Does anyone know the normal length of time it takes to get residency once you have applied? The immigration office told me up to a year! but im sure they were just trying to annoy me....

Do it yourself by going directly to Belmopan. If you do it through San Pedro it will depend on how long your paperwork sits in someone's drawer (speaking from experience).

If i do it myself how long will it take?

It took us almost a year to a day and meant us calling and visiting Belmopan every month. That way our paperwork did not get "lost"

Immigration is SP gave me printed guidelines that says no more than 14 consecutive days, but when I asked the officer, he said no more 14 days total...

Do you know the name of the current Director?

Kerry,

You said residency didn't work out for you? why? what happened?