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Hi everyone after much searching I only could only find this picture that I took from my stay at  City Express Junior . This view is looking hacia el sur.  I labeled it so you can better understand what you are looking at. Color Purple: This is the clinic  where I went to get my vaccinations and chest x-ray done. Color Green: Este es el puente que todos cruzan para llegar al consulado, clínicas ect.  Color Gray: When you cross over the bridge you walk to the left you will see the US Consulate                        building and if you walk about a block past the consulate you will see the ASC  building. Color Red: Al lado derecho esta el shopping mall Plaza las Misiones .  As you can see a lot of the places you will have to visit are in the same area, and there are quite a few restaurants close by. También hay un starbucks next to the mall where I spent a lot of my time :)  Hopefully this image will put some of you at ease. When I was there, they where b
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Final thoughts on this process

So when I was at the airport in el paso ( ELP ) waiting for my flight,  I was looking through the paperwork given to me at the border crossing. Me acorde que el agente me dijo que cuando llegara a mi casa pagara la fee de $220 dollars. This is what is required to pay in order to receive your green card. Yo decidi pagar la fee en ese momento. Pero ustedes pueden esperarse hasta que lleguen a sus casas.  Despues de 2 semanas recibi mi green card en el correo. Then I had to go to the social security office to change my card to an official one instead of the one that DACA gives with work authorization only. Then I was done with the whole process.  Overall I was in juarez a total of 8 days and I remember thinking wow the people were extremely friendly,helpful,generous etc. I can't say enough nice things. Me sorprendí un poco porque fue totalmente diferente al lo que me dijeron de Juarez. I was told not to go out past a certain hour and how dangerous it was. At no point while I was
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Going home

Despues de 8 dias finalmente me podia regresar a casa. I booked my flight and made arrangements for a taxi to come take us through the border and to the airport.  Le llame al taxista que nos trajo el primer dia. Side note I just want to say to the taxi drivers that take people through the border thank you so much for your patience. It takes a while sometimes especially during peak times. Yo cruce por el Free bridge-Cordova Americas , cuando llegamos me puse en linea habia 5 personas enfrente de mi. Aqui esperas hasta que te hablan a la ventanilla para hablar con el agente. One thing I will say about the people that work there, I wasn't sure what was going on that day but they where taking their sweet time taking care of people. They would take 1 person at a time all the while socializing, laughing, sharing personal stories and making plans during and after assisting each person.  There where 3 agents available to work but like I said they where too busy socializing. Se sentia com
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Pick up packet day

Hi everyone hopefully I not boring you guys with all this information. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask I will try to answer what I can. So when you get approved you get a green paper with instructions as to where to pick up your DHL packet with everything you need to cross the border safely. You basically log into this site that tells you if your packet is ready to be picked up. Bueno para mi fue un poco dificíl porque nada mas tenia mi celular y no me podia ingresar a la pagina de internet. Necesitaba una computadora, so lo que yo hice fue preguntarle a mi hermana if she could log in everyday to see when I could go pick up my packet. Day 1 nothing, day 2 nothing, finally day 3 post interview my packet was ready!! I was so happy. You choose where you want to pick up your packet, si me acuerdo bien a mi me preguntaron el dia de la entrevista donde queria recojer mi paquete. I chose the same place from where I got my fingerprints done, the ASC Applicant Service Cent
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Interview day 2

Day 4 Part 2 So I went up to the window I got this younger looking gentleman, he asked for my paperwork. Le pregunte si podia hacer la entrevista en ingles. El dijo que si. Las preguntas que me pregunto eran....El nombre de la persona que me solicito la petición, cuando fue la ultima vez que salí de los estado unidos, y si había sido aprobada por DACA. Cuando le respondí que si tenia el DACA, me pregunto si tenia la mica con migo yo le dije que no. I remember asking my lawyer if i should bring my DACA stuff and he said no you will not need it. In that moment I was panicking because I did not have it with me. He said to me hold on, and proceeded to  ask someone next to him my situation, I overheard the other guy tell him its up to you what you want to do. He then looked at me and said promise to rip up any DACA paperwork when you get home, I gladly said yes of course. Después me dijo felicidades y ten un buen viaje a casa. Dure como 5 minutos hablando con el. I literally wanted
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Interview day

Day 4: Part 1 The dreaded interview day.... Ok so finalmente el dia de la entrevista en el consulado llego. Mi sita era a las 9:15am mi abogado me dijo que llegara 1 hora antes, yo decidí llegar a las 8am. When you go there make sure you dress up a bit, wear something you would wear to an interview. I think it shows them you are serious about this process and want to make a good impression. I mean estas son  las personas que tienen tu futuro en sus manos so yeah.... Otra cosa definitivamente no se lleven su celulares o otras cosas con ustedes, solamente llévense sus papeles que les dijo el abogado. Be prepared to wait, from start to finish  the process took about 3.5 hours. Cuando te pones en linea they scan your passport and you go through security. Then they lead you to these huge outdoor waiting areas until you are taken in groups of 10 inside another building to talk to someone. While waiting here you see people coming out of the building with huge smiles on their faces waivi
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Quick and easy...

Day 3 On this day I had an appointment to get my fingerprints done at this place called ASC- Applicant Service Center . Esta ubicado al lado del Consulado Americano. Tenia mi cita a las 2pm. Yo llegue a la 1:30pm. I got there early but I was not allowed to go inside I had to wait outside in the middle of July, it was HOT. A word of warning don't take anything with you that day besides your passport, your appointment letter and other paperwork ect. Trust me when I say this, I made a mistake of bringing in my purse with me and the security guard asked me about every single item inside. I was asked to throw away my gum a granola bar and I forget what else. En ese entonces decidi ir para afuera y darle a mi mama todo lo que tenia menos mis papeles y el pasaporte. Entonces me volvi a poner en linea. Cuando estaba esperando vi que una señora se metio al edificio y puso todas sus cosas en la mesa y cuando seguridad empezó a chequear todo lo primero que le dijeron fue que no podia ten
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