It's 1 pm Sunday....just returned from shopping to see an email from my Ecuadorian Lawyer. Though I had forwarded Migration's letter to me that the ministries computer had been updated with my passport info and I was ok to apply for the extension......didn't mention I was currently over my limit. My lawyer made a trip to Migration on Friday and not sure when he was informed but they only contacted me this am while I was out. their email gives me instructions how to proceed to rectify the situation........go to Pacific Bank in Manta...pay 128.67 for a Prorroga & mention code ( Codigo 4.6) then go to Migration Office immediately as the application must happen on the same day as payment or you loose the $.....take your passport and the completed application (which they sent me by way of a download) just need to find a color printer & your receipt for the payment....Lawyer cannot go with you as we are closed next week. Ok. You know the Migration Office was moving the day I was last there.......Didn"t tell me the new location and I cannot find it on line. Law Office closed for a week.....now what...I am really flying by the seat of my pants....F*** Manta is a BIG CITY and 140k from Canoa. Looks like an early morning commute on the 26th....sure hope the Banco has the new address or I am screwed.
So I just returned from a few cervezes to calm my nerves.....even if I find the place how will it go. According to my accounting I had until the January 13th to apply....so not having been given the new date which I am past.....and my return flight to Canada is March 26th....90 days from sometime in December isn't going to cut it........supposedly they are waving the fine....all good if they wrote it down as the lawyer is on holidays next week and I cannot communicate in Spanish.
The view from my hammock will have to suffice for now.....
So I just returned from a few cervezes to calm my nerves.....even if I find the place how will it go. According to my accounting I had until the January 13th to apply....so not having been given the new date which I am past.....and my return flight to Canada is March 26th....90 days from sometime in December isn't going to cut it........supposedly they are waving the fine....all good if they wrote it down as the lawyer is on holidays next week and I cannot communicate in Spanish.
The view from my hammock will have to suffice for now..... 
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