So, due to events beyond my control I had to buy 2 expensive plane?
tickets for my?
family to fly to Monterrey. ( that was not in my budget ).?
"due to events beyond my control", David I think those pshyco analysts call
that denial, or perhaps it's something about not taking responsibility for
one's own actions.??"YOU" have had 4 years to return your previous vehicle
permit which you agreed to do when you applied for and recieved your previous
vehicle permit.? The money part sucks, but many people on this list have
emphasized the importance of returning that permit.?At least you found out
about the old permit while here in Houston instead of?at the border.?
Puppy
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-Original Message-
From: David Locklear
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Sent: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:17 am
Subject: [Texascavers] a border crossing ordeal
I found myself in a situation were I unexpectedly needed to get a?
car permit to go to Mexico.?
?
After learning all the red-tape at the Mexican Consulate's office in Houston,?
I was about to get a new permit, when the clerk pulled up my history on?
the computer and found an un-returned permit from 4 years ago.?
( so they are at least networked with one of the crossing's down there )?
?
The car is not driveable, so if I ever want to drive in Mexico again,?
I will have?
to spend about 2 grand and then drive it down there.?
?
( I wonder if I can just take them the windshield )?
?
There was a loophole. They said I could bring my mom in with some kind?
of affidavit testifying that she has seen the car for the past 4 years?
in the US.?
( Why just my mom - why not my dad or wife ? ) Anyways I am not?
going to do that.?
?
So, due to events beyond my control I had to buy 2 expensive plane?
tickets for my?
family to fly to Monterrey. ( that was not in my budget ).?
?
?
For the past year or so, I have been following the passport story. I did not?
feel any sympathy for the procrastonator's who waited till the last minute to?
order a passport, partly because I have a passport. But in the rush of the?
events, I failed to realize that my 2 year old would need a passport. ( she?
has been to Mexico 3 or 4 times with no problems. )?
?
But I had a sigh of relief, because I remembered the State Dept. post-poned the?
rule.?
?
WRONG.?
?
The current rule, says you have to show "proof" that you have applied for a?
passport even for toddlers. ( and that is also what the airlines?
and the post office?
told us )?
?
So we rushed to apply for the passport. Try doing this with kids.?
It is chaotic.?
( I missed a 1/2 a day at work ) and that cost $ 82, that was not in?
my budget.?
?
But that is not the worst of it.?
?
IT TAKES 2 WEEKS to get PROOF from the State 'Department that you have?
applied for a passport.?
?
All we have is a cashier's receipt, which they claim is not valid proof.?
?
They also confiscated her birth certificate, so now we have to go get another?
one.?
?
And the expensive plane tickets are non-refundable.?
?
I have a feeling their trip is going to suck, and they are going to come home?
on the bus, if they even manage to get there.?
?
David Locklear?
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