Offer

I got my job offer today.

Immigration Problem at Mexico Airport

This time I got a tourist visa for 60 day this time. They gave me 30 days last time when I came for the interview. Only 7 days when I first came in last November. I guess it´s because they felt guilty for detaining me. :)

They checked my passport (The cover of my passport says "republic of China" on the top and then "Taiwan" at the bottom and I knew it was the "china" part that caused the problem. I am definitely going to get a passport that only says "Taiwan". I don't identify myself with Chinese anymore. I'm a proud Taiwanese.), took me to a room where there were already 2 other ¨Chinese" men there and then took away my passport and green card. The woman in the room logged me in and asked me in Spanish if Taiwan was part of China. I, of course, said, "no, Taiwan es differente. No es (parte de) China"... Luckily, in a minute or 2, they took me to the office where they questioned me and checked my other documents: school, accomodation, air ticket, etc. and later let me go. I surely didn´t like the special treatment that they gave me. But at least, they didn't detain me for long, if any. Although, they treated me like all other Chinese people with a China passport.

Last month I read the news that they would detain everybody that comes in with a Chinese passport, because they suspected that all chinese passports were fake. they only release people after confirming with the Chinese consulate in Mexico City. So, sometimes people have to stay there in the detention room over night or even over the weekend. So, that piece of news was accurate.