Immigration #1 This is new for the Manzanillo Sun. We’re attempting a public forum to help clear the air and give good advice on all this immigration change Mexico seems to be going through right now. My only source of information is through you, the reader, and the internet. My intent is to beg, borrow, and steal all the information I can get my hands on and get it printed in this forum. If you have questions, statements, or stories about the immigration issue and problems therein, please write them in for all to see and discuss. Our first entry: I tapped and pasted this tidbit from “Surviving Yucatan” (yucalandia/driving-in-mexico-issues-fun/importing-driving-a-car-in-mexico): 22 January 2014: Note that with the Jan. 1, 2014 changes to Aduana and SAT rules, it is possible for private individuals to permanently import cars without a Customs Broker. We typically advise against attempting doing this because filling out the US Govt. forms for cancelling your US title and exporting the car out of the US, and then filling out all the Mex. Gob. forms to import the car into Mexico is very complex, involving peculiar govt.-speak terminology, and 3-5 days for the 2 Govts. to check and approve the paperwork (or require revisions for first-time inexperienced filers). If you contact a reliable Customs Broker before you get to the border, they generally have all the details and paperwork squared-away, ready for you to sign, and complete the process in just 3 – 5 hours versus 3-5 days for DIY efforts. Costs vary widely between crossing points and brokers, from low costs at Mexicali and Nogales, ranging up to 2X to 4X higher costs at the Texas border crossings. (The cost of living in Texas must be 3X higher(?)$2,000USD vs $700 than other places for the same car and same service?) Updated June 4, 2014 Questions about driving cars into Mexico under Tourist Visas and Residente Temporal INM permits have filled years of expat and travelers forums. This article is a 9 year collection of insights trolled from Mexican law and people’s experiences. If we’ve done our job, you should be able to find answers to the common questions, and if not, leave us a comment/question and we’ll do our best to give you answers based on the current rules and regulations about importing and driving foreign cars in Mexico. There is a table of topics covered here, where you can click on a topic that interests you: ~ KEY Importation and Driving ISSUES and TOPICS Jan. 22, 2014 Update: ~ Current Process for using a Customs Broker to Permanently Import your Car ~ Note that with the Jan. 1, 2014 changes to Aduana and SAT rules, it is possible for private individuals to permanently import cars without a Customs Broker. We typically advise against attempting doing this because filling out the US Govt. forms for cancelling your US title and exporting the car out of the US, and then filling out all the Mex. Gob. forms to import the car into Mexico is very complex, involving peculiar govt.-speak terminology, and 3-5 days for the 2 Govts. to check and approve the paperwork (or require revisions for first-time inexperienced filers). If you contact a reliable Customs Broker before you get to the border, they generally have all the details and paperwork squared-away, ready for you to sign, and complete the process in just 3 – 5 hours versus 3-5 days for DIY efforts. Costs vary widely between crossing points and brokers, from low costs at Mexicali and Nogales, ranging up to 2X to 4X higher costs at the Texas border crossings. (The cost of living in Texas must be 3X higher(?) ~ $2,000USD vs $700 ~ than other places for the same car and same service?) Note that as a part of our commitment to keeping our information current and valid, we make updates on these articles from time to time – so our core articles evolve over time to reflect current reality. Recent additions to this article, include sections on: (click on the Bolded Underlined items to jump directly to that section) May 2, 2013 Update There have been reports from around the internet of various customs brokers and other “Agents” who are offering paper-only permanent imports of foreign-plated TIP cars, where the expat sends cash and their car’s papers to the “broker” and they get Mexican license plates in return. Note that some brokers have provided falsely obtained state plates, with no valid Aduana pedimento for the importation. Also note that if the broker does this for you, you should get your TIP cancelled too. Finally, there really MUST be a pedimento listed in Aduana’s national database for your VIN at the end of the process. That pedimento should also allow the car owner to easily register their car with their state DMV. Alternately, if you want to buy a permanently imported car from someone else, or you have permanently imported your foreign-plated car, and you want to check if Aduana has officially logged your VIN & pedimento into their database, then: Check this Aduana website to see if a car was successfully imported: aduanas.sat.gob.mx/soianet/oia_consultarap_cep.aspx CONSULTA RÁPIDA DE PEDIMENTO ESPECÍFICO and SAT’s website VIN checker website: www2.repuve.gob.mx:8080/ciudadania/servletconsulta Note: If your car was legal before you changed to a non-working INM Residente Temporal then your foreign-plated car and your Aduana TIP are still valid, as long as you kept your INM permit valid. Residente Permanente card holders cannot have TIP cars in Mexico. “Working” (lucrativo) Residente Temporal permits are not allowed to keep TIP cars. March 15, 2013 Update: If you have issues with renewing your foreign-plated TIP vehicle, as a Residente Temporal: Contact — Lic. Karen Villaseñor 01-55-5802-0000 x46889 Administracion Central — 01-55-5802-2069 [email protected] You can also write directly to Aduana DF to request an extension of your TIP, including copies of your INM card, the new INM expiration date, the VIN, make, model, TIP number, and your passport number. Administración Central de Planeación Aduanera Av. Hidalgo No.77 Modulo IV primer piso Col. Guerrero, Delegación Cuauhtémoc Código Postal 06300, México D.F. May 2, 2013 Update: There have been reports from around the internet of various customs brokers and other “Agents” who are offering paper-only permanent imports of foreign-plated TIP cars, where the expat sends cash and their car’s papers to the “broker” and they get Mexican license plates in return. Note that some brokers have provided falsely obtained state plates, with no valid Aduana pedimento for the importation. Also note that if the broker does this for you, you should get your TIP cancelled too. Finally, there really MUST be a pedimento listed in Aduana’s national database for your VIN at the end of the process. That pedimento should also allow the car owner to easily register their car with their state DMV. Alternately, if you want to buy a permanently imported car from someone else, or you have permanently imported your foreign-plated car, and you want to check if Aduana has officially logged your VIN & pedimento into their database, then: Check this Aduana website to see if a car was successfully imported: aduanas.sat.gob.mx/soianet/oia_consultarap_cep.aspx CONSULTA RÁPIDA DE PEDIMENTO ESPECÍFICO and SAT’s website VIN checker website: www2.repuve.gob.mx:8080/ciudadania/servletconsulta Note: If your car was legal before you changed to a non-working INM Residente Temporal then your foreign-plated car and your Aduana TIP are still valid, as long as you kept your INM permit valid. Residente Permanente card holders cannot have TIP cars in Mexico. “Working” (lucrativo) Residente Temporal permits are not allowed to keep TIP cars. Basically all NAFTA made foreign cars and pickups (but no dually’s) can be temporarily imported by expats with FMM’s (Visitor / Tourist Visas), and Resident Temporal INM permits (what used to be called FM3’s No Inmigrante Rentista & No Inmigrante Lucrativo) by getting a Temporary Import Permit (Permiso de Importación Temporal de Vehículos) from Aduana / Banjercito. Alternately, only NAFTA vehicles can be permanently imported, and 6 year old and older vehicles can be imported permanently at modest import duties at the US-Mexico border crossings. Note that if you are only staying in the 25 km border area, or ONLY going into specially designated free zones like Baja California, California Sur, Quintana Roo, or parts of Sonora, then you do not have to get a Temporary Import Permit (TIP). Such cars must only stay in those areas. If you decide to go to other parts of Mexico, you must return to the border and get a TIP. Now all we need is your input. So get those stories and questions into us about THE IMPORTATION OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES and we’ll sort all this out together. –Kirby-
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:52:37 +0000
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