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FM card at Mexicali

gorgekiter - 12-7-2011 at 11:49 AM

Any ideas where the best place to get the travel card when crossing in Mexacali? We'll be headed south through Gonzaga Bay all the way to La Paz.

Thanks

sancho - 12-7-2011 at 11:56 AM

Depends on which crossing West/East this post
has good info, excellent map
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=55870#pid6642...

David K - 12-7-2011 at 12:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by sancho
Depends on which crossing West/East this post
has good info, excellent map
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=55870#pid6642...


That is excellent Sancho... Ken did a good job showing the INM office at the main Mexicali border.

Gorgekiter:
At the border is the only place in Mexico* to obtain the tourist card, look for the office with INM on it. You must have a valid passport!

* without violating the rules by driving too far south or staying too long in Mexico.

Getting it further south than the border could cost you a fee of up to $100 dollars. That is what happened to our amigo edm-1 when they arrived at Guerrero Negro with only one tourist card. His wife wasn't able to get one at the border because her passport was expired, so they took a gamble that they could get it at the checkpoint at the Eagle Monument near Guerrero Negro... they did, with the fine.

[Edited on 12-7-2011 by David K]