{"id":41246,"date":"2021-04-23T16:49:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=41246"},"modified":"2021-04-23T16:49:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T21:49:08","slug":"permanent-resident-card-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/permanent-resident-card-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanent Resident Card Improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Post 99 of 263. Thanks again to those who participated in the Fundrazr. As I mentioned in the post announcing Bast’s passing from COVID<\/a>, I thank everyone for your generous donations to the original Fundrazr campaign, which resulted in sponsored 263 posts. I will continue to honour the commitment to write those 263 posts, but I will not commit to more. The link above is to a new campaign to help Bast’s family.)<\/p>\n

Wow! Ten days ago, I was notified that my application to convert from temporary to permanent resident was approved<\/a>. Today, I have my new card in hand!<\/p>\n

Mexico’s immigration system is moving into the 21st century, at least here in M\u00e9rida! You no longer have to get photos taken at a studio and bring them to INM, where they will ink fingerprint you and then send you on your way to return in a few weeks for your physical card. Oh, no. If, like me, you have a lawyer representing you, you show up for your fingerprinting appointment, move ahead of a long queue, and come out 15 minutes later with your shiny new card in hand! What a simple, stress-free process this ended up being!<\/p>\n

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Notice no expiry date!<\/p><\/div>\n

I feel safe, secure, and rooted now in a way that I haven’t felt in a very, very long time. I’m happy here and life is good. Yucat\u00e1n has moved from orange to yellow stoplight for the first time since late September, so we’re going to get a few freedoms back. It won’t be today, but I’ll be toasting my new residency status at a taquer\u00eda very soon, the first time that I’ll eat at a restaurant in over a year.<\/p>\n

I’m working on a post about what has been filling my days since October. It’s a career option more nomads need to know about as there is more work available than there are competent people to do it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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