CaboSako
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Obtaining FM3 at Mexican Consulate in US
I've heard in the past you were able to go into the Mexican consulate and obtain an FM3 the same day. Is that still possible?
I need one for my 4y/o and the Cabo office is fining me $300usd because his last tourist visa expired 3 months ago.
Back in San Diego for a week and have not been able to get a st8 answer from the SD consulate over the phone.
Any 411 is much appreciated. 
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I tried in San Diego, Calexico, and Yuma, Az with no luck.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboSako
I've heard in the past you were able to go into the Mexican consulate and obtain an FM3 the same day. Is that still possible?
I need one for my 4y/o and the Cabo office is fining me $300usd because his last tourist visa expired 3 months ago.
Back in San Diego for a week and have not been able to get a st8 answer from the SD consulate over the phone.
Any 411 is much appreciated.
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If your 4y/o is with you why don't you just cross the boarder and get a new tourist visa? Or perhaps I don't undestand-did your 4y/o's tourist visa
expire or did a fm3 expire? At any rate, it is my experience that the Mexican consulate cannot help.
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CaboSako
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School is asking for an FM3. When we applied for it in Cabo, we didn't realize his visa was expired. Otherwise, we would have crossed the border and
returned with a new visa.
They've stopped the process until we pay the fine. I was planning on getting the FM3 processed in SD on our visit here.
I guess plan b is to get the tourist visa and re-apply in Cabo...maybe they won't remember or realize we have a pending file with them (fingers
crossed).
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bajajudy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboSako
maybe they won't remember or realize we have a pending file with them (fingers crossed). |
I would not count on that. They have computers now!
I understand not wanting to pay that big of a fine but remember that these are the people you will be dealing with every year so dont pi$$ them off.
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Kids have to be squared away with immigration in order to attend school?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Kids have to be squared away with immigration in order to attend school? |
Good one Dennis 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboSako
School is asking for an FM3. When we applied for it in Cabo, we didn't realize his visa was expired. Otherwise, we would have crossed the border and
returned with a new visa. |
I still don't understand. His FM3 expired or his tourist visa?
A $300 fine seems excessive for an FM3 and there is no fine on an expired FMN. There might be some miscommunication.......or perhaps someone in
Mexico is looking to make a buck. I know someone in the Cabo immigration office who might be able to help you. Send me a PM if you want more
information.
[Edited on 9-27-2010 by oxxo]
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CaboSako
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Sorry, his tourist visa expired. We never got him an fm3, since we would visit family in the states every 6 months. We had the gamut of FMs. FM3 for
me, FM2 for wifey, FMt for 4 y/o, and a Mexican born 2 y/o (I'm the father, he was just born in Mexico  ) . And of course the renewal dates are all different, so we're constantly renewing something lol. Still need to go to
La Paz to get a Mexican passport for my 2 y/o, but that's another story.
Oxxo, thanks. Pm on the way.
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NOT ANY MORE...
FM3's have to be obtained in-country (Mexico) at the INM office representing where you intend to reside.
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krafty
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We did get our FM-3 in SD but had to wait 24 hrs. for processing
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| Quote: | Originally posted by krafty
We did get our FM-3 in SD but had to wait 24 hrs. for processing |
How long ago was that? Recently?
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When I originally tried to get an FM3 at a Mexican Consulate in the US, it was a circus and I didn't get one until I got down to San Felipe.
I first called the consulate in Las Vegas(my home state is Nevada) and got the information of what was required for an FM3. Due to the Mexican
Consulate in Sacramento being closer to my residence, I went to Sacramento with the required paperwork. They told me the paperwork was all wrong and
did not give me an FM3. I guess the Sacramento and Las Vegas consulates are on
different wave lengths.
I then waited till I got to Baja, paid my couple of bucks additional to a service and got my FM3 in San Felipe. 
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SaKo
Even if you obtain the FM3 in the US, it has to be registered with the immigration in Cabo in order to be valid.Almost the same process as if you got
the original in Cabo to start with......and I don't think their memory is that short. I would try and negotiate the fine down
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krafty
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No, a couple of years ago.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
NOT ANY MORE...
FM3's have to be obtained in-country (Mexico) at the INM office representing where you intend to reside. |
I am just now getting my FM3 renewed and tried to get it in San Diego and was told the same as DavidE, no more visas issued out of country. A few
freinds were lucky enough to get theirs renewed in San Diego but I missed out. Good luck with yours.
Larry
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