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David K
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Location: San Diego County
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Thanks for the update!
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Mango
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The first time I went to the Mexican mainland in 1996 I crossed in Mexicali and returned by TJ; I had to return my FMT.
The last few times I flew to DF, nobody collected it when I left.
Earlier this year I got a 180 day FMT in Jan 07 in Mexicali west and used it for multiple entries and exits(never checked by Mexican authorities, they
just took my money and gave me a FMT) My first one expired Jun 6th or so, and went to the same office to get a new one earlier this month.
I was a little worried about not turning my last one in; but, had no problem. Just paid the fee again and got another 180 days.
I have had a hard time getting a 180 day FMT when arriving by air. Once they only gave me 60 days and I had to, "renew" it in Guadalajara. It took
all day, trips to the bank, filling out forms, etc.. etc..etc..X 2000
In the end they just scratched over my 60 on the FMT with a pen, initialed it, and wrote 180. No stamp, no nothing! Had to pay the fee again and I
left thinking, "all day for that!? I could have done that myself in 30 seconds and nobody would ever known! (I don't recommend doing that though)
If they don't give you 180 days, just stammer, wait, refuse to leave and ask for 180 even if you have to fill out the form again or talk to their boss
and tell them how much money you will spend during your 180 days. It's the same cost, so try to get all you can for it.
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David K
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FM-T for land is not enforced like an FM-T for air travelers... FM-T for land is good for multiple returns to Mexico during the period it is valid
(180 days if that gets written in). People flying do not get to keep theirs... when they fly out of Mexico.
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joel
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I drove through TJ about a week ago around 11 PM and the immigration office seemed closed: locked, no lights. Anyone know the hours?
I went to the immigration office in Ensenada the next morning where they charge $6 per person for the paperwork, $5 per person/day fine for not
getting it in TJ and then the $23. It took an hour on top of it all.
Anyone have any experience of not getting one, then trying to fly out of Loreto? If not Loreto, another city? We're driving down and flying back and I
was worried that we'd run into a major problem at the airport in Loreto if we didn't have the FM-Ts.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
99 times out of a 100 you will get a red light when pulling a trailer. You're gonna have to stop regardless. |
Gonna call you on this one, senor. Do you have personal experience in this? Because I do, a lot of it, and I rarely get stopped, trailer or not. What
DOES guarantee I will get stopped is when I am pulling my 28X9.5 boat. 12,500 lbs of HUGE. THAT, they want to see, as in crawl all over it, ask me how
much it costs ... you get the picture.
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
Gonna call you on this one, senor. Do you have personal experience in this? |
Trying to recall when I didn't get stopped. 
I've been motioned to secondary even after getting a green light. If it's big and covered up they usually want to see what's in there.
Maybe it's your innocent face.
Odd...considering I've seen your face. 
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