Timeline for Do you have to "self-report" to Mexican immigration when driving from the US to Mexico?
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| May 15, 2018 at 12:14 | history | edited | WGroleau | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 23, 2016 at 14:54 | comment | added | WGroleau | On my three trips, once there were some soldiers on the highway checking. But I imagine getting into Mexico is no more difficult for us than for the alleged eleven million in USA. Even at the checkpoint I mentioned, they had put up temporary signs on the road warning that it was ahead. Someone could easily have turned off the highway and waited for them to leave. Or just gone around them on on of the dirt roads. | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 7:51 | vote | accept | Crazydre | ||
| Oct 31, 2016 at 19:18 | comment | added | Andrew Lazarus | @Crazydre There at least used to be a checkpoint in Baja somewhat south of Ensenada, that qualified as leaving the no-paperwork zone. | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 3:27 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | @Crazydre: Pretty much honor system, as I understand. Though they might be more likely to pull over cars with foreign plates in inland areas and check their documents. I suppose they've decided as a matter of policy that illegal entry is not a serious problem, relative to the importance of promoting tourism. | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 2:45 | comment | added | Crazydre | @NateEldredge How exactly, however, do they enforce the geographical limit? Doesn't this make it incredibly easy to enter inland Mexico illegally? | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 2:16 | comment | added | WGroleau | I think that AAA document is either very new or very old, because March of this year, there was no fee for spending seven days in Monterrey, which is 160 KM from the nearest point on the border. Though 170 pesos is not "hefty." :-) | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 1:10 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I think the exceptions mentioned by @pnuts are worth having in the answer. In particular, it's not required if you are staying less than 72 hours or only in the border zone. I think that's the whole reason why they don't funnel everyone through immigration: so that people on short trips (by time or distance) don't have to bother at all. | |
| Oct 31, 2016 at 0:48 | comment | added | WGroleau | I should have known there would be an online option, although I've always just stopped and stood inline. The hefty fee must be new. Three times this year and last, I've got an FMM for seven days without paying anything. Last time, though, on the way out, they demanded a huge fee for a 180-day stay. I pointed out that I had been in less than seven days as I had declared on entry. "No se importa—it says 180 on the form, you pay for 180 at the cashier, then come back here." So we instead got in the van and returned to USA. | |
| Oct 30, 2016 at 23:47 | comment | added | Giorgio | Decoded that means obtaining a Forma Migratoria Múltiple, which can be accomplished online before arrival. Entering Mexico via a land crossing, visitors locate the Migración office to present the FMM and have their passport stamped. | |
| Oct 30, 2016 at 23:28 | history | answered | WGroleau | CC BY-SA 3.0 |