Mexico

[edgarsitow]

Oh okay thats good to know!
yeah our consultant said the same thing aswell.
So now i believe it more hearing from different sources!
thats great!

I can vouch for this. When I first applied, an interview was literally the first thing that they requested, before the PGR or anything else.

This probably means you won't need an interview! Let's hope!

 

[LeisaP]

I can vouch for this. When I first applied, an interview was literally the first thing that they requested, before the PGR or anything else.

This probably means you won't need an interview! Let's hope!

really!! great!, well not great for you because it was a headache!
but good news for us, because its been 5 months and now i feel like we wont get an interview.
thanks for the hope! lol if they asked now i would be like WTF! lol

 

[Eduram]

Fear not! This is the location of the DHL branch:

http://goo.gl/maps/E9KDx

You'll notice it's only like 7 blocks away from the embassy. So a 15 minute walk or a 5 minute taxi ride.

There's also this one:

http://goo.gl/maps/oDUZi

Both of them are fairly close and they're very knowledgeable when it comes to prepaid waybills for the Canadian embassy. (They deal with them ALL the time)

Gracias Edgarsitow!! I´m going to feel part of The Amazing Race on Monday!!

 

[LeisaP]

Does anyone know the average price for decent health coverage in either BC or Alberta?

since now I have been covered under my dads plan as a full time student, so i never had to worry about that, but when we go back I will need to buy health coverage for myself and my husband.

Just wondering if anyone knows the average costs?

 

[tsjunx]

Does anyone know the average price for decent health coverage in either BC or Alberta?

since now I have been covered under my dads plan as a full time student, so i never had to worry about that, but when we go back I will need to buy health coverage for myself and my husband.

Just wondering if anyone knows the average costs?

In BC it depends on your income, I think below $22,000 you pay nothing for a family of two. Then it goes in increments n percentages that u pay 80% 60% etc again depending on income. It's $116 for a family of two, u would only pay full price if income is over $30k. Hope that helps!

 

[LeisaP]

In BC it depends on your income, I think below $22,000 you pay nothing for a family of two. Then it goes in increments n percentages that u pay 80% 60% etc again depending on income. It's $116 for a family of two, u would only pay full price if income is over $30k. Hope that helps!

and this income is by yearly ?

yes this does help!, thanks alot!
we will be living in bc for the first few years so thats what we are most interested in.
Thats not to bad.

 

[LeisaP]

great another headache..
my husband just realized now that he needs a birth certificate issued within the past 5 years... he only has one from like 1990 something.
so he wont be able to get the pgr till he orders a birth certificate.

does anyone know the fastest way to order a birth certificate from mexico city ?

 

[OhCanadiana]

I have a question

If we go to Canada but then have to come back to Mexico like a few days later....can my husband travel back to Canada later? because he won´t have his PR card yet.. Or can he without the PR card and just use the COPR?

Or would he have to wait till they mail the PR card to my parent´s house in Canada and then get them to send that to us in Mexico?

Thanks!

The short answer is he would either need to get a travel document at the Canadian Embassy in Mexico before traveling back after landing or travel to a US border town (with a US visa) and drive into Canada.

The rationale is a bit convoluted, so bear with me:

The stamped CoPR is proof of his status so if he could make it to the Canadian border he would be allowed in based on the CoPR. HOWEVER, the CoPR is not a form of travel that the Canadian government authorizes and trains commercial carriers to use/verify to confirm an individuals's admissibility. And, commercial carriers take the responsibility to ensure you have a valid travel document (e.g. visa-exempt passport, visa foil in your passport, PR Card, Canadian Passport) very seriously because if they allow someone who doesn't have a valid document to arrive on Canadian soil and the person isn't allowed in the airline (or carrier) would face a very stiff penalty.

Therefore, the Canadian government allows you to get a travel document to prove your eligibility to travel to the carrier to be able to travel back to Canada.

And, this is also why folks who are visa exempt can travel without a travel document (the airline is covered by having them be eligible to enter as tourists) and why folks in the US who can get to a border crossing themselves (walking, private car, rental car) can enter with their CoPR.

BTW, on mailing PR cards, I know people do it but, FWIW, you aren't supposed to. If Canada Post or the courier find one being mailed abroad, they have instructions to seize it and send it back to CIC. Not a headache I would want to sort out.

 

[edgarsitow]

great another headache..
my husband just realized now that he needs a birth certificate issued within the past 5 years... he only has one from like 1990 something.
so he wont be able to get the pgr till he orders a birth certificate.

does anyone know the fastest way to order a birth certificate from mexico city ?

For Mexico City you can order them online

http://www.rcivil.df.gob.mx/solicitudactas/busqueda/registrales?clase_acta=NACIMIENTO

 

[LeisaP]

For Mexico City you can order them online

http://www.rcivil.df.gob.mx/solicitudactas/busqueda/registrales?clase_acta=NACIMIENTO

yes!! thanks! we just found the site and my husband just ordered it.


do you know approx how long it takes them to send it?
i would think like 1 week ? there sending it through a company called REDPACK.

 

[OhCanadiana]

great another headache..
my husband just realized now that he needs a birth certificate issued within the past 5 years... he only has one from like 1990 something.
so he wont be able to get the pgr till he orders a birth certificate.

does anyone know the fastest way to order a birth certificate from mexico city ?

The various methods you could use are outlined at http://www.rcivil.df.gob.mx/lugares_copias.html including addresses of the various locations.

You can get them same day at kiosks around the city (in most delegaciones), get it same day at customer service centers around the city (e.g., in select supermarkets), get it same day at the civil registry office downtown. Alternatively, you could order it online from http://www.rcivil.df.gob.mx .

 

[LeisaP]

The various methods you could use are outlined at http://www.rcivil.df.gob.mx/lugares_copias.html including addresses of the various locations.

You can get them same day at kiosks around the city (in most delegaciones), get it same day at customer service centers around the city (e.g., in select supermarkets), get it same day at the civil registry office downtown. Alternatively, you could order it online from http://www.rcivil.df.gob.mx .

but the kiosks are only if your in mexico city right ?

we are in GDL.
if my husbands friend goes to a kiosk in mexico city can he get it for him with all his information??

apparently it says it will take 30 days to mail it!!! and our pgr is either 30 or 60 days. they never gave us a time limit.

 

[edgarsitow]

but the kiosks are only if your in mexico city right ?

we are in GDL.
if my husbands friend goes to a kiosk in mexico city can he get it for him with all his information??

apparently it says it will take 30 days to mail it!!! and our pgr is either 30 or 60 days. they never gave us a time limit.

PGR is 60 days, but I'm sure you don't wanna wait that long. If it helps, I also needed one from Baja California. I had my dad go to the Delegación and get a few copies for me. They were ready in two days and then he sent them overnight with DHL.

 

[LeisaP]

PGR is 60 days, but I'm sure you don't wanna wait that long. If it helps, I also needed one from Baja California. I had my dad go to the Delegación and get a few copies for me. They were ready in two days and then he sent them overnight with DHL.

ahh this is just not going to work!

okay soo does anyone know where the kiosks are?
we are going to send either misas friend who lives in mexico city. or we are going to pay 500 pesos to send his mom there on a bus to get it.

so the kiosks give you it right there correct?

and the office gives it in 2 days? or a couple days anyways ?

can anyone tell me where the kiosks are.. because mexico is a big city! lol. and also where the actual office is?

thanks!!

 

[LeisaP]

I just found a previous link for the kiosk locations