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Rosalinemg

Apr 4, 2009, 11:06 AM

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Has anyone recently gotten their Mexican citizenship? If so, did you need to include 2 surnames on it (paternal and maternal).

I have gone through all the requirements and was informed by the SRE in Culiacan that there was a problem when it came time to sign my "Carta".

When I filled the application I filled in my mothers maiden name, however, none of my other documentation shows this - FM2, passport, drivers license, or CURP. Now they are telling me that I have to have my other documents changed to reflect 2 last names. Of course, in the case of my passport this would be impossible because in Canada this is not the custom.

I am frustrated and now am wondering why I even bothered to go through this process at all. It has been one stupid thing after another with the SRE. Almost as if they prefer no to have us here as citizens because they will not lose the control that they now do if we remain as visitors to this country. They like us to be here, spending the money we generated abroad, but prefer we do not have rights as citizens.

If anyone has had the same problem, can you tell me how it was resolved?

Rosaline

Papirex

Apr 4, 2009, 6:37 PM

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It sounds like you encountered a blockhead that doesn't know his/her job, and doesn't understand the English naming system used NOB. There are 40 offices in México where you may apply for citizenship, I don't know where they are all located, but I suggest you apply at a different one.

I applied for citizenship 3 or 4 years ago in México City, I hesitated on the first question I was asked in the interview. It was counted as an incorrect answer and I was turned down in my application and told to come back in five years when I knew more about Mexican history.

My lawyer told me as we were driving back to Cuernavaca not to worry as there are 40 offices in the country and we will get my citizenship at another office. I haven't bothered to try again, and I don't know if I ever will.

The only times I have ever needed to use my mothers maiden name here is when I am asked to sign something with my appellido and no one has ever asked to see anything with that name on it. Not for my FM3 visas, drivers licenses or whatever.

Remember, virtually all of the Gerentes (managers or division heads) of Mexican government offices are political appointees and many, if not most, of them are unqualified for the positions they hold and they often hire unqualified relatives and friends to work in those offices.

If you really want Mexican citizenship, try elsewhere.

Rex

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved" - Victor Hugo

jerezano

Apr 4, 2009, 7:06 PM

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Hello,

Immigration here in Zacatecas INSISTS that the name on my FM3 be exactly the same as on my US passport. But then Immigration is a different department from the SRE (is that the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores?) I would have thought that Citizenship was controlled by the Secretaría de Gobernación. But then I've never checked. And yes, my CURP does show the first letter of my Mother's maiden name. Yours probably does too. That is one of the controls which makes the number unique.

jerezano

(This post was edited by jerezano on Apr 4, 2009, 7:13 PM)

sioux4noff

Apr 4, 2009, 9:51 PM

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my CURP does show the first letter of my Mother's maiden name. Yours probably does too.

I was never asked my mother's maiden name. Mine shows an "X" where the initial for her name would be.
According to the example shown on a previous thread on MexConnect, that is correct.
BTW, I have only a first name and one last name. I think it actually is easier that way, my middle name is never construed as my last name.

Rosalinemg

Apr 4, 2009, 10:05 PM

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Thank you for your replies. I do have a CURP and my mother's maiden name is shwon as an X. I do not want to start the process again because they are far along enough to get to the signing stage of my "carta".

It has always been my opinion that government is nothing but a bureaucratic nightmare that is headed by a bunch of idiots who throw their weight around to show they can control you. But, nothing is as bad as the bureaucracy here in Mexico or the people that constantly hold it's people hostage to their whims. However, I am not going to let this stop me now.

sioux4noff

Apr 4, 2009, 11:02 PM

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Good luck to you!! Let us know how it ends up.