pearl
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getting a visa
Thanks so much for the answers on our drive to La Paz! So much help and so much more informative than tripadvisor! But now that you have let me know
you have all the answers, I have another question.
As you know my friend has accepted a teaching job in La Paz. We live in a ski town in Montana and are no where close to a consolate on our trip and
want to get down there. So here is the question....
Should we just cross the border and drive to La Paz and her just go to the consolate there for her work visa? It's seeming to be a pain in the rear
otherwise and we want to make this as easy as possible.
Thanks again!
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Diver
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In any case, plan to get you FMT's (tourist visas) at the border.
That will be all YOU will need.
You can also get them from a travel club like Discover Baja but you have to go to a Mexican Bank to pay the fee anyway - but you could do this in La
Paz.
Your friend can either start the process for her work visa before she goes or wait she can until she gets to La Paz - maybe the school can help with
the process..
You will also need to get Mexican auto insurance for your drive into Baja.
I suggest getting it on-line before you head down - it's normally cheaper.
Discover Baja, Lewis and Lewis and Bajabound all sell Mexican insurance.
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Diver
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BTW, I think she will need and FM3 "lucrativa" - (work permit for alien spending more than 180 days per year in Baja).
She can probably phone the consulate in SD to get the paperwork.
She needs to make sure to put together all the docs and copies that they want. Should cost under $250 or up to $350 with an agent to help. U2 if you
need the name of an agent in La Paz that can help with the process.
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danaeb
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It seems odd that a legitimate employer wouldn't have informed your friend about the visa requirements and also that she wouldn't have asked herself.
Just wondering.....
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
It seems odd that a legitimate employer wouldn't have informed your friend about the visa requirements and also that she wouldn't have asked herself.
Just wondering..... |
The only two times I have had a work permit it was applied for by my employer ... the process was transparant to me.
CaboRon
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rhintransit
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I agree with above re FM 3 lucrativa. your friend's prospective employer should know about that and should assist her. it can be done in La Paz but
before you drive down you need to be absolutely sure that there is a job and that the employment is legitimate. DO NOT take the risk of working
without papers. also it will not be a short process so either do it through a consul or be prepared not to work til the paperwork is done...ask the
employer how long you should expect it to take.
ps please u2u me with your friend's employer info, I have heard rumors there are some (language) schools that are not being straight with prospective
employees. I could try to check it out with friends in La Paz.
you could drive to La Paz on a tourist card. pick one up at your border crossing. do not wait til La Paz, you will be fined for not getting it when
you entered the country. some people have skipped the border and done it at GN assuming you hit there at business hours but I have heard of fines
there, as above. and you could wait til Loreto and get one here, ditto business hours, telling them that the office in GN was closed. but we have a
new head of migracion now and I think that he is cracking down on this.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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