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IslandAngler
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FMM payment at INM office
I recently read this about the INM office at TJ and FMM payment... "Was pleasantly surprised when she informed us that INM now can accept the
fee/tax... No more searching for an open bank. The fee/tax was 290 pesos or $24 US (either currency was acceptable). That exchange rate is 12.08 pesos
per dollar. We used our recently purchased pesos." This was posted some time ago. Other than the cost and exchange rate, is it still true? Can you
pay for your FMM directly, without using a bank?
[Edited on 3-31-2014 by IslandAngler]
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dasubergeek
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That's good news, though 12.08 is a lousy exchange rate given that the interbank is 13.08 and I got 13.20 from an ATM last week.
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David K
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That sounds like my post from July, 2012...
Yes, everyone reports that either the INM office will take the fee or a teller will be open next door.
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IslandAngler
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Yes, David K., it is from your old post. Now that your here, I have another question. Is it OK to pick up your stamped FMM and bring it out of the
country, then re-enter at a later time? I thought this was slightly illegal. But I guess if you don't tell anyone, than it's OK. Right? Because, I
plan to do the same if I can to save time and effort.
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David K
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That's what we did in 2012 and the post detailed that. The FMM is good for the time issued. Only flying FMMs are collected when you leave Mexico.
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akshadow
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FMM return at Calexico
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
That's what we did in 2012 and the post detailed that. The FMM is good for the time issued. Only flying FMMs are collected when you leave Mexico.
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Ron San Felipe Oct, Nov. Feb. Mar. April. remainder in Juneau Ak
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akshadow
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Where do you turn in FMM at East Border Callexico? and are there penalties for not doing so?
I know you say not required but the form does say it is necessary.
| Quote: | Originally posted by akshadow
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
That's what we did in 2012 and the post detailed that. The FMM is good for the time issued. Only flying FMMs are collected when you leave Mexico.
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Ron San Felipe Oct, Nov. Feb. Mar. April. remainder in Juneau Ak
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MitchMan
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There is a large disparity between practice and actual formal Mexican rules. One never knows for sure when total compliance to official Mexican rules
is going to be enforced. A great example of this is the flip flopping and turn about changes over the last 5 years concerning Mexican visas, banking
policies, taxation and to a lesser degree concerning TIPs for boats.
I have come to expect that the above "phenomenon" is always going to be the case. Not absolutely sure of why that is the case, but I have my
suspicions.
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There was a post here a few weeks ago, a guy WALKING
in at San Ysidro's new ped entrance was issued a stamped
fmm, Mex Imm didn't take the fmm fee, he was told that
vague term, 'pay at a bank in Mex asap', that always seemed
squirrley to me. The fmm and the fmt have ALWAYS been
single entry, this subject has been beaten many times, but in practice many use it for mulitiple entries. The past couple
times I've gotten the free 7 day fmm at the Old Calexico
downtown crossing, they were very firm in stating it
needs to be returned before it expires, so I do. While
waiting in the car line to cross back, I get out and return
it, the Imm office at the Old crossing is handy. What
happens if you don't return an fmm, absoutely nothing
to my knowledge. I'm under the impression they track
fmm's by computer, so who knows in the future what
they may or not do, it's Mex
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
That sounds like my post from July, 2012...
Yes, everyone reports that either the INM office will take the fee or a teller will be open next door. |
Not everyone. I posted when I went down in July 2013 that the bank was not open and the INM officer would not take the payment. This was at the new
San Isidro crossing.
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Weird. It was almost a year ago when we crossed at SY and the IMM officer took our money and stamped our visas. This was mid-day in the middle of the
week. It almost seems like it depends more on the reliability of the person at the desk, than anything else. In other words, who do the people in
charge trust with handling money.
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bajagrouper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
That's what we did in 2012 and the post detailed that. The FMM is good for the time issued. Only flying FMMs are collected when you leave Mexico.
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David you are full of crap, giving Nomads
bad advise when you know what is right.
You know it states on the back of the 2014
FMM:
IMPORTANT
During your stay in Mexico,you must retain
this immigration form and surrender it upon
leaving the country........
Maybe you never turned the FMM over to
read the rules on this official Mexican INM
Document ....
It is the law of the land written in black and
white, so stop giving Miss Information.........
I hear the whales song
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David K
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Being rude isn't helping anyone.
I have been going to Mexico since 1965, and have never been 'punished' for not returning a tourist card before leaving Mexico.
I personally asked the federal INM officer if the FMM I was getting that day could be used for when I begin my vacation, 5 days later... and the
answer was OF COURSE.
There are multiple lanes of traffic leaving Mexico at most of the crossings and 1-2 at Tecate and Algodones. PLEASE POST A PHOTO OF THE DROP OFF
system in these lines so you can surrender your FMM before driving out of Mexico. If that has been added since my last trip, it will be news to a lot
of Nomads. I suspect such a thing would be a big post here, yet I haven't seen one.
There must be a reason an address is provided to MAIL the FMM, BACK from your U.S. home BEFORE it expires? 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Being rude isn't helping anyone.
I have been going to Mexico since 1965, and have never been 'punished' for not returning a tourist card before leaving Mexico.
I personally asked the federal INM officer if the FMM I was getting that day could be used for when I begin my vacation, 5 days later... and the
answer was OF COURSE.
There are multiple lanes of traffic leaving Mexico at most of the crossings and 1-2 at Tecate and Algodones. PLEASE POST A PHOTO OF THE DROP OFF
system in these lines so you can surrender your FMM before driving out of Mexico. If that has been added since my last trip, it will be news to a lot
of Nomads. I suspect such a thing would be a big post here, yet I haven't seen one.
There must be a reason an address is provided to MAIL the FMM, BACK from your U.S. home BEFORE it expires? |
have you always mailed yours back?
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akshadow
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The FMM I was issued in early Feb. 2014 does NOT contain an address to mail the form back to before it expires.
A friend was issued a 7 day free FMM and the official was quite adamant that it be returned BEFORE the seven day period expired. The official did not
make a big deal about returning the forms for the people she was traveling with who paid and were staying longer.
Maybe in this officials mind there is a need for different treatment if you got a free one?
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
There must be a reason an address is provided to MAIL the FMM, BACK from your U.S. home BEFORE it expires? |
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David K
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The address has been posted here often. It has never been on the card.
From Discover Baja Travel Club... The people who KNOW about travel to Baja:
Before your Tourist Visa expires, return it in person to any Mexican Immigration Office OR mail to: INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MIGRACION
PUENTE PUERTA S/N
COLONIA FEDERAL
TIJUANA, B.C. MEXICO C.P. 22310
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the question has been answered.
all ya'all's do whatever it is that keeps your panties on. when the turd tries to squeeze me for not turning mine in i'll ask him to open the return
gate and i'll take my happy assss back north, along with my $.....
get the 180 day visa, come and go every day for 180 days and then either return it or throw it in the trash..... YMMV.
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IslandAngler
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Let's not get off point... "Can you pay for your FMM directly, without using a bank?"..... Well OK then... I guess I got my answer... Sort of... I
guess it depends on the day and person you see. Kind of like the DMV. Who knows, everyday is different. I will just go down and check it out myself.
Thanks Nomads. You guys are awesome!
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YES... My last two trips down at the end of 2013 and January 2014
Tijauna Border.... cross through and park ASAP. Walk over to the building on the right, go inside and pay in dollars or pesos. they will stamp the
card.
Mexicali Border.... cross through and go 1/2 block and park on your left. go inside and pay in dollars or pesos, they will stamp the card.
Both crossings were at about 600 AM and they were open for business. The guy at the desk did not have change for my $25.00 so i told him to keep the
change ($24.00 actual cost)
I still have the cards and did not return them.. i was told it is one card per entry. They use the same cards on flights to Mexico (landing card), but
the cost of the card is included in the air ticket.
Thats my experience .... but like you said, it may have just been my day of the week, and it may have changed by now.
I did surrender the cards at the US border when crossing back into the USA, I put them in my passport and handed them to the border agent. he just put
them back in my passport and handed them back to me after asking the usual questions.
[Edited on 4-1-2014 by churro]
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dasubergeek
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The US doesn't give a rat's about a Mexican visa. You'd have to turn it in to the INM office.
In Baja, nobody cares if you leave without turning in your FMM. They used to stamp you out when you turned in your FMM; they don't do that anymore,
and so they have absolutely no way to tell whether you actually turned it in. I just flew in to the DF and there was no commentary whatsoever about my
"unresolved" last FMM from Baja.
If for whatever reason, someone complained at you, just tell them you mailed it in, and you can't control what those idiots with cushy jobs in
Chilangolandia do with it. 
In other states, you would turn it in at the same time you turn in your TIP (temporary vehicle import sticker), which IS a big deal to remember to
turn in.
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