Peace Corps paperwork – a daunting task!

In Guatemala, there’s a requirement that ex-pats (foreigners) must leave the country every 3 months – for at least 3 days. This is commonly referred as a “border run” among us.  In the past we’ve flown to Mexico City, the US or just crossed the border into Mexico to a town called Tapachula.

Last month we were due for another border run, plus we needed to get our PC medical/dental work done so we flew back to California.  We were blessed to be able to be squeezed into the very busy schedules of our doctors and dentist on such short notice!

In our PC applications, we had to fill out detailed medical history information and this formed the basis for the extensive medical/dental paperwork we needed to have filled out by our dentist, doctors and medical staff.  In all this, we needed to hunt down medical records from various doctors going back over 10 years – what a chore!

Finally, after all the paperwork was filled out, signed and collected, Leslie and I had to scan everything and upload it to our PC portal.  Whew!!