JZ
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Boat TIP
Is it worth trying to do it online, or should I just do it at the border. I had a quick look at the site and it seems it's all in Spanish.
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bajabuddha
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WTF.... over?
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
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CaboSur
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
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HUH?? say that again with a little more description please
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I think, if you look, you will find a button to click that turns the TIP site into English. You can not do the TIP at the border as that part of the
government does not have an office there. Since they send you the sticker and info by DHL or other carrier, it is in your best interest to do it
while stateside.
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chatolj
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tip
there is an import office very close to the otay mesa border crossing. cross the border and look for a large antenna to your right about a mile away.
bring orig paperwork and a copy for EVERYTHING, motor serial numbers if not crossing with boat.
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Tbone
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| Quote: | Originally posted by JZ
Is it worth trying to do it online, or should I just do it at the border. I had a quick look at the site and it seems it's all in Spanish.
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How can you not?
Mas Pacifico
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Alan
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If you are in the La Paz area it takes about 5 minutes out at Pichilingue. Don't need the boat, just paperwork and engine serial number.
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SlyOnce
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I did mine on line and in English. Even so a few parts were in Spanglish, but I had no trouble, paid with a credit card, and the paperwork and
stickers came in about a week.
Remember, if fishing, you need:
TIP
Tourist Visa
MX Fishing license for everyone on board.
US FCC licenses for every VHF radio on board.
My novia is a MX national, I've never been clear if she needs a MX fishing license. In any case she doesn't have one and we've never had an issue.
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Martyman
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SlyOnce
US FCC licenses for every VHF radio on board.
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I've got all the rest of the paperwork except for the VHF thingy. Do we really need this? Has anyone been asked for it?
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JZ
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pescador
I think, if you look, you will find a button to click that turns the TIP site into English. You can not do the TIP at the border as that part of the
government does not have an office there. Since they send you the sticker and info by DHL or other carrier, it is in your best interest to do it
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Yeah, I found the English location: https://www.banjercito.com.mx/registroVehiculos
I started doing it last night and I got kicked out at stage 4 of 6. Not sure if I was too slow finding stuff or not. Will try again today.
Btw, unless they changed things you could always get the TIP at the border. At least in Nogales.
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willardguy
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US FCC licenses for every VHF radio on board. 
hey those were all the rage, back in the 80's!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Alan
If you are in the La Paz area it takes about 5 minutes out at Pichilingue. Don't need the boat, just paperwork and engine serial number.
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X2, easy peasy. Just the paperwork (multiple copies of everything including your immigration paperwork, passport, Coast Guard Documentation etc.) and
whatever the fee was, I forget but it wasn't much. You need boat hull number and engine serial numbers. Nothing said about radio license, don't have
one, didn't need one. I've never heard of anybody having one down here...
[Edited on 11-7-2014 by dtbushpilot]
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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Alan
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FCC discontinued VHF licensing sometime in the 80's
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SlyOnce
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Just for the record, I don't carry FCC licenses. I am on a sailboat, so I'm not a target of interest for the MX Navy regarding fishing at least here
out of San Diego. I've never been asked for any paperwork. I did get stopped by the MX Navy once.
MX Navy, while pointing 50 cal machine gun at me - what are you doing here, where are you going? Very serious young LT. All the kids holding AK 47s
pointed at me.
Me - I'm anchored here at South Coronado Island, I'm bound from Ensenada to San Diego, I stopped here because I was tired. I will go the rest of the
way tomorrow.
MX Navy, putting guns away "OK, just call us on the radio if you need anything."
Next day I was about 1/2 way back, they came by and waved.
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Martyman
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So Sly... Why did you say that about the VHF licenses? Are you just messin' with us?
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SlyOnce
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I am an avid member of Bloody Decks, now called BDOutdoors, and they have a sticky thread on this, and they say you need the FCC licenses.
I don't have them, I do have a TIP. I don't have an FMT. I do have a MX national novia with no license nor would she ever touch a fish.
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Jack Swords
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Just to be clear, FCC licenses for marine VHF radios no longer are needed for boats operating domestically. However
"Ships are considered as operating domestically when they do not travel to foreign ports or do not transmit radio communications to foreign stations.
Sailing in international waters is permitted, so long as the previous conditions are met. If you travel to a foreign port (e.g., Canada, Mexico,
Bahamas, British Virgin Islands), a license is required. Additionally, if you travel to a foreign port, you are required to have an operator permit."
Don't know who enforces it in Mexico. We have picked up 2 TIPS in the past 16 years for our boat (one expired) and were not asked about radio
licenses.
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