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Susy Wilson

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  • Birthday 08/12/1956

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    Jaltepec, Jalisco MX
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    Travel, music, botany, music, geology, music, history, music, cooking, music, animal lover and did I mention music?

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  1. We are driving the BIG dog rescue bus to Fort Worth from Mazatlán on this Monday and heading back to Lake Chapala on Wednesday. We have never driven to Texas before and are looking for advice for the easiest safest trip. I have heard negatives about Laredo so planned on using Eagle Pass crossing but not sure if this is best for the bus? Any constructive suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
  2. We just did our Temporal renewal ourselves 2 weeks ago. Ours actually had lapsed because we had covid but they did not care. No penalty, no need to see our financial documents for qualification. It was actually very easy. To start the process you have to go online to start the procedure and you enter a little info and the site generates your application form. It is very easy. My Spanish is not good but I was able to figure it out. I also have my Google Chrome browser to automatically translate Spanish to English so that helps. This is the link to the website https://www.inm.gob.mx/mpublic/publico/inm-tramites.html?a=thgeGuQHx2k%3D&tr=hyBh72VpD1w%3D&h_sdp00=giUnJ9XgtISVcdYJXduIGw%3D%3D&fbclid=IwAR1mgWd1uzWPOaQeeMoR2sCSoas22koaYFTxTq0ycxpCrhT8HJuq2h0BD04 The website generates your application which you will need to print. You take that to the immigration office in Chapala along with your current Temporal visa card, your passport and a copy of your passport, and a letter in Spanish. I copied and pasted the content of the one I used here. You can now pay there with a debit or credit card or you will have to go to a bank to pay the fee in cash. The fee for renewal as of Jan 1 is $5108 pesos for one year Temporal renewal. The process takes 3 trips to immigration. First one to file the application and pay. Second they make you an appointment to get your fingerprints and photo taken, Third about 10 days later to pick up your new card. Really was very easy and no one should feel they need to pay someone else to do this for you. Happy to answer any other questions you may have about the process:-) 5 DE ENERO DE 2023 OFICINA DE REPRESENTACIÓN DEL INM EN CHAPALA, JALISCO: Yo, (YOUR NAME), nacional de los Estados Unidos de América por la presente solicito el canje de la forma migratoria por la renovación de la Tarjeta de Residente Temporal por un año. Declaro bajo protesta, a decir verdad, que viviré en México con mis propios fondos de mi país natal. Sin otro particular, quedamos atentos a cualquier otra información que se nos requiera. ATENTAMENTE: _____________________________ (YOUR NAME) 5 DE ENERO DE 2023
  3. Moving to and where from? We might be able to help depending on locations.
  4. Thank you Rick. I actually tried to get in touch with Spencers office to help us deal with our temporal visa application last year when we first applied but after repeated attempts and finally a promise that they would call me back no one ever did and I used the services of ABC Legal instead. I am hoping I can manage the renewal process on my own. I was hoping to hear from someone here that had maybe dealt with the issue in the recent past but I guess not. I will figure it out I am sure:-)
  5. I believe I have the information to renew our temporal resident visas which expire Dec. 8 but still am not sure how to deal with the extension of the TIP. From what I can understand renewing our temporal visa extends the TIP as well but we need to send a notice to Aduana to inform them? I would of course assume that notice would have to be in Spanish as well but is there a set form to do that? I have tried searching and not found any other information:/
  6. Or you can call Luis Desales at 3330347792 and he can help you. He speaks English very well.
  7. I always post on the Lake Chapala Mule facebook page but know some folks here don't use facebook. We are in Green Valley AZ for the week if anyone needs any personal items brought back lakeside. Not really interested in shopping for you. Not really interested in bringing back items for your business either but happy to help with personal items. If you can have it delivered here I can bring it back. We can get UPS, Fed Ex and regular mail. Anything would need to be here by Saturday the 28th as we are leaving here on Sunday the 29th. Just thought I would put it out there. Can email me directly at inthegorge@gmail.com and I will see it immediately on my cell.
  8. Just wanted to give a shout out to Chillin for donating a bunch of useable pigments, printer, easels, Tshirt press and all the other good stuff to the kids I am helping learn some art techniques 💖 I and the kids really appreciate it and we are just starting to explore their uses which I expect will expand their knowledge and my own🥰Thank you so very much💗
  9. We have done the trip many times:) We generally cross early and only drive about 7 hours a day because of the dogs. We stay the first night in Navajoa at the Best Western Del Rio and the easiest way to book a room is by phone: 52 642 425 5300 They do have a restaurant, not the best restaurant but edible and you do not have to leave the premises and they will even bring it to your room. Nice pool area. Pet friendly of course. Just a word to the wise….the last 2 times we drove through Navajoa 2 city cops tried to get money from us by saying our TIP was expired which of course was not. I have read other reports about these two. If stopped just keep saying no comprende espaniol and they will eventually leave you to your business. We generally spend the second night at Hotel El Descanso Inn just off of the 15d highway in Mazatlan. Low cost, pet friendly, pool and breakfast is included but make sure to get a room in the building not connected to the office…….seriously much better beds. The ones in the building with the office are rock hard:/ You can book a room with them at Booking.com Then it is about a 6 1/2 hour drive to Lake Chapala:) Both spots have parking right in front of your unit and a night guard that keeps an eye on things:)
  10. One of them I purchased from the main Telcel office near Walmart and it has a set amount of data for $399 pesos per month. The other I purchased over 2 year ago from Sandra in a "Telcel" kiosk near the Wednesday tianguis in Ajijic, and although she says it is unlimited data with Telcel for $500 pesos per month, when I went to Telcel to pay for a month they said it is not Telcel at all! They had no idea whose service it was and really it does not work all the time or with unlimited data😕 So sometimes the one I bought from Sandra did not work (I had to call her every few days and tell her I did not have service and she would always say....."I take care of it for you" and within an hour or sometimes not for a whole day or 2, I would not have any service) and that is why I bought the one from Telcel. The one from Telcel definitely did not have enough data to stream like an hour of TV per night for a month and still have internet to check your email so predominantly I used it because it was reasonably dependable until it was out of its 8GB of data. When it was out of data and no longer worked for the month (and I was unable to get more data from Telcel for love nor money until a certain date every month) I used the one from Sandra until I was allowed to pay for more data with Telcel. I just did not want to be without internet because stuff happens and you need the web for many different things. Basically it was a matter of a set amount of data and I wanted more so I had 2 accounts so to speak to make that possible. Hope that satisfies your curiosity!
  11. I am working with 32 local teens from Jocotepec and San Juan Cosala teaching them to do dot mandalas to sell to help them and their families financially. I was inspired by the work that Deborah March did with kids in San Juan Cosala with mosaics. We do workshops weekly and I have supplied all the materials to date. They make paintings and painted jewelry and are getting very good. I cannot afford canvases for them so most of the work is on thin plywood that I paid Have Hammer to cut into workable shapes for them (squares, circles, crosses, and butterflies) and they are pretty nice finished. We only use acrylics and I have all the tools for dotting for them to use even at home but not very many brushes to share with them. I have only been able to send pretty basic paint colors with them due to the cost of such supplies here but get as much as I can afford when I venture north of the border. Here is an example of their work. I know they would benefit greatly from such a donation if you choose to offer it to them:-)
  12. I have 2 wireless Telcel modems or routers....whatever they are called that I used for internet prior to my Total Play installation. They work anywhere there is reasonable cell reception but dont get very fast internet. They do both work however and I was able to stream (most of the time) with one or the other. Service with Telcel monthly is $399 pesos for 8 GB per month or with Sandra at a small Telcel kiosk near El Torritos for $500 pesos for "supposedly" unlimited service. I had the two and paid for both services and at least I usually had internet. Better than nothing but not nearly as good as Total Play. Each cost just over $1000 pesos so if you live in an area that does not get Total Play or anything else and do have decent cell service they would at a minimum connect you to the internet. Free to anyone that can use them:-)
  13. Thank you for the info! At the airport now and I am prepared 🥰
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