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chuckie
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More good news! VISAS
It appears as if the price of Visas will go up, in the next few days. Prepaid visas that have been issued BUT NOT VALIDATED will be NULL AND VOID
with NO REFUNDS. So there ya go...
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DENNIS
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I'm waiting for the "life-time "PermRes status to expire.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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chuckie
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Maybe theres a message here somewhere? Visa price increase, ATM's wont give money, Gas prices going up .....Ayeeeee!
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danaeb
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Where does this "appear"? Can you provide a source?
Quote: Originally posted by chuckie  | | It appears as if the price of Visas will go up, in the next few days. Prepaid visas that have been issued BUT NOT VALIDATED will be NULL AND VOID
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msteve1014
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When I got my fmm on 12/29 the man showed me a memo stating that the price would be 500 pesos after 1/1/17. Don't know about the rest.
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bajaguy
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As long as your "card" expires before you do - Everything is good!!!
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chuckie
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TRUE DAT! Dennis's is so old its carved in stone...
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Udo
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There's got to be a joke in here somewhere!
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AKgringo
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A couple of years ago, the FMM cost approx $23 US. At today's exchange rate, it will cost $23.30. I did not see anything about the 'visa' that
chuckie is talking about!
I hope that doesn't make the 180 day FMM I got in November invalid.
[Edited on 1-4-2017 by AKgringo]
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chuckie
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The FMM is what I speak of...Your visa will be OK unless it has not been validated yet.....
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DENNIS
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The joke is expecting reliability in Mexico. 
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Sweetwater
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| Quote: Originally posted by msteve1014 | | When I got my fmm on 12/29 the man showed me a memo stating that the price would be 500 pesos after 1/1/17. Don't know about the rest.
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Mexico is getting nailed by the exchange rate which is showing at 21.53 p/USD today. That works out to be a bargain for 6 months of legal traveling or
visiting. I don't begrudge them at all, look at what the mogas prices are doing to them, it is even more difficult to live if you're paid in pesos.
Being a fiscal conservative, I hope I know the line that's crossed to become a real Scrooge and I don't want that to happen.
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chuckie
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Rationalize anyway you wish..Mexico (Baja) is getting more expensive and less friendly all the time..Crime, prices, paperwork...More and more
Gringolandias springing up, fishing in the crapper....
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DENNIS
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[rquote]=1062592&tid=85357&author=Sweetwater
Mexico is getting nailed by the exchange rate which is showing at 21.53 p/USD today. That works out to be a bargain for 6 months of legal traveling or
visiting. I don't begrudge them at all, look at what the mogas prices are doing to them, it is even more difficult to live if you're paid in pesos.
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"Pay To Play" is a slippery slope. I'm not sure it's a good policy to depend on tourism to pick up the slack for government fiscal mismanagement.
There is more than sufficient operating capital available in-country if only the government would refine and define their tax codes.
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[Edited on 1-4-2017 by DENNIS]
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sancho
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| Quote: Originally posted by chuckie | | Rationalize anyway you wish..Mexico (Baja) is getting more expensive and less friendly all the time..Crime, prices, paperwork...More and more
Gringolandias springing up, fishing in the crapper.... |
While there is still some left in the tank, hopefully enough
to last me, so. of the Border, it is difficult to argue with that statement, a little negative, but compared to 'back in the
day', when free blank fmt's were available at AAA offices, a bus
ride TJ/La Paz was $14, the small towns were just that, no golf
courses, few marinas, a little more wild and wooly, fly by the
seat of your pants, but for the $ of a visa, ( Mex Imm also uses that
term for an fmm),
I'll gladly pay
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Hook
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| Quote: Originally posted by chuckie | | Rationalize anyway you wish..Mexico (Baja) is getting more expensive and less friendly all the time..Crime, prices, paperwork...More and more
Gringolandias springing up, fishing in the crapper.... |
Just the opposite is true, in our area. The houses are quickly being bought by the Mexican rich and middle class, as gringos age and sell out, to be
closer to Medicare and their grandkids (who are afraid of Mexico).
Actually, your entire statement makes no sense. With all the negatives you purport, gringos would be LESS likely to retire here, rather than "more and
more Gringolandias springing up". The developments going in are designed for Mexicans, not gringos.
Of course, there are WAY more gringos on the Kansas Prairie, if you have an aversion to Gringolandia.
But I suppose the fishing for bluegill and catfish is still good. Meal worms and stink bait..........WHOO BOY!!! 
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chuckie
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Poor Hookie...Actually I now do most of my serious fishing out of Venice Louisiana... I don't see where I am "supporting" any negatives, just stating
facts...My "gringolandia" comment is my opinion. I cant/don't wish to live in a gated community in Mexico. In houses that look like they belong in the
USA...I am glad that these developments are being built for the Mexican RICH and middle class...But I don't believe it..I can see that you are more
familiar with our big prairies than I, so will yield to your expertise. ..
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John M
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FMM cost last week
We paid $41 American for two 180 day fmms at Chaparral on the 25th of Dec
Down from the $50 at Mexicali west six months ago
John M
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BigBearRider
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Do they have a way to check the FMM durations now?
I know you are supposed to return the FMM on your way north. For the first time, the nice official in Tecate told me so.
I've never had an issue when I have not returned the form. Will I?
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John M
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Returning a visa?
Who knows for certain?
We've been told at both Mexicali west and Chaparral that they do not take the expired 180 day version. In fact the two recent times we've gotten them,
the fmm fellow not only filled our new fmms out for us, but both times they gave us both the expired and new form as we left.
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