llanesmar@gmail.com wrote:
>> My experience has been that you can check your cell phone at the front
>> desk when you check in. I have done that in the embassy in Mexico City
>> and the consulate in Paris with no problem.
>> You are very wise to stay away from those "independent companies".
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> In some consulates they don't let you check your cell phone at the
> front desk (like in Guadalajara). That's why I need to know if there
> is a place across the street where I can pay to keep my cell phone for
> a few hours. They had that kind of "service" in Guadalajara, people
> who live across the consulate run this little improvised business and
> even though it's improvised it's reliable (what else can you do when
> the consulate won't help you in that regard and you don't have a car
> in that city to keep your belongings?).
> When I said "independent companies" I was referring to those people
> who help other people from other countries (such as India) to enter
> Mexico to get their H1B stamped at Matamoros (or other border towns).
> From what I read they do a pretty good job, they drive them across the
> border, help them with the Banamex payment, KEEP THEIR CELL PHONES
> while they are insided the consulate, and obviously help them
> communicate in Mexico (if needed) since Indian people usually don't
> speak Spanish. So they seem to do a pretty good job and seem reliable,
> BUT, like I said, I am Mexican and I don't need anybody to show me how
> to go to Mexico. All I need is a safe place to keep my cell phone
> while I am at the consule. ANYBODY KNOWS IF THIS IS POSSIBLE AT THE
> CONSULATE IN MATAMOROS? I will really appreciate your responses.
The obvious solution would be to not take it with you. |