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Alm
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How many Gringos really do take the time and effort?
I was there about 10 minutes and was the only applicant in sight.
Lots of US cars were pushing across, no one else ws stopping to make the effort.
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Has been like this for as long as I remember ... This is why they do those FMM checks on the highways, though very occasionally. I think last time it
was on at San Felipe-ish a year ago? Some already have 180 days FMM that hasn't expired. Imagine the lines at the counter if all gringos were
following the rules 
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Alm
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| Quote: Originally posted by Ateo | Just throwing it out there for the few that might like this option:
Do your FMM online. Pay it online.
Only problem is you still have to stop and get it stamped somewhere.
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Yes. Takes a bit of time with pages loading slowly, and every year they change something, making it less user-friendly, don't remember what it was
the last time. Though it helps doing it in comfort of your home.
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lencho
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Couldn't be worse than any international airport when a flight comes in...
(Cancún International last year)
"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is, by how stupid he thinks I
am."
"...they were careful of their demeanor that they not be thought to have opinions on what they heard for like most men skilled at their work they
were scornful of any least suggestion of knowing anything not learned at first hand."
Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
"Be kind, be patient, help others." -- Isabel Allende
"My gas stove identifies as electric." Anonymous
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thebajarunner
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Go back and read my previous post
| Quote: Originally posted by Alm | | Quote: Originally posted by Ateo | Just throwing it out there for the few that might like this option:
Do your FMM online. Pay it online.
Only problem is you still have to stop and get it stamped somewhere.
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Yes. Takes a bit of time with pages loading slowly, and every year they change something, making it less user-friendly, don't remember what it was
the last time. Though it helps doing it in comfort of your home. |
You no longer have to physically fill in anything, not even your own signature.
Just stand in line and when you get to the agent your card/passport is scanned and the little printer spits it out
I got asked two questions
How long?
where headed?
It is not the process it is just eh hassle of getting into and out of the office and the lines.
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David K
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Of the many trips I made to INM at the border (Tijuana, Tecate, Mexicali West), I have never had lines to wait my turn at... Lucky, I guess.
And yes, dozens of U.S. plated vehicles stream by without stopping. After all, they may not read the Internet to learn of the horrors that await them
if caught (lol)! Sure, some may already have an active FMM from the previous trip... but I bet not a lot!
They may just revert to the 'not needed in Baja California' rule or 'one week is okay without' that many have heard by the border officials...?
In any case, thanks Dick for the report and I hope all Nomads share their INM/ FMM experiences.
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AKgringo
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My last FMM was issued at Mexicali West in late December this year. I drove through the gates, turned left and parked by the Immigration building
about fifty yards away.
I walked through the building to the front, got my form filled out and stamped by the agent, paid and left for points south. There was no one else
there and my total time from crossing into Baja to negotiating Mexicali traffic was 15 minutes or so, 20 at the most.
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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Ateo
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| Quote: Originally posted by thebajarunner | First off...
Went into the border office at TJ/SY crossing to get a new FMM
Totally different process, I was really surprised
Yeah, you have to go through the line with all the new (and mostly Mexican) arrivals.
But when you get to the desk you hand over you passport or card and it gets
scanned
Two questions asked verbally,
How long are you staying and where are you headed?
Then the rather clunky looking printer under the counter (with a few knuckle raps from the officer) and bang!!! You get handed a fresh FMM
Next customer!!
No more standing at the counter in the back and trying to fit your answers into the lines, no more to do, just gracias and out the door.
Milagro!!
Second....
How many Gringos really do take the time and effort?
I was there about 10 minutes and was the only applicant in sight.
Lots of US cars were pushing across, no one else ws stopping to make the effort.
Final comment...
They still refuse to give my little bride a card.
Born in Jalisco?
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I didn't see this process happening at the TJ airport last week. Hopefully soon!
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