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Udo
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MEXICAN FMMs NOW AVAILABLE ON LINE...
This from A MEXICAN INM PUBLICATION
Here is the link:
http://www.gob.mx/inm
Note: it is in Spanish.
Udo
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bajabuddha
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Can you pay for them online at the same time, or do they still have to be validated at the border?
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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bajaguy
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Still have to be validated/stamped
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chuckie
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So? Not a new thing...
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David K
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Nope. If you have to stop at the border INM office to get it validated (stamped) or paid for, then there's no advantage to getting one before your
trip. Just get the thing there, with your passport, allow about 10 minutes max (if no line).
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chuckie
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Easier to go to Canada...
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sancho
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Can someone explain the slightest benefit in the online fmm?
Does it cost the same as stopping at the border for 1?
Still have to get it validated at the border. I've never spent
any time, other than filling out the form in the Imm office,
getting 1 at the border. I know the mythical bus load of
tourists in the Imm office and the lengthy line claim.
Worthless
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chuckie
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The one time I ran into a crowd, I had a prepaid FMM (Vagabundos) and was allowed to go to the head of the line....Not a big deal, if I had had to
stand in line I would have gone and had lunch and come back later....Es Mexico, eh....
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SFandH
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It ain't a myth. I stopped to get my 6 monther at San Ysidro and there were TWO busloads of people ahead of me. Really. Loooong line. So it happens
occasionally.
I skipped it and got one the next time I crossed.
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willardguy
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Quote: Originally posted by sancho  | Can someone explain the slightest benefit in the online fmm?
Does it cost the same as stopping at the border for 1?
Still have to get it validated at the border. I've never spent
any time, other than filling out the form in the Imm office,
getting 1 at the border. I know the mythical bus load of
tourists in the Imm office and the lengthy line claim.
Worthless
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can someone explain the slightest benefit of NOT getting the online fmm? wear and tear on the printer? cost of printer ink? remember travelers, the
quicker you can get through the border the quicker you can get yourselves one of those magic tacos from el trailero!
I don't see it as anything to get angry about?
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David K
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Because you have to stop at the border ANYWAY, to pay for or validate the thing (if it was pre-paid). So, line or no line... you must park and get in
front of the INM officer. Maybe it saves a couple minutes by having the form already filled out? The officer still needs to examine your passport and
the form before he validates it.
No need for anger, either way!
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bajaguy
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It's the journey, not the destination. No advantage since you have to stop either way.......let's you interact with INM. Last time I stopped there 2
very attractive (female) helpful INM officers were on duty and assisted my friend - who was staring and drooling at the time -, fill out his FMM
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Mulegena
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Hey, Udo
There are several links sending you to Immigration but I couldn't locate amongst them the FMM entry visa permit to print out. I do read Spanish well,
but perhaps am overlooking something. Could you help me please?
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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SFandH
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Here you go (in English):
https://www.inm.gob.mx/fmme/publico/en/solicitud.html
[Edited on 8-30-2016 by SFandH]
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sancho
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Didn't attempt to convey anger, must be the result of
living in So. Orange County, have heard of that taco place
a bit so. of San Miguel near El Sauzal?
[Edited on 8-30-2016 by sancho]
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bajaguy
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https://www.google.com/maps/place/Trailero+Ensenada/@31.8911...
| Quote: Originally posted by sancho |
Didn't attempt to convey anger, must be the result of
living in So. Orange County, have heard of that taco place
a bit so. of San Miguel near El Sauzal?
[Edited on 8-30-2016 by sancho] |
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willardguy
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | Because you have to stop at the border ANYWAY, to pay for or validate the thing (if it was pre-paid). So, line or no line... you must park and get in
front of the INM officer. Maybe it saves a couple minutes by having the form already filled out? The officer still needs to examine your passport and
the form before he validates it.
No need for anger, either way!
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now I understand its a little different for you, not wanting your PC tied up for any length of time  but... if you had a stack of FMM forms at your disposal, you wouldn't have one filled out ready to hand to
the agent??come on.....
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bajabuddha
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It's the Amerikan way, that's why! GO - GO - GO !!! Save 10 minutes of your precious time so you can speed down (pass everyone, gotta be first!) and
get through FASTER.
Personally, since the first time I wintered 6 months in Baja I've been on Mexican Standard Time ever since, and lovin' it. That was in '95-6, came
back and lived next to the Navajo Nation for 8 years, then moved to Baja, New Mexico where you just can't go to a store and BUY something, you at
least have to mention the weather....
Martinis @ 17:00 hrs......... SLOW THE PACE.
I don't have a BUCKET LIST, but I do have a F***- IT LIST a mile long!
86 - 45*
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del mar
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 ..I must be reading this wrong, I thought it was MEXICO that was offering this
to gringo's?
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mtgoat666
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Why spend time arguing about how to complete and pay for your FMM?
There are so many more important things to argue about - for example, the weather.
[Edited on 8-30-2016 by mtgoat666]
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