Starting the beginning of March, the hotel that I'll be working at sent a letter inviting me to work for them. Once immigration received the letter, they asked for my resume, in Spanish, with a lot of spacing, color, and my picture. So basically, a resume that goes against all the rules that I've been taught when it comes to writing resumes.
Once they were happy with that, they wanted my diplomas. Upon receiving those, they wanted confirmation from the US consulate that the diplomas were valid. After a few phone calls and one sweaty trip through Playa, it was determined that consulates don't do that. Thankfully, the American consulate in Playa del Carmen knew what they were after and told me that I needed to get an apostille from the Iowa Secretary of State. I wasn't back in Iowa yet so my mom made a trip to DSM and the Secretary of State office to get these for me. Overnighted the apostilles and they arrived the day I got back to the states. Then, the woman helping me emailed to say they wanted the apostilles translated. This is where it gets funny. If you haven't ever seen an apostille, it's about 20 words, basically a notary stating that the other notary (the one on my diploma) was legit. So I translated it via Google and told her to take that to immigration. She was worried that they wanted a translator to do it, one that would stamp/seal the document and charge me $50 bucks. But thankfully, they accepted my google translation. I had to scan my passport for her (again) and cross my fingers that they were going to ask for my first born child, a vile of blood, etc.
So here we are - April 5th. I received an email yesterday saying that we did it, that immigration was satisfied with all of the documents and now I'm just waiting for the authorization code that the consulate requires to make my appointment. Once I get that, appointment in Omaha at 8 am, work visa in my hand at 1 pm, flight back to Playa the next day.
Whew. Seriously. A few times I thought it was never going to happen. And if I didn't love Playa so much, I might have given up. I'm anxious to get back and start working, very excited to join the Royal Resorts concierge team and meet some new people. A few pictures from my time back. I'm in DSM currently, visiting friends and getting as much great food as I can, Hu Hot, Sushi at Sakari, Jethros, Flying Mango, Zombie Burger.
Sunset out at my parents' place. Iowa truly is beautiful, even with no leaves and brown grass.
I was able to help with Lyndsy's baby shower last weekend and even surprise a few friends. Love these ladies!
Baby Gumz is going to be a scuba diver, I just know it!
Everyone cross their fingers for me that I'll be able to start work in another week or so. Viva la Mexico!!
