Well, I on the home stretch for my residency here in Uruguay. I did the fingerprinting part today and that means I am almost done. I also applied for my temporary cedula (ID card). Tomorrow I go and get my cedula. After my application is accepted as ready from the office in Montevideo and the paperwork is mailed there, then all I have to do is wait. My waiting time will probably be another couple of years. As of now I cannot leave the country without permission from immigration. It has taken me a little over 2 years to finish a 90 day process. What I mean is, it usually only takes most people 90 days to get to where I am today. I am excited. It doesn't mean that I will be a citizen of Uruguay; it just means I have permission to live here without having to have my passport stamped every 90 days. So it is time for me to calm down and get on with the other part of living. In order to acquire citizenship here in Uruguay I will need to wait 5 years after my residency is approved. I am going to maintain my American citizenship even after I become an Uruguayo. Just thought I would keep you, who are interested in my status, informed about what is happening.
I will be receiving my Uruguayo identification card (cedula) in 12 days. I have never been fingerprinted so many times in my life.
I am going to have 2 last names: Jonathan Lee Monnich Boyd. So that means I am probably the first Monnich and the first Boyd to live in Uruguay.
Martes, 26 de noviembre 2013
Inicio estiramiento
Bueno, en la recta final de mi residencia aquí en Uruguay . Yo hice la parte de huellas digitales de hoy y eso significa que casi he terminado . También solicité mi cédula temporal ( tarjeta de identificación ) . Mañana me voy y pongo mi cédula . Después de mi solicitud es aceptada como listas de la oficina en Montevideo y la documentación se envía allí, entonces todo lo que tengo que hacer es esperar . Mi tiempo de espera será probablemente un par de años . A partir de ahora no puedo salir del país sin permiso de inmigración. Me ha costado un poco más de 2 años para terminar un proceso de 90 días. Lo que quiero decir es , por lo general sólo se necesita la mayoría de personas de 90 días para llegar a donde estoy hoy. Estoy muy emocionado . Esto no quiere decir que voy a ser un ciudadano de Uruguay , sino que sólo significa que tengo permiso para vivir aquí sin tener que tener mi pasaporte sellado cada 90 días. Así que es hora de que me calme y seguir con la otra parte de la vida . Con el fin de adquirir la ciudadanía aquí en Uruguay que tendrá que esperar 5 años después de que se apruebe mi residencia . Voy a mantener mi ciudadanía estadounidense , incluso después de que me convierto en un Uruguayo . Sólo pensé que te mantenga , que están interesados en mi estado , informó acerca de lo que está sucediendo.
Que recibiré mi tarjeta de identificación Uruguayo (cédula) en 12 días. Nunca he tomado las huellas tantas veces en mi vida.
Voy a tener 2 apellidos: Jonathan Lee Monnich Boyd. Así que eso significa que soy probablemente el primer Monnich y la primera Boyd vivir en Uruguay.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Frustrated
I have titled this frustrated, because that is what I am right now. I have all my papers ready for filing for residency and when we got there, they checked all my papers and then told me that I need to wait until November 22 when the person that knows how the process is done will be back in the office. Makes me want to run screaming, naked through the woods. I have been working on this for almost the entire 2 years I have been living here. I stopped crossing the border because I found out I can pay for an extension of time instead of going to Argentina every 89 days. Not much I can do about it except wait until November 22. Fall back on the Serenity Prayer.
On a different note. I found an insect in the kitchen last night that boggles my imagination. It was an ant. I wish I would have taken a picture of it but it was as long as an inch. I didn't kill it, I let it lose outside. I only kill certain bugs, the occasional giant ant isn't going to be one of them. I did some research and it turns out this particular ant is indigenous to Brazil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTkkMbOomYw.
Anyway, not much of a blog this time around but it's better than nothing. Once I get this immigration thing in my past I will better be able to assist other people with the information they will definitely need for their paperwork.
Happy trails until we meet again.
Doc
On a different note. I found an insect in the kitchen last night that boggles my imagination. It was an ant. I wish I would have taken a picture of it but it was as long as an inch. I didn't kill it, I let it lose outside. I only kill certain bugs, the occasional giant ant isn't going to be one of them. I did some research and it turns out this particular ant is indigenous to Brazil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTkkMbOomYw.
Anyway, not much of a blog this time around but it's better than nothing. Once I get this immigration thing in my past I will better be able to assist other people with the information they will definitely need for their paperwork.
Happy trails until we meet again.
Doc
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