The death certificate adventures continue.
At last update I was in a Catch-22 because the Basha’s middle name was not spelled out on our marriage license. The Mexican government would not accept a middle initial, even if it matches the name.
At that point, I channeled the Basha and decided that “the appropriate application of cash” was the best way to solve this conundrum.
I hired a lawyer.
The lawyer is Mexican, knows how Mexican law and the government work, and speaks both Spanish and English.
The short story (I know, it is far too late for this story to be short) seems to be an end run around the Mexican government. We registered the death with the US Consular office – which needed to be done anyway, but I put it off because of the “single” designation on the Mexican forms. The last thing I needed was to be fighting that in TWO countries.
Turns out that the Consular office has no problem with a middle initial in the marriage license. YAY.
I recently received the Consular certificate of “Death of a Citizen Abroad”. One step towards the finish line. I have begun filing that with US entities – mostly financial.
Ready for it!? NOW the US financial institutions are requiring an affidavit of residency AND they have to be notarized! As far as I know, I cannot get a US notarization here unless I go to the Consular office IN TIJUANA!
SIGH. If this is a stamina test, I’m not sure how much more I can take. It is draining, frustrating, and expen$ive. Can we just get this DONE?
Oh Kate – Unfair. And to think you were in the US for 3 weeks and could have had it done. Be of good cheer, my darling.
Love, Dad