Mug shot

    I wanted to register myself with the Mexican government, I wanted to get my mug shot, fingerprints, house address, and passport details safely filed away in some file cabinet. I really did.  

     Instead, my paperwork was turned away for a number of reasons:

     1. They want ALL the pages of my passport copied.  Yep, every single one.  Same thing for the FM-3 visa I have.   

   2. The paperwork I had printed out, although it was on legal sized paper, didn't quite match the margins they were looking for.  They gave me the form again, and I paid 25 pesos to a nice lady with a typewriter who does steady business next door the the Migration Institute.  (It had to be typed).  

             3. The other document I had dutifully filled out and printed from their website they didn't like the look of either, so I have to re-do that one, although I can fill it in by hand but must use BLOCK LETTERS.  

                                4. The woman behind the counter didn't want the receipt for the 606 pesos I had been told I had to pay. "You didn't need to pay that," she stated flatly.   I gaped at her, dumbstruck.  You could feed yourself for a month on 606 pesos.  

The one thing she wasn't too worried about was the timeline, and so next week I'll go back and try again.  

                              Betcha anything next week I'll be asked for that receipt.