monoloco
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It says 308 PESOS if you stay longer
than 7 days. I thought they called that an FMT. I think that the ch. 10 news reporter's name who wrote this is Rip Van Winkle.
[Edited on 11-14-2014 by monoloco]
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BooJumMan
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Ha I deleted my original post. I was reading the article on the phone and didn't see that it was $300 IN PESOS not dollars... Sorry, long day! 
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No reason to delete, everyone here steps on their own once in a while. That article is a bit wacky, one needs to pay the fmm fee
if involved in paid work? What? The writer should do a little
research and obviously doesn't go SOB
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BooJumMan
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Just thought I'd try to stop any confusion... That is really funny though. It is amazing how many people just move here to San Diego and have no clue
what it's like SOB. They think its just TJ and Cabo. Oh well. More open places for us I guess... 
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Americans in Baja need papers but the illegals in the US want amnesty.
I think they butter their bread on both sides.
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David K
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The $ symbol is used for pesos as well as dollars...
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bajabuddha
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Actually, the $ symbol is pesos in Mexico. The dollar is represented by 2 ll's through the S, as in 'doLLares'..... I learned that the hard way years
back when attempting to sell something. I wanted X amount in dollars, only put one bar through the S ($) and somebody thought they were getting a
REAL good deal.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
Actually, the $ symbol is pesos in Mexico. The dollar is represented by 2 ll's through the S, as in 'doLLares'..... I learned that the hard way years
back when attempting to sell something. I wanted X amount in dollars, only put one bar through the S ($) and somebody thought they were getting a
REAL good deal.
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I agree with you, but our keyboard only offers this one: $
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This is on the newspapers today in TJ:
http://www.frontera.info/EdicionEnLinea/Notas/Noticias/14112...
http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticias/1/3/estat...
http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/informacion/noticias/1/3/estat...
The City Mayor, the Chamber of Commerce as well as the Tourism and Conventions Committee of Tijuana are all against the $306.00 pesos fee for tourists
planning to stay in Mexico over 7 days (its only $6.00 dlls. for Mexicans entering US for that same time period) Even if you only plan to cross into
Mexico to dine you will need to fill out a form stating the purpose and length of your visit to Mexico. TJ representatives say this measure will be a
deterrent to tourism and flow of dollars into the local, state and peninsula economy which is strongly needed. This fee originally was to be payed by
tourists entering the country by plane or cruise ship and now it may be applied to pedestrian traffic as well. At the moment its only a "pilot"
program only applied at Otay Mesa crossing but eventually it will be all along the US-Mex border. It backfired on them a couple a years ago when
applied to cruise ships visiting Ensenada for the day, the tourism industry started to collapse so the city representatives got on it and made the
government eliminate the taxation for cruise ships visiting for the day.... It happens every where: another scheme to tax who ever, where ever, what
ever the government can...
[Edited on 11-14-2014 by carlosg]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by carlosg
It happens every where: another scheme to tax who ever, where ever, what ever the government can...
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most government agencies have become fee for service. it's not a tax, it's a fee.
i suppose it costs a good amount to run an immigration agency, and fees seem appropriate.
did you know the USA charges a minimum of $160 US dollars to simply apply for a visa to enter USA? and if you get rejected for visa, they keep the
$$.
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It seems like the only change to the current policy is to make sure that people actually do what they have been required to do for quite some time.
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Mex Imm policy is very accommodating to tourists,they could make it a lot more difficult, $$$. With that, there are BN's who flaunt
the fmm requirements, bring all their camping gear, food ,gas
down, camp on a free beach, and somehow believe they
have that given right and are contributing to the Mex
economy
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
Mex Imm policy is very accommodating to tourists,they could make it a lot more difficult, $$$. With that, there are BN's who flaunt
the fmm requirements, bring all their camping gear, food ,gas
down, camp on a free beach, and somehow believe they
have that given right and are contributing to the Mex
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Now they're probably bringing jerry cans of cheap NOB gas with them too.
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