alafrontera
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More FMT babble...
I flew to Puerto Vallarta last Thursday from TJ and aquired my FMT at the airport. Even though my travel documents cleary showed I was going for only
5 days the FMT is marked "180 days". When I returned to TJ I had to show it but they gave it back to me. I am going back in March, it will be
interesting to see if I can go back and forth without paying for another FMT.
low lattitude attitude
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postholedigger
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If it's issued for 180 days, it's good for 180 days. It's like the US I94-W "tourist visa". You can cross on it as many times as you want, so long as
it's within the specified dates.
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sancho
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The wife flew volaris TJ/Cabo last yr,
was going for 7nts., 1 longer than the free
6nt 7 day fmt, which I understand they
have in the past, issued at the TJ Airport, they did not look
at nor collect her 180 day fmt upon returning to TJ,
which I believe they still collect fmt's if flying
Internationally Out of Mex, I would bet,
maybe not the farm, that you will be able to
fly again with your current fmt, inconsistency
seems to be a trait amongst Mex IMM, on more
than 1 occasion I've been told mis info from them,
buerocratic lazyness, I don't know, My concern
is when they stamp your passport when issueing
an fmt, they don't generally stamp a passport
when flying, but do at the Old Mexicalli crossing,
over on mexconnect, a guy crossing with an old
entry stamp, with no exit stamp, was fined/mordida, a sum of $600us,
they settled for somethinf less, but did pay
a price
[Edited on 1-19-2010 by sancho]
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Bajahowodd
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The big dif is "international". Supposedly some treaty requirement makes the airlines confiscate the FM-T even when there is considerable time left on
it. So, anyone flying domestically within Mexico should not have to surrender their FM-T upon return. The passport stamp thing is apparently totally
hit and miss. I've never had mine stamped when entering by land. Last time I landed at Cabo, they swiped my passport but didn't stamp it. Go figure.
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alafrontera
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They did stamp my passport going in but not exiting.
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Bajahowodd
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So, they stamped your passport at the PV airport upon entering. Just goes to show that the practices are all over the place. Anyone confronted with
claims of a fine should strongly protest.
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