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Dalvarez78
Joined 2019
Posts: 6

5 years ago

Newbie here with questions

5 years ago

Hello everyone! I'm not exactly sure where to begin, so I'll just jump in. My husband (a Mexican Citizen) and I (a US Citizen) have been together for 14 years, married for 13. We "lived" in Mexico previously, but only for about 10 months or so after my mother-in-law passed away. We have missed our family, our community, our culture, our country very much. I say "our" because I definitely feel more "at home", happier and "myself" being in Mexico. A quick history on myself.... My mother is white (European ties) and my father was Native (Mescalero Apache and Cherokee) and Irish. My Mescalero side of my family originated in Sonora, Mexico. Needless to say, my love and pride for Mexico is just engraved in my DNA. (jejeje) I grew up speaking English (of course), some Mescalero, some Tsalagi (Cherokee) and of course Spanish. I speak English (of course) and Spanish both fluently. I prefer to not get into all of the details regarding Immigration here in the US, but because of my strong ties to MX, my fluency in Spanish, inability to have children, no justifiable hardships (in USCIS's eyes), etc., it became impossible for us to adjust my husband's status to PR in the US, Even after spending thousands of dollars, letters of good moral character from our Priest and officials in our community, letters from family members, etc, it still became impossible. (Immigration here in the USA is not so cut and dry and wavers greatly.... Sometimes going against their own written rules. Such a mess.) Anyway, we realized that our life is meant to be lived and enjoyed in MX rather than here in the US. (A USCIS official advised us that they will approve my husband for an extended tourist visa once we have relocated outside of the USA, but they will now adjust status to PR. Crazy....)

We are currently building our home on our new land in MX. We are planning to return (indefinitely) by March 2021. We're not taking anything from here besides ourselves, our 4-legged baby and our suitcases of clothes, box of our pics and pantings, box of important papers/files, box of misc... (We'll still label everything, etc. just incase.) We're going to sell our vehicle and just buy one in MX (to avoid the hassle with legalization/naturalization).

Ok, so I'm assuming I understand this correctly, but if I don't then please someone correct me. :) I plan to make my appointment with our nearest Consulate before we leave to go ahead and get my pre-approval for my "residente permanente temporal". From my understanding we don't have to show financial information considering my husband is a Mexican Citizen. So, I figure we will need to provide my passport (of course), our marriage certificate, (possibly my birth certificate?) and my husband's passport or credencial, (and possibly his curp?) along with coinciding copies. Here's where my questions begin... Does my birth certificate and marriage certificate need to be translated? Also, do I need to get these documents and any certified copies apostilled? I guess it would be better to ask, what documents of mine do I need apostilled, translated and how many certified copies of each should I have and should they be apostilled?

I know that we're 23 months out until our move, but I am quite OCD and always want to make sure I'm completely and totally prepared. I look at our move like when you plan for a wedding (for example). There's checklists and timelines... Doing it this way keeps me on track and helps us to avoid forgetting anything or doing something incorrectly.

Anyway, thank you for allowing me to join you here. Thank you for taking the time to read my "book" and for your comments, advice, etc.,

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