elzr: The end of my trip around the world

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Effective today, isn’t it shocking, how fast the world can move?
Yesterday, as a Mexican, I was able to travel to Canada without jumping through any hoops (other than border agents) for up to 6 months.

This effectively makes me unable to travel there, my ticket to Canada from London is in just a month, far too little to obtain a visa that even in Mexico can only be processed from Mexico City and that is sure to have a huge backlog with the extremely sudden imposition.

I lose my ticket to Canada and I have to get a ticket to Mexico (there’s no more developed world to visit visafree as a Mexican) in the highest season (>$1000 dollars one-way).

She was literally going to buy today her ticket to Vancouver to meet me.

I’m sad, stunned.
I thought the world was moving in the opposite direction…
Just yesterday, for no particular reason, I was idly daydreaming of a future North American integration.

In the age of globalization, my life is unexpectedly being defined by immigration tensions.

tagged announces, emotions, migration, personal, surprises, venting

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1. Ben Atkin (website) on July 15, 2009:

I’m saddened to hear that. I’m also a bit shocked. Putting aside my opinion that borders should be more open in general, why make the change so suddenly?

2. Ben Atkin (website) on July 15, 2009:

Also, I bet if you called to apply for a Visa before the restriction was imposed, the person on the other end of the phone would have tried to talk you out of it, saying it’s not necessary. In my experiences talking with bureaucrats I’ve found most of them to be patronizing. They speak to me as if they’re sure I don’t know what I’m doing.

3. Olifante (website) on July 15, 2009:

Sorry to hear that things are getting more difficult :-(

I hope that you can find a way around all these restrictions.

4. chemito on July 16, 2009:

Eliaaaa… mira:

Mexican citizens who are outside the Mexico or who will be visiting another country en route to Canada, may apply for a Temporary Resident Visa at the Canadian visa office nearest to them. The list of Canadian visa offices abroad, as well as information on how to apply for a visa, may be found at: www.cic.gc.ca.

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The end of my trip around the world 2009 Jul15

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The end of my trip around the world 2
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