{"id":1840,"date":"2012-06-01T07:33:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T12:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2012-05-31T18:35:03","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T23:35:03","slug":"fun-with-visa-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2012\/fun-with-visa-documents.html","title":{"rendered":"Fun with visa documents&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;ve figured out what I need to do with one particular document that we need in order to get our visas here in Mexico.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create document according to specification<\/li>\n<li>Have document officially translated<\/li>\n<li>Have document sealed by official translator<\/li>\n<li>Take to notary public, and have them sign and seal it<\/li>\n<li>Send document to location A (actually, location D but who&#8217;s counting?)<\/li>\n<li>Have document authenticated<\/li>\n<li>Send document to location B<\/li>\n<li>Have document legalized<\/li>\n<li>Send document to Mexico to <i>begin<\/i> visa process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s the simple version &#8211; believe me, there&#8217;s more. &nbsp;And that&#8217;s just <i>one document<\/i>! &nbsp;Now I&#8217;d better get to work on the next document&#8230; which is an entirely different process&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;ve figured out what I need to do with one particular document that we need in order to get our visas here in Mexico. 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