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colamex4
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
No, the temporary pedestrian INM office is a table in the dank, unwindowed room you come into after you walk behind the old customs building. You
can't miss it; you hit the button for the traffic light and the table is pretty much right there.
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Thanks.
I've never crossed on foot before, nor has he. Will he be able to easily find it after getting off the trolley?
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Bob and Susan
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the foot crossing is way the hell over...
a long walk
i'd get a cab to take me...you'll need one any way
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dasubergeek
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Not anymore, Bob and Susan... they moved the southbound crossing to the east side of the freeway, near the trolley.
colamex4, when your friend gets off the trolley, he will turn left (south) toward the border. He'll walk past the McDonalds and then turn left just
past that building. He'll walk around the back side of the building that's south of the McDonalds. The Old Customs House, which is the very last
building in the United States, will be on his right as he goes up a ramp. A big bluff and a railroad track will be on his left. There's a big,
extremely ugly and Soviet-looking (but brand-new) grey steel gate.
Once he walks through there is literally only one place to go—up a set of truly horrific looking stairs and into the room. There's no mistaking where
to go, but anyone will ask, just ask for the INM office ("oficina de migración", oh-fee-SEE-nah day mee-grah-SYOHN"). It's a very, very small room
with a full-sized traffic light in it.
If he misses the office and ends up outside (above the pedestrian entrance line back into the U.S.), all he has to do is turn around and go back in.
[Edited on 12-19-2013 by dasubergeek]
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Bob and Susan
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so you are saying there are two visa offices now...
a walk in one and
a drive to one
that would make it easy for people that want to walk across and get the visa
then go back and drive across
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob and Susan
so you are saying there are two visa offices now...
a walk in one and
a drive to one
that would make it easy for people that want to walk across and get the visa
then go back and drive across |
Yes Bob... like there are two types of dogs... ones that bite and ......
... ones that like the taste of Pacifico, but must lick it off your face!!!
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dasubergeek
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Yes, except that unless you have a passport card or another Ready Lane-enabled card, you're going to cool your heels for at least an hour in the
northbound regular pedestrian lanes.
They're planning to open the permanent pedestrian crossing at Virginia Avenue in 2015 (so they say), which will lead to the current vehicular INM
office and provide a super easy walk to la Revolución. No idea if they'll keep the eastside pedestrian crossing open; if not, the pedicabs on the US
side will get a lot of business.
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colamex4
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
Not anymore, Bob and Susan... they moved the southbound crossing to the east side of the freeway, near the trolley.
colamex4, when your friend gets off the trolley, he will turn left (south) toward the border. He'll walk past the McDonalds and then turn left just
past that building. He'll walk around the back side of the building that's south of the McDonalds. The Old Customs House, which is the very last
building in the United States, will be on his right as he goes up a ramp. A big bluff and a railroad track will be on his left. There's a big,
extremely ugly and Soviet-looking (but brand-new) grey steel gate.
Once he walks through there is literally only one place to go—up a set of truly horrific looking stairs and into the room. There's no mistaking where
to go, but anyone will ask, just ask for the INM office ("oficina de migración", oh-fee-SEE-nah day mee-grah-SYOHN"). It's a very, very small room
with a full-sized traffic light in it.
If he misses the office and ends up outside (above the pedestrian entrance line back into the U.S.), all he has to do is turn around and go back in.
[Edited on 12-19-2013 by dasubergeek] |
Thanks, that is very helpful!
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