Gina's Mexican Citizenship Journey
This article is a reaction to a recent discussion on a certain Mérida Facebook page. Some of the response to a very simple question of mine was kind of hostile. A few people actually questioned the very fact that I was a Mexican citizen, that I became a Mexican citizen simply by marrying a Mexican born person. They had all kinds of theories and I think it's because they don't realize that 40 years ago things were different than they are now. Some also seemed very shocked that I would be working in Mexico illegally. Even comparing me to a Russian spy for working for a foreign government, Canada! Back in the 80s there were few foreigners in Mexico and it was very easy to get certain jobs without a work permit. Teaching English was one of those jobs. All the schools were very eager to get what they called "native speakers". And it was a good job and it paid really well. But you had to have a car and go all over the city, sometimes twice in one day. As an example, on t