Moving to Gto with a cat, and temporary residency—this year!

[junruh]

Hi, DonJuane,

We'd love to have help. So far, we contacted Adriana at Yucatan Expatriate Service (YES) (and paid for her services) and Sonia in San Miguel de Allende http://www.soniadiaz.mx/home.html Sonia in SMA.

I made up the steps based on a YES / Mexperience ebook. Sonia said the steps are okay, but we can do #3 first, and then the rest of the steps. We have scheduled a phone call with Adriana for Wednesday.

I was under the impression that once we did the residency steps in the U.S., we had 30 days to hustle down to Gto to finish the process. Apparently, that's not the case. There's a 30-day window, but I guess the clock starts ticking after we finish the U.S. requirements AND after we enter Mexico. This is what I'm trying to clear up. That would mean we could finish the requirements we need to do in the U.S. and after that, we'd have plenty of time to do things like sell the house, THEN make the big move to Gto, cat and all, in one swoop.

Sure, it's kind of wild to move to some seemingly random city in another country. I think we have to cross our fingers and go for it, and try to land someplace that can be a base camp for more exploration in Mexico over months and years.

Gto seems like a good choice for us because we want a real change of scene. It's also in a relatively calm part of Mexico and it's a gorgeous city. Also, we want to get started on the Mexican healthcare.

Your thoughts...?

I'm going to post another question on getting an apartment.

ju