Episode Summary
In this episode of The Expat Files, Johnny Mueller dives into the state of roads and infrastructure across Latin America, discussing the impact of foreign financing, local corruption, and the challenges faced by expats. He highlights the contrast between well-maintained urban roads and the poor conditions in rural areas, attributing the best roads to those financed by first-world countries through loans from institutions like the World Bank or IMF. He also critiques the lack of maintenance and the role of corrupt local politicians in the deterioration of infrastructure. Johnny references a new global report on road quality and infrastructure, which ranks countries in South America and Central America based on connectivity and road conditions. He finds it surprising that Costa Rica, despite its high cost of living and taxes, ranks second last in road quality, attributing this to limited investment in infrastructure.
The podcast segment also discusses the inefficiencies in transportation and infrastructure in Latin America, particularly highlighting the slow movement of cargo and the challenges faced by truck drivers due to excessive bureaucracy. Johnny attributes these issues to a lack of investment in infrastructure, corruption, and poor planning. He mentions a report from the Inter-American Development Bank that compares the speed of cargo transport in Latin America to that in developed countries, emphasizing the significant disparity. The segment transitions into a personal anecdote from an 80-year-old listener, Mallory, who is moving to Latin America and expresses disillusionment with the political system in the United States, comparing voting to a futile exercise. He reflects on his life, regrets, and plans to live out his remaining years in Latin America, drawing from his past experiences with the Peace Corps. The segment concludes with a discussion about the Gallup poll on job satisfaction, highlighting the low percentage of people who enjoy their work and the correlation with small business ownership.
The podcast segment also discusses a Gallup poll revealing that 63% of people engage in 'sleep working,' where they tolerate their jobs while mentally escaping to other activities. 24% of those surveyed say they hate their jobs but don't want to quit due to fear of a worse alternative, meaning 87% don't like their jobs. 81% of people dislike Sunday afternoons and nights, a phenomenon called 'Sunday anxiety blues,' due to the subconscious awareness of returning to work the next day. A listener, Mallory, shares her experience with job dissatisfaction and expresses interest in attending Johnny Mueller's expat seminar, despite being 80 years old. Johnny responds by highlighting the diverse age range of attendees and provides details about upcoming seminars in Central America, including dates, registration information, and incentives for early registration.
In this segment, Johnny Mueller discusses a beach cleanup initiative where locals are incentivized with free drinks for collecting beach litter. He highlights the initial challenges, such as people bringing in their own trash, and the eventual success of the program. Johnny also transitions to a discussion about Nicaragua, where he critiques the country's political climate under Daniel Ortega, noting the historical context of the Sandinista regime and its impact on the country. He addresses the growing number of expats moving to Nicaragua from Costa Rica due to lower costs, but warns about the lack of awareness regarding Nicaragua's political history. The segment concludes with a shift to a concerning news story about Canada implementing a traveler tracking system.
The podcast segment concludes with a discussion about Canada's new exit tracking initiative, which will begin later this year. The government plans to collect data on all individuals leaving the country by land or air to identify potential risks, such as terrorists, tax evaders, snowbirds, and people who falsely claim government benefits. The data will be accessible to multiple government departments, including employment, social development, and revenue, to identify ineligible recipients of benefits. The segment also highlights the potential impact on expatriates, particularly those living in popular destinations like Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica, and mentions the Snowbird Association's warnings about overstaying and losing benefits. It notes that the initiative is part of a broader 'entry exit initiative' and will eventually cover rail travel. The segment concludes with a mention of the sharing of personal data with other countries and the retention of personal information for 15 years.
Topics
Road quality in Latin America, Infrastructure financing, Corruption and maintenance, Global infrastructure reports, Costa Rica's infrastructure issues, Transportation and infrastructure in Latin America, Political disillusionment in the United States, Personal reflections and life regrets, Work satisfaction and small business ownership, Work dissatisfaction, Sunday anxiety blues, Expat seminars and life planning for expats
Chapters
00:00:00 Opening 00:00:31 The Best and Worst Roads in Latin America 00:01:28 Understanding the Quality of Roads in Latin America 00:02:01 Which Latin Countries Have the Best and Worst Roads? 00:06:11 Comparing Economic Activity and Road Conditions in Latin America 00:06:44 Cargo Transport Speeds in Latin America vs. the World Average 00:07:28 Reinforcing the Inefficiencies of Latin American Transportation 00:08:01 An 80-Year-Old Listener's Plan to Move to Latin America 00:11:38 Gallup Poll on Job Satisfaction and Small Business Ownership 00:12:15 Introduction to the Gallup Poll on Sleep Working 00:12:20 Definition and Explanation of Sleep Working 00:12:54 Summary of Job Dissatisfaction Statistics 00:13:02 Sunday Anxiety Blues and Its Causes 00:13:35 Listener's Personal Experience with Job Dissatisfaction 00:14:01 Introduction to Expat Seminars and Attendee Demographics 00:14:53 Details About Upcoming Expat Seminars 00:15:39 Registration Information and Incentives for Seminars 00:18:21 Incentives for Beach Cleanup 00:19:37 Nicaragua's Political Climate 00:23:56 Canadian Traveler Tracking System 00:24:08 Introduction to Canada's Exit Tracking Initiative 00:24:16 Purpose and Scope of the Exit Tracking Initiative 00:24:56 Focus on Expatriates and Benefits Eligibility 00:25:15 Snowbird Association's Warnings and Concerns 00:25:39 Current Limitations and Future Expansion of the Initiative 00:26:28 Implications of Data Sharing with Other Countries 00:27:11 Retention of Personal Information and Legal Implications
Transcript
Automatically transcribed from the original recording; names and wording may contain errors.
[00:00] South of the border down Mexico way That's where I fell in love when the stars above came out to play and now as I wonder Hello there all you ex-pat wannabes. I'm Johnny Mueller and you're listening to the expat files living in Latin America The show that tells you just what it's like to live work play and or retire down here in Latin America It's a mix of the good the bad the ugly and the great and it's all right here. So let's get started Here's a question people always ask which Latin countries have the best and worst roads Well turns out the best roads are in big cities and Interprovince state or country highways that have been financed by something like a World Bank loan
[00:47] Or some idiot first world country like Japan or the US who's made a loan to a third world Latin American country because you see With big money infrastructure loans coming from first world outfits. They'll generally oversee the selection of the contractors So the donating country gets a big chunk of that money back and first world international contractors means first world style inspections, too So you get a bit of the good with the bad? That's why for example, if you're driving from Texas through Mexico down to Guatemala Salvador, whatever You'll hit some really great stretches of concrete road Then all of a sudden you're in a dusty busted-up road in the bush like you're on safari. Just doesn't make sense Until you check out where the finances came from so as a rule in Latin America when you see really good concrete roads
[01:34] There's some first world foreign money IMF loans or World Bank loans involved in the project Oh and another thing you'll notice when you're driving through one of the really nice neighborhoods in any Latin American city And they all have very nice neighborhoods You'll see some very good roads because you see everywhere malignant pus bag politicians Rome and live the roads will be excellent But I guess that's true up in the states, too If you don't believe that just have a look at where the nicest roads are in Washington DC But speaking in generalities what Latin countries have the best and worst roads? Can you guess think about it for a second and see if you're right in terms of quality? You have to wonder how can you even measure that because when you're way on the boonies often times you'll be on a really Crappy dirt road with a million potholes in it and that's again one big reason why you don't want to be driving around at night
[02:25] And it's just as likely you could be on a very nice concrete road on the way to an international airport and hit a pothole That wipes out your cars front end. Yep Latin America is a land of extremes get used to it Well, here's what you didn't know. There's an international outfit called the global competitive index they measure a number of characteristics for a hundred and forty different countries in the world and One of the things they measure is the quality and quantity of roads and infrastructure So every year they put out a report and I haven't put much faith in it because I know how the roads are down here How they make them maintain them? Insert laugh track here and how they hand out the contracts For example a big road project might be announced It doesn't get started for a year and a half and it takes five years to complete all together
[03:14] So you got five years of terrible traffic then when it's done traffic moves fast the roads in great shape for a year or two and then It crumbles lack of maintenance and quality control are two chronic illnesses of Latin America And even when a crack first-world International company comes in and builds roads and bridges when it's done They leave and then the local corrupt shit for brains politicians are forever after in charge of upkeep and maintenance Hmm insert laugh track here, too So anyway once again the worldwide road and infrastructure report has come out and for a change this year's report I'm really paying attention to because this time they've done it in a different manner
[03:59] That really makes sense. Listen to this I'll quote a guy who's responsible for part of this report as he explains in an interview to Costa Rica's La Nacional newspaper in Spanish, of course, he says and I'll translate This is the very first time our report includes the connectivity indicator. We call it It's a measure of how long it takes drivers to get from one place to another Versus how long that trip should take in moderate traffic if the road was in a one condition Meanwhile, we've distributed surveys in the productive sector of each country asking business orders in a private sector about the conditions of their roads Turns out in South America the worst roads Venezuela Paraguay Guiana and French Guiana followed by Brazil and Uruguay the best roads in South America, Chile, Colombia and Peru with Ecuador, Argentina and Bolivia
[04:52] Right in the middle. All right, that's for South America Now Central America from best to worst roads number one Dominican Republic number two El Salvador three Panama Nicaragua for right in the middle Mexico heading toward the bottom Honduras with Costa Rica and Guatemala tied for second last place and the worst roads in Central America Belize Now the big surprise here is how bad the infrastructure is in Costa Rica since that's where all the tourist dollars are It doesn't make sense It's got the highest cost of living the highest taxes the highest number and cost of transit fines In all of Latin America and those fines are supposed to go for roads and infrastructure
[05:38] the highest percentage of government debt in all of Latin America and the largest government Bureaucracy per capita in all of Latin America, too. So then why is it rated second last place for infrastructure and roads? by the way, we left out Cuba here because most of the roads in the boonies in Cuba are gravel and dirt and Less than 1% of people own their own cars. Anyway to explain the bad roads in Costa Rica Let's go back to the article in Costa Rica's La Nacional It says to put this in perspective Even though Costa Rica has three times the economic activity of Guatemala and Paraguay the two Latin countries They're tied with on the bad road list. He says it's due to Costa Rica's limited investment in infrastructure
[06:25] Hmm you think It goes on to say there are many factors involved one corruption to a very deep lack of planning skills and three poor preparation of infrastructure projects and limited vision. Oh And get this the report says throughout Latin America Cargo travels by truck four times slower than the world average That according to Jamie Granados from the Inter-American Development Bank He explains quote the rate of passage of cargo and transport units throughout the corridors of Central and South America is Very slow around 15 to 16 kilometers per hour on average Whereas in the developed world the US, Australia, Canada, and Europe freight haulers on average move from 50 to 70
[07:15] kilometers per hour That he says coupled with the fact that in Latin America when truck drivers stop at borders It takes three to four times as long as the world average due to excess paperwork and bureaucracy Alright, so that just reinforces what we already knew, right? Traffic in Latin America sucks, and you don't want to drive if you don't have to but even if you don't drive You will be on the road at times. So don't get angry. It does no good. Take a pill You'll live longer. On second thought don't take a pill. You'll live longer. Oh And it might be a good idea to refer back to my last show where I explained what kind of car You need to drive if you're gonna drive in Latin America Alright change in years. No pun intended
[08:01] Here's a cool email from an 80 year old guy. It's from Mallory like the battery Don't think they have Mallory batteries anymore. Do they anyway? He says Johnny. I got my plan be in action I'm moving to Latin America. Yes. I'm 80 but better late than never He said I'm tired of watching the US commit suicide in slow motion and Johnny I'm with you when you say it's no use to vote Remember Einstein's definition of insanity He said repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. That's insanity I've come to see in my 80 years of life That's exactly what voting is all about going into that booth over and over again pulling a lever and expecting a different result It's like going to a Godzilla movie and expecting Mothra to kick his ass
[08:50] It's just not gonna happen Godzilla always wins after all the name of the movies Godzilla not Mothra But we still keep going to see the remakes over and over hoping Mothra will kick his ass and he never will and Johnny I know at 80 years old. I don't have many years left. It's just that lately. I've been having this little Conversation in my head about regrets for me. It's kind of a depressing experience I remember I had that same conversation with myself when I was around 50 years old and Sure, even back then I had plenty of regrets I thought about trying new things made plans, but in the end didn't do anything about it I was too firmly in debt and glued to my treadmill and you know what Johnny? Unfortunately the regrets I had when I was 50 are the same ones. I have now that I'm 80 number one
[09:38] I regret the things I was afraid to do number two I regret the things I was afraid to try and number three. I regret the relationships I was afraid to pursue Yeah, for sure. Those are unmanly things to admit to people when you're 50, but when you're 80 who gives a s*** I figured I got one more chapter left in my life, even if it's a short one I'm gonna live it in Latin America. By the way, Johnny I was one of those Peace Corps characters in the 60s So I had been to three or four countries in Latin America and I loved it That was way back when you couldn't even make a phone call from your room You had to go down to the hotel desk So that's number one on my 80 year old bucket list of no regrets writing my last chapter from Latin America
[10:23] I started my plan B project last year The first step was to cut all the a-holes out of my life Best thing I ever did I'm not saying it doesn't hurt for a minute when you confront the negative jerks in your life and tell Them you're gonna cut them off socially and financially, but talk about a load of weight off your shoulders, man The guy who said you can't pick your relatives He got that right, but I am taking some heat Just the mention of abandoning California for Latin America irks some of the people around me. I agree. They should be pissed Oh, but what a bad father. I am what a shame my 240 something-year-old kids So have to stand on their own two feet. What a concept Though I'm not ungrateful at all for having been born in the US and living the good life when I was a young guy
[11:13] When I was in my 20s going to college getting on my feet myself The country wasn't perfect. Nothing's perfect people would talk about things They didn't like about certain politicians or they'd read about bad things in the paper But back then no one ever talked about the whole country going into the crapper that was inconceivable But now we're swirling around the bowl and going down the drain and all this make America great BS I was just looking at a Gallup work poll. Do you ever hear that one got it right in front of me? It says in 2018 Gallup took a poll of 30,000 people living in the US and Europe Asking them a number of questions about their work and how they felt about their jobs. Here's the results 13% of people 13% like their work and look forward to going to it and fully
[12:02] 80% of that 13% of those people who like their jobs were small business owners What does that tell you the overwhelming majority of people who like their jobs own their own businesses? And there's more news from the Gallup work poll. I'll read on it says fully 63% of people are doing what they call quote sleep working. Do you know what sleep working is Johnny? Well, they explain it as people who don't like their job They just tolerate it and in the minutes and hours before they're supposed to show up They think about how they'd rather be doing almost anything else. They just don't look forward to work. Then the poll says 24% of those 30,000 people polled say that though they hate their jobs
[12:49] They don't want to lose or quit that job fearing the next job could be even worse That means 87% of people don't like the thing they are stuck doing for 30 or 40 years of their lives Then it says 81% of the people polled don't like Sunday afternoons or Sunday nights It's called Sunday anxiety blues for most people. It starts around 3 in the afternoon It's because people realize subconsciously that the next day they'll be jumping on that treadmill again Johnny I was one of those guys However on the plus side I do have a pension of 2,500 bucks a month I hope that allows me to lead a decent life in Latin America because year after year I'm losing ground here in Southern, California
[13:35] I've heard you say on your show fifteen hundred to two thousand dollar a month for a single person would be just fine I'm gonna hold you to that Johnny. I'm also gonna sign up for your July seminar That is if you allow 80 year old guys to attend. I am in pretty good health I only take blood pressure pills You just have to let me know when I can sign up and how to do it Hope to see you this summer Mallory from Pasadena All right. Thanks for that Mal. By the way, I've had people of all ages attend my expat insider seminars youngest attendee 18-year-old guy he came alone, too My oldest attendee an 84 year old lady an injectable diabetic with a knee replacement She got around just fine and in fact loved the seminar so much
[14:22] She wants to come back as a repeat offender even though now she's 87 So Mal the age spread from my seminar is all over the map There've been plenty of 50 and 60 something's and plenty of 20 something's too By the way, this particular expat file show comes out on Sunday March 31st And by Monday the 1st of April you'll be able to see all the seminar information and sign-up sheet by going to www.thenewexpat.com and clicking on Johnny's seminar link So again, the next seminars in Central America Guatemala and El Salvador It starts Saturday July 6th and ends Thursday night July 11th, and if you're a working person coming down from the States You'll have Friday July 5th off as part of that long 4th of July weekend
[15:09] So Friday July 5th would be a great day No brainer day to fly in though a lot of people come in a couple of days before the seminar because they have certain things To do check out dentists positions insurance plans cars land Residency any number of things and of course our expat concierge ladies will help you with all that And if you plan on killing two birds with one stone that is coming to the seminar and applying for temporary or permanent Residency in Guatemala you'll have to stay another week right after the seminar to get all the paperwork in the Signatures done, but for full details and the answers to all your questions go to thenewexpat.com and click on Johnny's seminar link Oh, and don't forget if you sign up now, you'll get in on the early bird discount That should last another month or so and after that prices go up
[15:57] $500 a person so get in on the discounts now plus when you sign up you'll get a free one-hour Skype or phone Consultation with me. We'll talk about anything you need to talk about regarding the seminar your own plan be here Anything all right now this quick email from Sally She says Johnny in listening to your previous show analysis of cell phones in Latin America I have an idea of why those caravans are coming up through Mexico I noticed every time there's an on-the-spot report or a camera crew all the teenagers and adults in that caravan have a smartphone Yes, even dirt poor immigrants on the move who've abandoned their country and have given up everything have smartphones Johnny I'm not saying it's their fault. I'm saying it's one of the diseases of humanity that all
[16:44] luxuries soon enough become necessities that is luxuries become Necessities till they reach a point we can't live without them and some people will do heroic things For example pick up everything and leave their countries just to obtain things that didn't even exist a few years back Keep up the good fight Johnny Sally from New Brunswick Another Canuck hey there. All right now. Here's something cool. Wish I'd have thought of it I was talking to a couple of expat gringo mom-and-pop Hotel owners right on the beach and you know, it's a funny thing You can often distinguish if a gringo or a local Latino owns a mom-and-pop hotel or bar restaurant on the beach Because you see it's almost always the case the beachfront is much cleaner
[17:33] In fact, sometimes nicely manicured when a gringo European or expat owns it and when a Latino owns it Well, you know why they call it the third world right details details I mean like they're up so anyway Just recently I was sitting with a gringo buddy on the beach is a little restaurant owned by a gringo expat couple and on Either side there were properties businesses owned by Latinos But their beachfront was just as clean and manicured as the gringo site I thought hmm, that's unusual. I said how'd that happen last time? I was here yours was the only nicely manicured beach without any litter or trash and on either side How'd you get your Latino neighbors to fall in line? He said every other Sunday morning We got a clean the beachfront program going and the locals are really pitching in
[18:21] I said the locals really how long you think that's gonna last what's the incentive? He said? Oh, there's plenty of incentive You see we give a free drink to everyone who brings in a bag of beach litter. We hand out the bags They have to be our bags He said first week he had guys going home and emptying out their own garbage to get a free drink can't have that, you know He said we have to keep an eye out when it comes to giving out free stuff humans are sneaky You know, then I said good idea though. You might go broke He said now we got something like seven or eight gringo businesses in on this. So we rotate My turn for the free drinks is something like every two months. So no biggie besides He said almost all of them will have a beer you'd be surprised Johnny
[19:06] How many backpacking gringos and surfer gringo types get in on the action, too? I don't know if their motivations for a clean beach or free drinks Oh and you ask about going broke Well, the first two times we ran that thing man, we thought we were gonna go broke lots of trash came in too much Trash kind of scared me but after that the pickings weren't so easy and that's why the beaches looking so good Good news, right talk about gringo ingenuity You find out when you live in a third world culture and locals don't give a poop about their own environment You need real incentives basic incentives like free beer, which brings us to our next topic Nicaragua Man, do I get emails about Nicaragua people saying what the hell is happening over there? Yep I know lots of gringos and expats who've set up shop there in the past few years and a lot of gringos and expats
[19:57] Have come from Costa Rica because it's way too expensive and they say hey if I don't get the hell out now I'll never be able to afford this place with Nicaragua being the natural choice since it shares a border with Costa Rica You'll find if you're in Costa Rica There are tons of Nicaraguans there doing the menial tough and manual labor jobs And if you know any of them and talk to them They'll always tell you that Nicaragua is about 50% cheaper than living in Costa Rica and they're right now You longtime listeners know I've never been big on Nicaragua I never gave it the thumbs up simply because of this Sandinista problem Daniel Ortega is in charge And he's a well-known murderer communist psychopath dictator. Other than that. He's a pretty nice guy Oh, and don't forget he's a pedophile, too Which brings me to this email from Benjamin a previous expat insider seminar attendee who ended up living in Nicaragua
[20:50] He says Johnny. I've been living in Nicaragua for four years now the first couple years were great However, since gringos, especially gringos who don't speak Spanish rarely mix with the locals or another local politics You don't find out things until it's too late Like for example, I found out that something like 85% of the country are registered Sandinistas and even a couple of years back people would never say a bad word about Ortega And if you were another gringo Canadian or European brought up the Sandinista wars and connection if you were around local Nicaraguans you'd find yourself in a one-sided conversation with no one else contributing a thing It seemed awful strange that there was no general outspoken distrust for government Like you see in every other Latin country except for Venezuela and Cuba the Nicaraguans
[21:39] I know just completely avoid talking politics though one thing I'll give Ortega He made Nicaragua safe compared to rest of Central America There's almost no organized gang activity going on but because he has such tight-fisted control of the police in the military He'll never let go of power now I know why citizens can't own guns in Nicaragua used to think that was a good thing But not anymore The problem is Johnny when all of us gringos and expats move to Nicaragua whether it was from International Living magazine promoting it as one of the top Retirement destinations for gringos and expats or the fact that so many gringos and expats move from Costa Rica to Nicaragua Because it was so much cheaper
[22:24] The problem is nearly all of us gringos and expats move without knowing the basic history of the country like for example how in 1979 the Sandinistas came to power with the help and support of Jimmy Carter and they were communists of the most extreme faction In fact many kids and adolescents in Nicaragua carry the names of Soviet communist heroes history shows the Sandinistas killed more than a hundred thousand people from 1979 to 1990 then Reagan who was truly a flawed president to arm the Contras who ousted the Sandinistas Yet another sorted chapter in US history Unfortunately, the Contras did not hang the Sandinistas who'd done all the killing
[23:10] Because the new president be let that Chamorro had a daughter who was the Sandinista That contributed to the fact that most Sandinistas received amnesty Meanwhile Daniel Ortega continued governing the country without being actual president and in 2008 He took over again little by little he began exterminating farmers peasants and Protesters in the countryside at least these days the world is hearing about the students that are dying because of their protests So far in this round, there are a few hundred dead and many more injured and counting Which brings me back to one of the very first things Ortega did when he took over he disarmed the population Doesn't that sound familiar? Alright changing gears
[23:56] We've got some sad news for Canadians and why they definitely have to get that plan be going and get the hell out of dodge Or the Canadian version of Cleveland, whatever Let me paraphrase from this article I just came out entitled Canadian government will now begin tracking travelers to verify their status It starts out later this year Canada will start collecting data on every person leaving Canada by land or air in a bid to identify and track anyone from potential terrorists to Taxivators to snowbirds and people who lie about their residency to claim government benefits Then it says it is not known how many people they will catch in this net but both employment and social development departments and Canada revenue will have access to all this data and are expected to nab
[24:45] Thousands of Canadians who are outside of the country who are ineligible to receive government payments For example national health care benefits and private or public pensions Then it says and listen to this carefully Canadians of special interest here are Canadians who live part-time or full-time in such popular expatriate destinations as Mexico, Panama Ecuador, Costa Rica and Colombia then it says the Canadian Snowbird Association Didn't even know they had one has been following the exit control changes closely and warns its 100,000 members against breaking immigration laws by overstaying beyond the six-month limit and Risking the loss of their federal benefits such as old-age security national health care benefits and guaranteed income
[25:35] Supplements then it says Canadian border services agencies Do not currently collect exit information from commercial air carriers on travelers and for now only has access to u.s Records of foreign nationals and Canadian permanent residents arriving from Canada at land ports of entry This will change later this year. The new reporting scheme It says is a final phase of what's known as the entry exit initiative for Canada, which will allow Canadian officials to track 97 to 99 percent of all the outbound travelers leave the country by land and air the effort will be expanded soon To travel by rail and see they'll be collecting land exit data starting this summer Followed by air travel data by the end of the year what Canadian travelers don't seem to understand say immigration policy
[26:28] Analysts is that by being Canadian you're consenting to have all of your personal information donated to other countries such as the USA and Dozens of other countries due to the many information sharing agreements Canada has participated in Canadian officials in Ottawa are saying they'll be able to number one identify outbound travelers who are known risks number two Track visitors who overstay their visa and remain in Canada illegally number three Verified travel dates to assess applicable duties taxes and benefits for returning residents and number four Check if permanent residents returning to Canada have fulfilled their physical residency Requirements to maintain their status and still qualify for various benefits once fully implemented the law states that your personal information
[27:20] Will be retained by Canada for 15 years Surprised shouldn't be so what's to be said about that? Hey there. How's that plan B coming? You've been listening to the expat files living in Latin America If you need some help with your own plan B, you can schedule a one-on-one phone call with me But first download my free plan B questionnaire at www.thenewexpat.com Better yet if you want to get your plan B going from right up there in the states Just sign up for my 9-hour expat essentials course get the perfect plan B blueprint by going to the expat files.com Academy