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The normal first Wednesday visit to the American Legion in Chapala and the LCS in Ajijic by the U.S. Citizen Services Division of the American Consulate in Guadalajara has been changed from Jan 2, 2013 to the second Wednesday, Jan 9th because of the New Year Holiday.

 

This change is for January only. 

 

Turn in your passport renewal application at Lakeside one month, pick it up the next month.  Personal checks and cash are not accepted.  U.S. traveler checks (American Express and Visa ONLY) or bank checks payable to “U.S. Disbursing Officer” in U.S. denominations are accepted.  Bank checks in U.S. dollars are available from CI Banco*, located in the Centro del Lago Shopping Plaza, across from Walmart.  (*CI Banco is not affiliated with the US Consulate General Guadalajara.)

 

More information is available on the U.S. Citizen Services website at http://guadalajara.u...ov/service.html.  For more information relating to the monthly visits, click on the Lake Chapala/Ajijic Services link in the menu on the left side of the page.

 

Different timeframes and payment methods apply if you make an appointment and go to the American Consulate in Guadalajara for your passport renewal.

Yes, they were at LCS last Wednesday.  Will be back the first Wednesday in November.

The meeting at the Lake Chapala Society is from 1:30 to 2:15 ---- TODAY!

From guadalajara.usconsulate.gov

Consul General Susan Abeyta

Arrived in Mexico to lead the U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara on September 5, 2012.
Immediately prior to arriving in Mexico, Susan was consular section chief at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey. She served as Consul General in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 2005 - 2008. Other tours include Moscow, Mexico City and Bogota. In Washington, she served in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, the Bureau of International Organizations, and the Nuclear Risk Reduction Center.

Susan received her B.A. from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland, and her M.A. in Philosophy from the Ludwig-Maximillians University in Munich, Germany. She received advanced language training at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and the Pushkin Institute in Moscow.

She speaks Spanish, German, Russian and Turkish.  Susan is married to Victor Abeyta, a retired Foreign Service officer. Their daughter, Danielle, is a first year student at a university in New York City.

The American Consul General that has just been assigned to head the American Consulate in Guadalajara.