ligui
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Flying to Mexico with permanent residency
Hi everyone.
I'm going to book my next trip to Mexico. I was wondering how I do it and not be charged for a visitor visa since I do now have permanent residency
Thanks for your help
Ligui
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surabi
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You have to ask the customer service dept. of the airline- some do it differently than others. When I used to fly Alaska Airlines, they had forms at
the boarding gate you filled out and then within a few weeks there was a reimbursement for the tourist tax to my credit card. But with Westjet, I have
to phone them to make the booking, rather than do it online (altho I find the flight I want online first , of course) and they deduct the tourist tax
from the payment.
And with another airline, I had to send a copy of my permanent residency card to their refunds dept. after the flight to get reimbursed.
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Udo
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Just make SURE that you NEVER check anything that has to do with
TOURIST
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charliemanson
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Quote: Originally posted by surabi  | You have to ask the customer service dept. of the airline- some do it differently than others. When I used to fly Alaska Airlines, they had forms at
the boarding gate you filled out and then within a few weeks there was a reimbursement for the tourist tax to my credit card. But with Westjet, I have
to phone them to make the booking, rather than do it online (altho I find the flight I want online first , of course) and they deduct the tourist tax
from the payment.
And with another airline, I had to send a copy of my permanent residency card to their refunds dept. after the flight to get reimbursed.
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Not anymore as they have done away with all of that...a couple years back. They no longer charge for any tourist entry.
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surabi
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| Quote: Originally posted by charliemanson | | Quote: Originally posted by surabi | You have to ask the customer service dept. of the airline- some do it differently than others. When I used to fly Alaska Airlines, they had forms at
the boarding gate you filled out and then within a few weeks there was a reimbursement for the tourist tax to my credit card. But with Westjet, I have
to phone them to make the booking, rather than do it online (altho I find the flight I want online first , of course) and they deduct the tourist tax
from the payment.
And with another airline, I had to send a copy of my permanent residency card to their refunds dept. after the flight to get reimbursed.
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Not anymore as they have done away with all of that...a couple years back. They no longer charge for any tourist entry. |
They certainly do. The flight I took from Canada to Mexico in Sept. had tourist tax added to the cost of the flight. Where did you get the idea that
Mexico no longer charges tourist tax?
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Santiago
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Also, you must enter Mex thru the citizen (national) gate, not the tourist. I made that mistake once and was politely but firmly re-routed.
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surabi
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No, that isn't a "must", that's just what happened to you at one airport with one agent on one day. I go through the non-citizen line at the Puerto
Vallarta airport all the time and no immigration officer has ever directed me to do otherwise.
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| Quote: Originally posted by surabi | | No, that isn't a "must", that's just what happened to you at one airport with one agent on one day. I go through the non-citizen line at the Puerto
Vallarta airport all the time and no immigration officer has ever directed me to do otherwise. |
I was not clear, I do the same thing because SWMBO does not have a Permanent Residence card. I happened to show the card one time and I was directed
to the other line. Do you show them your card in PVR?
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surabi
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Yes, of course. How would they know to check me through as permanente otherwise?
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