BajaNomad
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Tourist card payment possible at Tecate on Sunday?
Can anyone tell me if it's possible to make the bank payment for a tourist card at the Tecate crossing on Sundays? If so, is it throughout the time
the crossing there is open, or for a more limited time?
Thanks,
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David K
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Doug, from all that I have read here... only when the bank is open, regular bank hours.
Option: get the pre-paid cards at Discover Baja or International Gateway and have the customs stamp it, when you enter.
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mulegemichael
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You cannot pay for your tourist card at tecate on sunday as the bank is closed...we usually get our card anyway and pay for it down the road....never
any problems
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Michael, where do you pay for the card if not at the border? Thanks.
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David K
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Whenever I get the tourist card, the customs officer validates it (stamps it) AFTER I return the card from the bank, with the banks stamp on it.
Michael, is the slip you get on Sunday at Tecate already validated? Or, are you driving south with an unvalidated card until you get to a bank down
south? Then does it only have the bank stamp and not the INM stamp?
The whole thing is so questionable and unenforced until you get to the state border... and only on Hwy. 1 at the border.
[Edited on 12-19-2008 by David K]
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mulegemichael
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the customs officer always stamps it and tells us "no problema" and to pay for it later...always...we tried on a trip this last year to pay at three
banks further south and none of them hadda clue..really...and...on not one trip over all these years have i ever been asked for my tourist card, and
that includes at GN...funny how that works
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David K
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Wonderful, thanks for the inside scoop!
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bajaandy
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I just called International Gateway and they said they do not offer a card. Said they only have fishing licenses.
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David K
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Thanks Andy... I guess it's only Discover Baja, in San Diego County then?
I think Instant Mexico Auto Insurance once sold pre-paid cards (at San Ysidro)??? However, if Doug wants to cross at Tecate that would be quite a
detour south of Hwy. 94...
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