deportes - 10-9-2018 at 08:04 AM
I am planning on taking my ten year old Yorkie female down to Mexico to get fixed, how far into Mexico can I drive legally without anything other than
my passport and Allstate insurance. No visa etc. for a couple of days to a week. What dog papers are needed. Thanks.
David K - 10-9-2018 at 08:26 AM
All travel into Mexico is supposed to have a tourist card (FMM), which is not technically a visa. You need your passport to get it. You park at the
border crossing and walk into the first building inside Mexico for the INM desk. 7 days is free and 180 days is about US$29.
Call Allstate to see what their coverage is. I believe that liability must be obtained from a Mexican company. BajaBound.com is easy and all online.
Your dog needs proof of rabies vaccination and an international health certificate obtained within a week of your trip. Double check on that.
[Edited on 10-9-2018 by David K]
sancho - 10-9-2018 at 09:22 AM
My US insurance, the collision part full coverage, would cover
me quite a ways into Baja, but as DK points out, there is no US
Ins policy that includes Mex Liability to my knowledge, that must
be purchased separately. While my US policy would pay to fix
the vehicle in case of an incident in Baja, they told me I would
have to pay to get it towed back across the border to the US,
that sounded like a real cluster not to mention $
Doggie papers
John M - 10-9-2018 at 11:58 AM
We've taken our dog on many trips. We've never been questioned going into Baja. However, it seems that there is some sort of police enforcement action
in Tecate if you go that way - my recollection of the issue posted here on NOMAD is the dog needs to be restrained or in some sort of travel
crate/kennel and not just loose in the car.
We believe the re-entry to the US requires a health certificate - we got one the first time we took the dog, but in the dozens of times crossing back
into the US we've never been asked. Even those few times we were directed to secondary we did not have any questions about the dog.
We do make sure she has all of her shots and we do take the shot record with us.
John M
AKgringo - 10-9-2018 at 01:02 PM
In 2014, I was asked for proof of vaccination by the US agent at Tecate. I had a health certificate, but he did not want to see it.
55steve - 10-9-2018 at 02:09 PM
Just returned about 8 days ago with 6 rescue dogs from San Quintin - they were caged in the back seat of my truck. We had a complete booklet for each
pup with all their vaccinations but all they wanted to see at the Tecate crossing was the rabies cert.
[Edited on 10-9-2018 by 55steve]
BajaBlanca - 10-9-2018 at 06:35 PM
Boy! In Punta Abreojos today, 2 vets are sterilizing females dogs for $350 pesos and male dogs for $200 pesos.
Pretty cool.