Comments on: Death in A Foreign Country http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm Online magazine about living, working and traveling in Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:54:49 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Peggy http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm/comment-page-1#comment-54491 Peggy Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:37:01 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm#comment-54491 Just fyi, over here in the Chetumal area, September is Will month and you get quite a discount if you have your Mexican wills prepared in September. It may be the same in the Merida area. Thanks for the excellent info. Just fyi, over here in the Chetumal area, September is Will month and you get quite a discount if you have your Mexican wills prepared in September. It may be the same in the Merida area. Thanks for the excellent info.

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]]> By: Ann Guerin http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm/comment-page-1#comment-42624 Ann Guerin Mon, 12 May 2008 19:46:03 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm#comment-42624 Thank you for sharing this wonderful eye-opening information. We are building our home in Costa Maya & we & many of our friends had no idea what was involved in the event of our death in Mexico. Also, how can I find the tel. # in Merida, of the US Consulate (to get a human voice to speak with). I have one single tel # , all I ever get is a busy, busy, busy...... Thank you for sharing this wonderful eye-opening information. We are building our home in Costa Maya & we & many of our friends had no idea what was involved in the event of our death in Mexico.

Also, how can I find the tel. # in Merida, of the US Consulate (to get a human voice to speak with). I have one single tel # , all I ever get is a busy, busy, busy……

]]> By: Dying To Get Out of Mexico - In The Roo Forums http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm/comment-page-1#comment-42381 Dying To Get Out of Mexico - In The Roo Forums Fri, 09 May 2008 22:50:55 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm#comment-42381 [...] paperwork that will be required in the event of your death in what is to you a foreign land. Click HERE. __________________ Sharon A compromise is an agreement whereby both parties [...] [...] paperwork that will be required in the event of your death in what is to you a foreign land. Click HERE. __________________ Sharon A compromise is an agreement whereby both parties [...]

]]> By: Martha Lindley http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm/comment-page-1#comment-42284 Martha Lindley Thu, 08 May 2008 20:48:19 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm#comment-42284 The Emergency Information Sheet is available on this link. We suggest you fill it out and put one on your refrigerator and have one in your car. That way, the information needed is immediately available. We suggest you visit funeral homes in your community to ask any specific questions you have about cremation, burial or transferring the body to your home country for burial. Keep in mind that the Mexican culture is much more accepting of the inevitability of death; it is treated in a much more matter of fact manner. We did not find men dressed in dark suits and ties being somber. In Merida, they were in tee shirts and jeans and very relaxed and willing to talk. I'm pleased others found the information useful. We did it for our loved ones and are happy to share it. The Emergency Information Sheet is available on this link. We suggest you fill it out and put one on your refrigerator and have one in your car. That way, the information needed is immediately available.

We suggest you visit funeral homes in your community to ask any specific questions you have about cremation, burial or transferring the body to your home country for burial. Keep in mind that the Mexican culture is much more accepting of the inevitability of death; it is treated in a much more matter of fact manner. We did not find men dressed in dark suits and ties being somber. In Merida, they were in tee shirts and jeans and very relaxed and willing to talk.

I’m pleased others found the information useful. We did it for our loved ones and are happy to share it.

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