Papirex
Apr 11, 2009, 2:37 PM
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Re: [ximenrobt] Need Advice on Retiring to Mexico & Getting Married to a Mexican National
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Ximenrobt, It seems to me that you are confusing several different car import programs and treating them all as one. The temporary automobile import permit is only available to be used by foreign visitors to México and Mexican citizens that can prove that they do not reside permanently in México. A Mexican that lives in The US and holds a green card would qualify to temporarily import a car into México.
Only one temporary import permit at a time will be issued to any individual, any temporary permit for another car must be canceled by the Mexican government before another permit will be issued. While it is theoretically possible for a Mexican citizen to permanently import a car, after paying very high non-refundable import duties on them, several brokers doing that kind of work have said they are no longer doing it because the Mexican laws are so convoluted that it is almost impossible to comply with them, and as usual, the Mexican government keeps moving the ball.
My Mexican wife and I temporarily imported a total of three US plated cars, one at a time. One of those cars was imported in my wife's name, she has a valid green card and we maintain a residence address in The US. All three of those cars were later nationalized under two different vehicle amnesties that are declared from time to time, on an irregular schedule. There may be another vehicle amnesty in 5 or 10 years and there may never be another. It is not something anyone should plan on happening again.
We presently have just one of the original cars we brought here with us, it has been Mexican registered and has Mexican license plates on it. We bought another new van here in México in 2005, that was cheaper than bringing another vehicle here from The US in my opinion. People that have never bought a car in México tell all kinds of inaccurate stories about buying a car here.
Many late model low mileage (low kilometraje) cars are sold for cheaper prices here than NOB. My insurance is cheaper here, and the annual tenencia (registration) is less than it is in many US States. There is some confusion regarding the tenencia. An additional tax is added to it equal to ten percent of the value of a new car as determined by the government. That additional tax on a new car declines every year and it disappears in ten years. The tenencia never goes away though. Tenencia in Spanish means to hold, or possess, it is the same as an annual registration fee NOB.
As to your pending marriage, a foreigner must ask for permission to marry a Mexican citizen in this country at the local Civil Registro. I don't know what conditions, if any, must be met, but it won't happen until permission is granted.
Rex
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved" - Victor Hugo
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