k1 Approved April 26 in Juarez Mexico! (sorry for the delay!)

[puntagordabob 0]

Just wanted everyone to know that Lucita was approved on April 26th in Juarez Mexico..we crossed overed the following afternoon into El Paso, Tx and flew home to Punta Gorda, Fl on the 29th!

BUT THINGS ALMOST went HORRIBLY WRONG!

Called the Juarez Consulate a week or so before to verify procedure and to make sure there were no problems with the weeks of the 26th (no holidays etc and yes I read the website but never trust those!) Arrive on the 25th in the afternoon and Lucita arrived in the early evening from Merida....

Plan is simple... Wednesday - medical, Thursday - Interview, Friday - extra day in case a delay occurs for interview

Wednesday morning Lucita goes to medical (the one directly next to the consulate)... I am walking around nerviously outside and meet a couple of guys waiting for their fiancees already in consulate...after a brief exchange I realize the consulate decided like one or two days ago (literally the day before my flight I guess) to close on the 27 and 28th! They were almost screwed by this change.... so now I am in a Panic!!!!!!

Went to medical and whisked Lucita out of the place (she was just finished....come back at 2pm for the envelope they said.I wanted to smack them as there was no more than 2 or so people there that day....clearly word was out in Juarez about the consulate closings BAH!)

talked to the first security guard at consulate I found..... sorry sir you are out of luck (screwed!!!) was more or less the attitude.... so I went to the main door and pitched a fit (more like a whine!) about how we followed all the procedures etc on verifying consulate closing dates etc and that none were for these dates when checked the week before. He said I was correct and that they made this closing decision only literally the day before I traveled to Juarez and that he sympathized.....happened that this guard was either higher up than some of the others or perhaps he was more forceful...but he GOT US INSIDE and in the Queue. Of course now our money order from bananamex was well STILL AT BANANAMEX (afterall as Visajourney guide says, get this on day of medical - a nice relaxing day before interview) fortunately they gave me a PASS so I could leave and go to the banamex and get the money order (also had to go to our rooms to get rid of all our electronic gear phones etc....)

I asked another guard for directions to Banamex and he said its "only 2 blocks this way" so I decided to walk it...... well more like 1 or 2 miles THIS way was the truth and I was none too pleased since I was terribly afraid any delay would cause Lucita to be tossed out of the consulate! So upon arriving that ask for Passport Please....sure thing here is My passport...nope they wanted HER passport.... Great THATS with her in the consulate!!!! Well they really wanted her passport number....so now Taxi Ride to the hotel to drop off electronic gear....then to the consulate...got the passport number (the guards were great about it!) and taxi BACCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKK to bananamex and got the money order...taxi back to consulate!!!

BY the way tip on taxis.... never let them set the price...I paid $10 Total to go to bananamex to the hotel and back to consulate (10$ for the whole trip taxi driver waited for me)which is much better than the rediculous prices they all wanted to set which was like a lot more...

In the consulate now...finally...but still no medical cuz its still not 2pm...so they give me another pass to go when the time comes...after gaining the medical we proceed through the various waiting rooms...and queues.....

In the evening (lol I am usually the most impatient person in the world in lines... but like i said time and time again to Lucita "When God provides you a miracle you wait patiently as long as you need to" and I did!) Interview window was called with our name (hard for you to hear the names depending on the noise level and the person who calls it out).... after a couple mins we are told to wait some more..then they call us up again (nervous level is high of course!) and guy asks questions.... I ask if I may ask a question and when given permission I ask and his answer i realize is "As if she is approved" which she was!

We were the LAST Approved Visa to walk out the door.....literally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now the AOS begins.... hoping I can get Lucita permission to travel to Canada fairly quick as our nothern home is in Canada PLUS when the hurricanes come anywhere near us in Punta Gorda, Florida we evacuate that way....Hurricane Charley made a direct hit here as a cat 4/5 storm in aug 2004 and I will never again allow my family to "ride out another" storm like that....

Thanks, good luck to all of you, and God Bless!

[karakmitchell 0]

I'm glad things worked out for you! That would have been incredibly stressful. Way to go! Congrats! I have a question since we'll be heading to Juarez, most likely later this summer. It sounds like they let you into the Consulate. Was that because of the extenuating circumstances with the consulate closing or have they started letting in the USC? Thanks in advance.

[tabta 0]

Congratulations

[Ladylethal 12]

Sorry to hear you had such a hard time but Congrats on the visa!

[junari888 0]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

[puntagordabob 0]

I'm glad things worked out for you! That would have been incredibly stressful. Way to go! Congrats! I have a question since we'll be heading to Juarez, most likely later this summer. It sounds like they let you into the Consulate. Was that because of the extenuating circumstances with the consulate closing or have they started letting in the USC? Thanks in advance.

Yes i think it was due to the circumstances and gods blessings....things could have been FUBAR!

We were married June 8th......so now I immigrate to the AOS forums! Take care and good luck to you all!!!

[maria_b84 0]

woow....CONGRATS!!!!!

Maria

[Peggy 1]

Congrats