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Mexican born US citizen- regain her rights?

thebajarunner - 7-25-2012 at 07:09 PM

My wife Teresa was born and raised in Jalisco,
Came across when she was 20, eventually got full US citizenship.

Unfortunately, we were not married back in the time that a Mexican could regain full rights, papers, etc.

So, now we are hoping at some point to buy some property in Baja, likely Guadalupe Valley, and not sure just what we will encounter when we try to do the paperwork as a "citizen"

Anyone out there have experience with this issue?

rights

captkw - 7-25-2012 at 08:11 PM

HOLA< sorry that I cant help you in that matter. but I was reading somewhere that with the bad econimy in the USA a lot of folks have returned back to mex and their kids are not mexican citezens and cant get benifets.. talk about catch 22..I don't know whats going to happen with this and we are talking about over 300,000 kids so said the report !! hope gysby jan post one of her awsome reports on this.... I think any/all childen of the world should be entitled to heath care...K & T :cool:

BajaGringo - 7-25-2012 at 08:16 PM

All she needs to do is obtain a certified copy of her Mexican birth certificate and then apply for her Mexican federal IFE (voting) card. She can then buy property and obtain title (escritura).

Edited to add - Does she have any family in Jalisco that can help her get her birth certificate?

[Edited on 7-26-2012 by BajaGringo]

Thanks for the help!!

thebajarunner - 7-26-2012 at 08:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by BajaGringo
All she needs to do is obtain a certified copy of her Mexican birth certificate and then apply for her Mexican federal IFE (voting) card. She can then buy property and obtain title (escritura).

Edited to add - Does she have any family in Jalisco that can help her get her birth certificate?

[Edited on 7-26-2012 by BajaGringo]


We have a copy of her birth certificate, not an original
but there are still some tios and tias in Mascota who could help

Also, I think I have her old expired Mexican pasaporte
Will start working on getting a certified copy,
might even be an excuse to head down to Puerta Vallarta for a few days, her home town is just about 35 miles up the hill
Waaaaay up the hill

BajaBlanca - 7-26-2012 at 10:11 AM

everything is Mexico has to be ORIGINAL. No use getting a certified copy of an expired passport - actually, passports do hold any power here, at least not as ID.

I highly recommend you call or write to GILBERTO PINEDA in Mexico City. He is an attorney who really knows his stuff. He takes 24 hours to answer emails, be patient. One must speak or write only in Spanish to him.

We used him for my citizanship and I have never met someone so above board and efficient as well as knowledgable. I will post his information as soon as I find it.

But heck, any excuse to go to Puerto Vallarta is a good one!

BajaBlanca - 7-26-2012 at 10:15 AM

gpcpineda@hotmail.com

tel: 55 5529-8701
cel: 044 55 5419-6812

HOWEVER- I think Bajagringo is right on with his information: she is Mexican-born ergo all she needs is her CURP then a voting card and voila, she can do anything here legally, including buying property. No need to complicate a very simple case IMHO.

thebajarunner - 7-26-2012 at 07:20 PM

No I was not planning to get a certified copy of the passport,
just nice to have it along to add to the evidence pile.

We have the trail of documents from Mexican passport to her US passports, through the name changes, etc.

I do have a large file of documents on her brother Pedro- she petitioned his US citizenship and his original cert. copy birth certificate is in the file- it shows that it was issued by the city clerk of her home town, Mascota.

I think that if we zip down to P.V. for a few days and take a day to go up the mountain to Mascota we can whip this thing in a hurry,
hopefully we might even get the voting card process started or even issued in the same trip

Thanks for all the input and encouragement....