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Smithpartyof5
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Tourist Cards
If I am traveling for 10 days do I need to get a tourist card? If so, where do I get it and cost?
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Don Pisto
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575 pesos (about 27 bucks) where are you crossing?
there's only two things in life but I forget what they are........
John Hiatt
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Smithpartyof5
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Per person????
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Don Pisto
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yeah.......you can pass on the whole thing but folks here will lose their mind
there's only two things in life but I forget what they are........
John Hiatt
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David K
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Mexico asks that every non-Mexican land traveler be legal and obtain the FMM (Tourist Card). You must have a valid passport with you that won't expire
for over 180 days, as the maximum period of an FMM is 180 days.
You obtain it by pulling over at the first building (often in the 'Something to Declare' area) inside Mexico. Go to the INM desk (migracion). Fill it
out, pay the fee, and have it stamped. That's it, 10-20 minutes tops, depending if there's a line.
That FMM is good for up to 180 days for one or more trips by land during that period. If for less than 7 days, it is free (but you may be asked to
return it to prove you are leaving within the 7 days).
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mtgoat666
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Request a 7-day card, which is free, then you are only illegal after day 7...
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
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gallesram
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You can also fill out the form & pay online. Here's a link to the site:
https://www.inm.gob.mx/fmme/publico/solicitud.html
If your trip is 7 days or less, there's no fee and you can print the tourist card immediately.
If your trip is more than 7 days, the site will take you to Banjercito where you can pay online; after you pay, you get transferred back to the site
& then you can print the tourist card.
Be sure to print the Banjercito receipt which shows that you paid; sometimes the immigration officer will ask for it, sometimes they won't. Easier to
have it with you and avoid a hassle than try to argue that you paid, why do you need the receipt, etc.
Remember that you still need to have the form processed and stamped when you enter the country. Just because you printed the form and paid for it
doesn't end the process; you still need the final step in order to be "legal" (whether or not you had to pay for the permit).
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Smithpartyof5
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thank you for that information
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eguillermo
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Definitely good information!
When you use that online form, is it absolutely required to provide a date of entry, and enter only on that date?
I saw a post here where someone described a light hassle at the border because the date on a prepaid FMM was not the exact date of entry; conversely,
Discover Baja club told me that any date *after* the date on the form would be fine.
Minutia I know  . But anything that would hold one up in Mexicali one extra minute
is to be strenuously avoided IMO.
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geoffff
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Curious about this too. This is why I've never tried the online form. I never know exactly when I'll make it to the border.
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AKgringo
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You still have to go inside and get the FMM stamped, so there is no saving of time. The last two I have gotten from Mexicali West, I paid the agent
who filled them out for me and then stamped them, with no need to find the bank (which I believe is in the same building)
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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bike4mee
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I filled out the online form and then it directed me to the bank site. I paid and got a receipt. Now it won't let me back to the card site saying
"processing" So I hope they will just start a new FMN and honor the paid receipt when I stop at the border. Few hassles as possible. I hope
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David K
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Folks, just get the FMM at the border... it isn't any extra hassle because you have to stop there anyway to validate the online one.
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MulegeAL
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Smithp,
You need valid FMM and passport for your mandatory Mex auto/vehicle insurance to be valid too! Have a great trip!
[Edited on 2-4-2021 by MulegeAL]
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Lexusallterrain
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If I get my tourist card at Ensenada which is easier and more relaxing to stop by, how much more do I have to pay...
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BajaMama
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Quote: Originally posted by MulegeAL  | Smithp,
You need valid FMM and passport for your mandatory Mex auto/vehicle insurance to be valid too! Have a great trip!
[Edited on 2-4-2021 by MulegeAL] |
I have heard this debated for some time - is the final answer that you do need the passport/FMM?
Personally I'm not worried, I always get my FMM, I'm just curious!
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s/v Ola Chica
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Input re: Insurance
| Quote: Originally posted by BajaMama | | Quote: Originally posted by MulegeAL | Smithp,
You need valid FMM and passport for your mandatory Mex auto/vehicle insurance to be valid too! Have a great trip!
[Edited on 2-4-2021 by MulegeAL] |
I have heard this debated for some time - is the final answer that you do need the passport/FMM?
Personally I'm not worried, I always get my FMM, I'm just curious! |
My yearly policy requires proper immigration documentation in order to be valid, period. I suppose it may come down to the specific provider, but that
would be mere supposition.
If this applies to you, it would preclude obtaining the FMM in Ensenada, whether or not it is more convenient...if you like being insured, that is.
Regardless, forego proper documentation at your own peril. Remember: the day you need it, will be the day you chose not to bother.
"Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, rather than a long life spent in a miserable way."
-Alan Watts
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David K
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The owner of Baja Bound Insurance (the sponsor of Baja Nomad) asked the Mexican company insurance company point blank about this and the answer was
NO, they do NOT consider immigration status when there is a claim. That said, every non-Mexican should honor the nation's law and obtain the correct
papers for their time in Mexico.
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sancho
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | The owner of Baja Bound Insurance (the sponsor of Baja Nomad) asked the Mexican company insurance company point blank about this and the answer was
NO, they do NOT consider immigration status when there is a claim |
Bajabound, if I recall, sells policies that are written by Chubb
and HDI. As you know there are several other Mex Co's that
sell auto tourist policies. So without contacting each of the other
Mex Co's about Mex Immigration status of their clients, that
leaves the question open as to the absolute need for proper
Immigration status of the policy holder. Bajabound can only
report what their 2 Mex Ins Co's tell them. Recently read of
someone contacting their Mex Ins Co, not purchased thru
bajabound, who said to the
contrary that their policy is invalid without proper Imm
papers. I get my policies thru bajabound
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David K
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When I say "they" I was referring to the policy sold by Baja Bound (also Discover Baja sells for the same company)... In any case it is a moot point
as none of us would travel into Mexico without the legal paperwork, r-i-g-h-t ??? LOL
Have a nice weekend!
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