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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 04:02 PM
Where do you return a car permit in TJ?


Coming in from the US. Anyone have directions or general info?
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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 04:14 PM





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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 04:44 PM


Quote: Originally posted by DENNIS  



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Car permit, not a visa
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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 04:48 PM


I'm not sure since the southbound crossing has been rebuilt. One idea is to go to the Mexican offices at the San Ysidro southbound crossing and ask them. But at that point, you're in TJ, no turning around back to the US except for the usual route. When I returned one in 2010 the office was close to what is now the new southbound crossing, in Zona Federal. I'd recommend mid-morning on a weekday.
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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 05:31 PM


Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Quote: Originally posted by DENNIS  



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Car permit, not a visa


I think the point is...you don't return anything in TJ.




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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 05:47 PM


Quote: Originally posted by DENNIS  


I think the point is...you don't return anything in TJ.


Well, you can. I obtained and returned a car permit in TJ when I drove my RV to Michoacán in 2010. The office was in Zona Federal which is where the crossing is. I bet it's now the same place, but I'm not sure because of the recent changes.

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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 07:24 PM


its 1 block ne from the mcdonalds
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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 07:43 PM




OK...easy enough. Good luck.




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[*] posted on 6-10-2015 at 11:58 PM


Dennis, you are just a blow hard. You think you know chit and try to convince the folk on here you do, but you don't.

You might have known something about Baja/MX, but that was 20+ years ago.
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[*] posted on 6-11-2015 at 07:08 AM


Chill. You ask a question on the internet, and especially this forum you get all kind of answers.
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[*] posted on 6-11-2015 at 12:21 PM


Turned in our car permit at the Army Bank close to the border crossing. They gave me a copy of the printout to carry as proof it was cancelled.
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[*] posted on 6-11-2015 at 12:37 PM


JZ,

I walked across at San Ysidro today to do some shopping and went to the place where in 2010 I returned my car permit, near the McDonalds you see when you walk across, as another nomad said. The place is no longer there. Looks like the new southbound crossing swallowed it up.

I asked a cab driver and he said the vehicle permit office has been moved to the Otay crossing. Perhaps cross there, pull over and ask the Mex officials for directions.



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[*] posted on 6-11-2015 at 03:57 PM


Thanks SFandH.

I returned it today. Crossed at SY and spoke to a cab driver just like you did. He told me it was at Otay. Had him drive to it and I followed him. It's down a side street and not the easiest place to find, but he led me right there. Well worth the $20.

No one was returning, so it only took about 10mins while they checked the VINs on the truck and three bikes then scraped the sticker off.

I got it in Nogales, but it was not an issue to return it here. And you definitely need to return them if you want to get another one in the future (plus your deposit back).

It only took 15mins to cross the border at Otay, so the whole thing took less then 45mins. Pretty damn happy about that.

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[*] posted on 6-11-2015 at 05:18 PM


JZ, please let us know if you get your deposit back. I believe you said you were returning it a couple months late.
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[*] posted on 6-11-2015 at 05:32 PM


Turns out I was only about 3 weeks late. But didn't get anything back.
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