, I knew I was better off just saying thank you, I can handle it from here. So I was in and out in less than ten minutes!<\/p>\n

We then headed up to Laval for several hours so I could meet my uncle, for whom I do non-transcription work, as he had a big job he wants me to do and it was easier to show me everything in person, plus I got to see the company’s new offices. I also got treated to lunch, where I rediscovered insane North American portion sizes (glad I declined any sides with my burger that ended up having pulled pork and coleslaw on it!).<\/p>\n

Coming home from where I’d dropped the car was “fun.” Traffic was already starting and even though I followed all the signs from the 20 to take the 30 ouest to do this route:<\/p>\n

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I somehow stayed on the 20 and ended up in Brossard having to take this route:<\/p>\n

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I’m not an idiot. That’s just typical terrible Quebec construction detour signage for you. Surprisingly, I only went 9KM out of my way and I wasn’t lost! Traffic was heavy in parts, but reasonably fluid, and people here are civilised enough to let you merge.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow is going to be a big day of driving for me, but I feel confident now that I’ve got some mileage under me again. Busy, busy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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