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Fine for not getting tourist card at border

Bielefeld - 2-3-2008 at 05:11 PM

Last week we crossed the border into Baja through Tecate. Since the border guys waved us right through, it was Saturday and the bank was closed, plus there was no parking for our trailer, we did not stop at the border.
You always can get your tourist card at Ensenada, right?
WRONG. :light:

They “fined” us 53 Pesos per person. There was a sheet at the immigration, stating this fine at the immigration booth. So it was not made up.

The funny part was, that they send us all the way into town, about 6 blocks, to pay the fee at the bank. After that we had to return for our Tourist card. The Tourist Card we could pay at the Bank teller right opposite the immigration counter. I guess the walk was the penalty and not the 5 Bucks.

So, no matter what, get your tourist card at the border, or be prepared to pay the fine and take a hike.

bajabound2005 - 2-3-2008 at 05:35 PM

This has been the "rule" for well over a year now.

DENNIS - 2-3-2008 at 06:54 PM

Yeah Biel..... That's the way it is. Don't try to make sense of it 'cause you can't. Consider it a lesson in flexibility. What you think you know really isn't what you hope it is.
On the other hand, perhaps it is if it isn't what you didn't want to hear or if it made no sense in the first place because it was of high importance to things which are really meanless to anybody who has the expections of accuracy in a reply that wasn't accurate or sensitive to your situation.

God bless you.

Sallysouth - 2-3-2008 at 08:31 PM

Geez Dennis,You are kinda funny today! :yes:

djh - 2-3-2008 at 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Yeah Biel..... That's the way it is. Don't try to make sense of it 'cause you can't. Consider it a lesson in flexibility. What you think you know really isn't what you hope it is.
On the other hand, perhaps it is if it isn't what you didn't want to hear or if it made no sense in the first place because it was of high importance to things which are really meanless to anybody who has the expections of accuracy in a reply that wasn't accurate or sensitive to your situation.

God bless you.

FUNNY????

Heck with that.... Dennis, you could run for OFFICE!!!!

:light:

Al G - 2-3-2008 at 08:41 PM

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Dennis is this an exercise??? :lol:

if so which muscle should I expect to wear out... :lol:

DENNIS - 2-3-2008 at 09:26 PM

Thanks Gene. I was wondering what I meant.

Jeezo...What a party.

msawin - 2-3-2008 at 10:18 PM

Does this mean I can't get this at the "ag" inspection at G.N. i'll be in default??? Its worked for years....

martin-o

Sallysouth - 2-3-2008 at 10:24 PM

Well, I guess that clears it all up then! I musta been under the knife when that thread was posted, as I would have remembered,gone thru the same s*** when I hitched a ride south and the "family" would not stop to let me get a visa.Yep it costs. You're still funny Dennis! :lol:

Bob and Susan - 2-4-2008 at 07:34 AM

the last i heard that in santa rosalia the fine was $20usa

Gadget - 2-4-2008 at 04:09 PM

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Kindred spirits we are Dennis. I talk like that all the time, it drives people nuts, huh? What fun!

Sallysouth - 2-4-2008 at 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
the last i heard that in santa rosalia the fine was $20usa

Mine was $50 US in Cabo, ouch!

marv sherrill - 2-4-2008 at 07:31 PM

Dennis - sounds like G. Bush explaining why we are in the mess we're in...

DENNIS - 2-4-2008 at 07:38 PM

Could be, Marv, but I don't think he knows that many words.

Sallysouth - 2-5-2008 at 12:15 AM

You are on a roll DENNIS! :bounce:

vandenberg - 2-5-2008 at 11:00 AM

And here I thought Gnukid had that category pretty much locked up.
Shows what I know. :no:

Cypress - 2-5-2008 at 04:05 PM

Guess they could have sent you back to the border to get one.

Bernardo - 2-8-2008 at 08:23 AM

You guys - stick to the thread.

Buy your tourist papers through Vagabundos - drive through Tecate - don't stop - get it stamped at Immigration wherever.

We finally got ours stamped in La Paz a week after arriving.

No sweat.

Of course, if you are stopping at or near the crime riddled city of Ensenada - who knows?

bajaguy - 2-8-2008 at 08:26 AM

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Originally posted by Bernardo
You guys - stick to the thread........
of course, if you are stopping at or near the crime riddled city of Ensenada - who knows?

Crime riddled?????

DENNIS - 2-8-2008 at 08:53 AM

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Originally posted by Bernardo
You guys - stick to the thread.

What fun is that? Nothing like a good hijacking to get your day started.

tripledigitken - 2-8-2008 at 09:29 AM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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Originally posted by Bernardo
You guys - stick to the thread.

What fun is that? Nothing like a good hijacking to get your day started.

Dennis,

Couldn't agree with you more. So what if threads take on new dimensions, what's the big deal? Real world conversations do the same thing.

Ken

durrelllrobert - 2-8-2008 at 10:35 AM

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Originally posted by bajabound2005
This has been the "rule" for well over a year now.

also need to have current FMT when you apply for FM3 and don't ever present letter from landlord stating you have rented here for 3 years or they can fine you 50 pesos/ day for every day you have been in MX without FMT :fire:

boe4fun - 2-8-2008 at 10:49 AM

The local ******** in Puerto San Carlos charged a friend of mine $200.00 per person (he and his girlfriend). This was after another buddy convinced him it was the right thing to do to turn himself in to the local authorities to obtain his visas. The Puerto San Carlos PD appear to be some of the biggest crooks in Baja Sur! :fire:

[Edited on 2-8-2008 by Hose A]

Phil S - 2-9-2008 at 08:38 AM

I don't understand why the "older fellow" in Ensenada is such a "butt" regarding 'accomodating' those that find it difficult to park at TJ to stamp their FM3's. Is there another office in Ensenada that actually "likes" gringo's??????

DENNIS - 2-9-2008 at 09:15 AM

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Originally posted by Phil S
I don't understand why the "older fellow" in Ensenada is such a "butt" regarding 'accomodating' those that find it difficult to park at TJ to stamp their FM3's. Is there another office in Ensenada that actually "likes" gringo's??????

It's the only Migracion office in Ensenada and the bad attitude is shared by most working there. They have a good size staff due to the cruise ships and all. For each ship that comes into port, a delegation of local migra will board the ship and do God knows what. It's the way it works.
I've talked at length with some of the agents and they seem to have the attitude that we as Americans deserve less than cordiality due to treatment some Mexicans receive in the states. It also reads well with many of the local Mexicans that they are being represented aggressively. We seem to share the responsibility for aggressive treatment to illegals in the states.
This is how it was aggressivly explained to me by a Migracion officer who, by his admission, had been an illegal car detailer in Los Angeles.

greybaby - 2-9-2008 at 09:37 AM

Have not lived in Baja since the fall of 2005 and only gone back to Ensenada twice since then. Our FM2s are expired and my husband has to go down this next week for a couple of days. Will cross at San Ysidro. When we crossed last June we didn't stop and didn't get stopped for a tourist card. We just went on a cruise in the Mexican Riviera and were actually in Mexico for 6 days - no tourist card required. Do all of you (who don't already live in Baja) stop for this for a weekend trip?

The Gull - 2-9-2008 at 09:38 AM

What exactly is an illegal car detailer in Los Angeles?

Do they work exclusively on illegal cars?

Apparently, there wasn't much call for detailing illegal cars if living around Ensenada is the alternative.