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Comment on Natural childbirth in Guatemala by michaelshead

michaelshead — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:14:10 +0000

Elizabeth,
yes, it was grapefruit seed. I misspelled it! You can get in touch with Hannah our midwife at Hannah Freiwald

Comment on Natural childbirth in Guatemala by Elizabeth von der Ahe

Elizabeth von der Ahe — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 15:16:38 +0000

Greetings! I am a midwife just now starting a birth practice in Mexico, and I have a mama due in about three weeks. I have a birth tub, but am trying to find out how to purify the water! Your story mentioned grape seed extract. Is that grape seed, or grapefruit seed? Do you know how much they used? Also, can you maybe forward the email address of the midwives to me so I can ask them how they do it? Thanks! Congratulations!

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Comment on Residency papers for expatriates in Guatemala by michaelshead

michaelshead — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:57:23 +0000

Joe,
Sorry to hear about your situation. I’m surprised that even with your connections you’ve been facing these lengthy challenges.
We’ve been blessed with a quick processing of the Residency Stamp for our passports in a matter of six months. Now we’re just waiting for our DPIs to arrive at RENAP.

Comment on Residency papers for expatriates in Guatemala by Joe A. Frankie

Joe A. Frankie — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:28:23 +0000

I just want to let everyone know that the above is correct, but doesn’t really mean much IF the Guatemalan government decides they want to prolong residency for ever!. Let me explain. I moved here 5 years ago this December, 2011. I finished and gave my final papers in June, 2007 to Guatemala Immigration. the last I heard from them was that I should wait and they would contact me. A year later I called them and they said that I just needed to wait. 2 years after that I contacted them and they said that my file was put in storage and that I needed to pay a Q10,000 fine to re-open my case. When I asked why, Immigration told me that because I didn’t finish my paperwork, they tacked on this fine. I told them that it was completed and presented the paper they sent me to prove it (it was also in my file). The manager of the department said “Oh, yes, you’re right it is here, but there’s still a Q10,000 fine.” I asked why again and he said that the fine was in my file. I asked him to look for it and he couldn’t find it saying, “That’s strange. There’s no fine in here, but there’s still a Q10,000 fine.” I have had 3 attorneys work on this in the past year, and through my Guatemalan wife’s family contacts have actually had meetings with the Minister of Immigration on two occasions. (I also have Guatemalan/American national children.) We also have some close friends that work in Citizen Services at the US Embassy in Guatemala City try to speed this along. NOTHING!!! Now they are telling me that I have to wait until Otto Perez Molina takes office before they can even begin to think about looking into my case. We are well connected here, but none of this is helping the situation. Keep this in mind when you’re applying for residency.

Comment on Residency papers for expatriates in Guatemala by michaelshead

michaelshead — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:50:24 +0000

If they’re certified by the State Police that may suffice. Once they are certified by the Guatemalan consulate then you should receive them back (Having a U.S. address that can receive and send on your papers for you is really valuable especially if you’re not in the states.) then you’ll need to take them to the embassy here in Guatemala on your own. Hope it goes well!

Comment on Residency papers for expatriates in Guatemala by Lisa Riley

Lisa Riley — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:33:22 +0000

Michael,

Are you saying that our background check has to be certified by the Sec. of State in addition to the state certification? We had our checks done by the Idaho State Police, and they are sending them to the Guatemalan consulate. We’ve gotten all the other papers and they also are on the way to the Guatemalan consulate. Where does the consulate send them after they have been certified there? Back to us, or to the embassy here in Guate?

Comment on Guatemala’s Romeo and Juliet — The Story of Vanushka by Olympia Campos

Olympia Campos — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:37:25 +0000

A must read fascinating story.

Comment on Hacienda Real in Tecpan Guatemala by Jorge

Jorge — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:49:16 +0000

Good food, bad service. Careful they charge the tortillas almost 3 quetzals each and don’t spill your drink they charge you anyway. I couldn’t punish the waiter because his bad training and they include the gratuity in your bill anyway. The food overprice and make sure that you read the menu very well is very tricky. Place very nice and clean.

Comment on Residency papers for expatriates in Guatemala by michaelshead

michaelshead — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:26 +0000

Aaron,
Glad this is helpful for you!
If you do your police report though the FBI, you can get it authenticated from the office of the U.S. Secretary of State (Currently Clinton)
Here’s the link for the FBI info sheet on getting a background check: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/background-checks/faqs (Just be sure to request an authentication seal and signature from the FBI when you order your background check. ¨They don’t give this to you by default.)
You can go through the Secretary of State for Authentication of your document. Here’s the link for this… http://www.state.gov/m/a/auth/
Then you need to get it to the Guatemalan Embassy/Consulate for your state for authentication http://www.consulguatechicago.org/consulados.html

REMEMBER TO GET THIS PAPERWORK DONE WITHIN AT MOST 5.5 MONTHS BEFORE YOU NEED IT IN GUATEMALA. If you get there and it is more than 6 months old, you’ll have to re-do it!

Hope your paper processing goes well!

Michael