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4eieio
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Day Trip south from Ensenada without FMT card
Heading for a three day trip to Ensenada and may want to explore the country to the south as a day trip returning to Ensenada. How far south can we go
without an FMT card? Thank you in advance for your help.
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woody with a view
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all the way!
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You probably mean an FMM permit since FMT's have not been used in years, the FMM is required but for less than a 7 day stay is free of charge, I was
asked to show mine at a military checkpoint north of Sa Ignacio....
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Great and thank you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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David K
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You do need a passport to get the FMM... not sure if a Passport Card will also work?
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North of San Quintin should be no problemo.
The militar at the puesto de control north of El Rosario asked to see my FMM.
"Soy ciudadano"
"¿Americano?"
"No. Mexicano"
That rocked them back on their heels.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajagrouper
You probably mean an FMM permit since FMT's have not been used in years, the FMM is required but for less than a 7 day stay is free of charge, I was
asked to show mine at a military checkpoint north of Sa Ignacio.... |
Are they doing that regularly now? Was it north of San Ignacio in Baja Sur, or the checkpoint that others mentioned north of Las Canadas?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
North of San Quintin should be no problemo.
The militar at the puesto de control north of El Rosario asked to see my FMM.
"Soy ciudadano"
"¿Americano?"
"No. Mexicano"
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That would be a first David... army soldier actually asked for it, or was it an INM officer there? What would they do?
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No, it was a sargento with a clipboard. Driver license (photo ID), and FMM was requested.
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David K
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Well that is sure going to take the wind out of the sails for many who just head south to spend money... and don't read Internet message boards!
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Wasn't there a post here a couple weeks back or so,
about some Officers Immigration or? at Meandero 10 mi.
so. of Ensenada asking for fmm's?
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Yes, but they were INM officers, not army soldiers at a drug/ gun checkpoint. It was between Maneadero and Santo Tomas, I believe (Las Canadas?)...
[Edited on 12-27-2013 by David K]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
Wasn't there a post here a couple weeks back or so,
about some Officers Immigration or? at Meandero 10 mi.
so. of Ensenada asking for fmm's? |
Two different people reported that they were checking for FMM at the Las Cañadas campgroud-area checkpoint just south of Ensenada.
In this thread it's mentioned that both the checkpoints just north of El Rosario, as well as the checkpoint just north of San Ignacio, some people
have been asked for their FMM credentials.
Here are the earlier reports - in a (now) combined thread:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=70805
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We were asked at the military check-point at San Ignacio
This was a week ago
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On one hand, do think that if Mexico wishes to give any cred to the FMM requirement, they really ought to have more places that actually check it.
That said, the folks in Erendira have posted for many years that no FMM is needed to get there.
The checkpoint near San Ignacio has, for several years, been the most thorough among all the check points we have passed through, including the wait
time.
I always thought that this was simply because it represented a point mid-pennisula between the SOC and the Pacific.
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Feel bad for all the non-Nomads who will get turned back... and the Mexican people who will lose more business from this.
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FMM Needed???
Regardless of what anybody says here, my suggestion is to stop and get the FMM. Doesn't take that long, doesn't cost that much. better to have it and
not need it than to need it (for whatever reason) and not have it.
| Quote: | Originally posted by 4eieio
Heading for a three day trip to Ensenada and may want to explore the country to the south as a day trip returning to Ensenada. How far south can we go
without an FMT card? Thank you in advance for your help.
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it IS EASIER to get the frikkin form. dude said he wanted to travel just south of ENS. anyone have a RELIABLE report on what happened at San Ig when
no FMM could be produced? is this really the norm or will Mex turn back gringo $$$'s at some puesto's?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
Regardless of what anybody says here, my suggestion is to stop and get the FMM. Doesn't take that long, doesn't cost that much. better to have it and
not need it than to need it (for whatever reason) and not have it.
| Quote: | Originally posted by 4eieio
Heading for a three day trip to Ensenada and may want to explore the country to the south as a day trip returning to Ensenada. How far south can we go
without an FMT card? Thank you in advance for your help.
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It's not that they won't get an FMM, it's that they don't even have passports - and you can't get an FMM without a passport.
My understanding and observation is that a substantial amount of people crossing back into the USA still don't have passports.
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Yes to bajaguy
Yes to Woody
That's my two centavos
Husband Les says he believes they are just asking for ID at the san ignacio checkpoint, give them a drivers license and they will write that name
down.
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