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gnukid
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Some people are reporting recieving an email that their residente permanente card is now ready for pickup.
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by gnukid
Some people are reporting recieving an email that their residente permanente card is now ready for pickup. |
Would these be the people that applied in the second week of November, when the new rules kicked in?
I assume my Temporal will be ready some time this next week when the offices re-open. It will be interesting to see when my wife's Permanente is
ready.
[Edited on 1-7-2013 by Hook]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
| Quote: | Originally posted by gnukid
Some people are reporting recieving an email that their residente permanente card is now ready for pickup. |
Would these be the people that applied in the second week of November, when the new rules kicked in?
I assume my Temporal will be ready some time this next week when the offices re-open. It will be interesting to see when my wife's Permanente is
ready.
[Edited on 1-7-2013 by Hook] |
A friend applied for his R/T in CSL on Tuesday Nov 20th...INM was closed on Monday for Día de la Revolución. Due to his work schedule he had to leave
so he was required to pay 320 pesos to get out of the country. He came back on Dec 7th and went to INM. They took his finger prints then told him
"we will scan & email this to Mexico City." Again he had to pay 320 pesos to get out of the country.
He came back on X-mas day. By this time he was so irritated with INM for having to pay 640 pesos to leave the country twice he decided to fill out a
"Tourist Form" (or what ever they are calling it now) and save the exit letter he had. He said he was one of the last people in line so he had time
to talk with the airport INM agent. He told the agent his long story and showed him the Tourist Form and his get out of the country letter. He said
the agent looked at the computer then quietly said "I understand your problem but legally you need to use the letter". My friend torn up the Tourist
Form then asked the agent to throw it away.
Fast forward to Jan 4th. He goes to INM. Believe it or not INM had someone working for "emergencies"...like letters to get out of the country. Lo
and behold his R/T was ready. He renewed it for three years however his expiration date read 31/12/2012.
Yes, INM got it wrong! When he showed it to them the agent said "We will have to send it back to Mexico City." My friend was ready to kill someone.
He was thinking he would paying an other 320 pesos. No, not this time...they gave him a temporary visa so he could come and go as many times as he
need to while INM works on getting his R/T reissued.
He was so mad...they screwed him out of 640 pesos! Nothing he could do.
To Be Continued...
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UnoMas
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Hope this is true. Been waiting seven weeks for our R/P so far!
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Hook
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Just great. We are scheduled to leave the country in about 2 weeks.
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Hook
We have already changed plane tickets and extended our stay a month longer than intended.
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Hook
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I just realized that it's the departure by plane that is causing you the grief.
We will be leaving by car, to then fly out of Phoenix. It SHOULDNT be an issue. My wife, who is the one waiting for an R/P, has a temp that works at
land crossings. Or so we were told by the INM agent.
I hope to get my R/T this week.
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Hook
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Back from INM Guaymas, as our computer login said both of us should come to the office.
Wife is still an indeterminate amount of time away from the R/P. She will then have to go to HERMOSILLO to obtain the R/P. It can only be issued at
regional INM offices.
I was fingerprinted today and my previously turned in photos were attached to another sheet. In the past, they could then issue an FM3 at this point,
while I waited. Not now, I still have another 10 days to wait and I will receive an email telling me to come in, pay for it and pick up the new one.
So, it appears that the MINIMUM number of trips to an INM office to get a R/T is four (assuming you DIY, instead of hiring someone). An FM3 used to be
able to be completed in two trips.
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Guess we were too optumistic that this was going to be better. 4 trips to the city and waiting times. Maybe time to let someone else do it this time
around. Skip the agrevation, fuell and time.
The grass is always greener....
and so, there is always a better spot in Baja
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UnoMas
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They tell us we can get a two month temporary visa but would have to return when the papers are ready to pick them up or they all go in the trash and
start from year one. That means $1500.00 in airfare to return plus expences
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I have been quoted just under $750dllrs to process my status to a permanent (I'm a Prorroga 4). Given that the government fee is in the $320 range,
this seems a little steep. Of course, I only have to go one time when it's completed, everything else is by mail. Anyone else use a fixer for this
transaction?
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
I have been quoted just under $750dllrs to process my status to a permanent (I'm a Prorroga 4). Given that the government fee is in the $320 range,
this seems a little steep. Of course, I only have to go one time when it's completed, everything else is by mail. Anyone else use a fixer for this
transaction? |
I believe the cost is 4850 pesos plus a 1000 application fee for around 5850. Divided by 12.8 is 457.00 or so. Not too bad, depending on your level of
Spanish, your proximity to the INM office AND THE ASSURANCE THAT THAT 750.00US INCLUDES ALL INM RELATED FEES.
EDIT: Actually, that's more than I would spend on it. I'd DIY for a three hundred dollar savings. But I am only about 20 minutes away from an office
and a Banamex right across the street.
I think Dennis got quoted 600.00 total.
[Edited on 1-7-2013 by Hook]
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On a good note I thought the R/P application process was easier than the FM-3, only wanted 2 months financial and no utility bill, all else was the
same. I always do mine myself as it isn't that difficult. As long as you take what they want nothing to it.
My only problem now is the waiting game for the new process. They only been working on implementing it for two years and no one knows what is going
on...yet
[Edited on 1-8-2013 by UnoMas]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by UnoMas
On a good note I thought the R/P application process was easier than the FM-3, only wanted 2yrs financial |
Is that 2 months or as you say, years?
I had to give six months
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Hook
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And my wife, who has been on an FM3/NI lucrativo for four years had to give NO FINANCIAL PAPERS AT ALL. A wage earner in Mexico. Go figure.
BTW, I was wrong about the cost of the R/P. It's 1000 pesos plus 3815 for a total of 4815. At 12.8, that's only 398.00. 750 bucks seems REALLY
excessive to me. But everyone has their own value on convenience.
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UnoMas
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Dennis,
Two months.
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UnoMas
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Was told by an Immigration attorney yesterday that I will need to get a temporary exit visa as things don't look good for receiving my R/P before
February. I applied mid November, I can see where this New system is much easier like it was designed to be
Direct quote "Things at La Paz immigration are a mess".
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Hook
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Yeah, on our visit this week, I asked when my wife's R/P would be ready and got the quien-sabe-eye-roll from the agent at the counter.
She still has not be fingerprinted, so she has at least TWO more visits to go.
Good news: a gal in Mazatlan appears to be the first gringo to have gotten her R/P card since the new regs. She applied on the FIRST day of
eligibility; Nov. 9 and got it sometime in the last week.
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UnoMas
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Anyone with first hand knowledge of a permanent resident card being issued anywhere. I have been waiting two months and no word. I will start the
process to obtain my temporary visa tomorrow for my departure in two weeks. I have been told that they are falling behind on those as well.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by UnoMas
Anyone with first hand knowledge of a permanent resident card being issued anywhere. I have been waiting two months and no word. I will start the
process to obtain my temporary visa tomorrow for my departure in two weeks. I have been told that they are falling behind on those as well. |
My neighbor just got his after around two months waiting. His agent called him a few days back to tell him he had been approved in spite of
inadaquate income.
The mystery continues.
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