Feedback Please

Please read my above post. You are doing nothing wrong by keeping your valid FMM on you when you leave and reenter Mexico showing them this FMM.

Why would the US immigration ask you to turn in a Mexican FMT or now a FMM when driving across EL Puente? I cross all the time while holding a FMT or now a FMM that is in my wallet. I don't tell them I have it. They don't care. When driving into Mexico I don't show it if I get the red light. They always walk to the back, signal me to pop the trunk and close the trunk and wave me on whether I have my suitcase there or not. They do not bother to come to the window to make eye contact or ask me anything. The airport in TJ or Mexicali are where I get them, and many in a row. once I was going through the security at the mexicali airport to leave and did not get the red light and the Immigration officer at his booth said :"Americano". I said yes. He said do you have a visa. I said yes. He said can I please see it. I did and he glance at it and said "Thank you sir." All the other dozen or more times I either got a FMT or FMM from him or not when going south it is the only time he asked. The other times I had a valid one he did not ask. He knows me by now and just nods as I smile at him.

San Jeronimo/Santa Teresa sounded like a crossing on the Rio Grande. Then why would you even stop at the Mexican Immigration to have a chat with them? TIP vehicle tag. Would that still be the same vehicle you would be returning to Mexico in? A few here have stated they drive anywhere they want in the US with one and have no problems when reentering Mexico at all. If you want to get more fees for nothing just chat with them I am sure they be glad to oblige you. As you stated you did figure that out and do you still stop to chat with them when leave to the US for awhile? I personal just do my own thing and now know the rules much better now and if I had done something wrong in the past I didn't get caught.

Basically Mazbook1 is wrong. It does not have to be turned in EVERY TIME you leave Mexico no matter WHAT it states on the FMM.

In Reply To

"No Alan, you are wrong not Mazbook, if you have a FMM in your wallet read the front above where you filled it out...It states:

This form must be filled out individually by every foreigner entering Mexico,
including diplomatic personal and will turned in upon departure from the country......

It is pretty Black and White to me, if you do not turn it in then you are breaking the law Alan.....I love your line:

It does not have to be turned in EVERY TIME you leave Mexico no matter WHAT it states on the FMM.

No matter what it states on an official Mexican Gov. document...

You gotta be kidding me Alan, guess you are above the law, LOL"






Then why would the Mexican Immigration Officer at the TJ airport tell me the opposite and to not worry IF you are returning to continue your 180 stay?

Then why would the US Immigration Officer tell my wife and I exactly the same thing as the Mexican officer did when on the back of a US B2 180 days visa it states exactly the same thing as the FMM states. You must turn your visa in when leaving the country? They state if you are not leaving the country for the length of the 180 day visa just keep it and it will be valid and you can come and go as you please. You seem to be stuck on a technically that was not in writing on the form but any Immigration Office in Mexico will tell you. It is valid for 180 days, come and go as you please.


What about FMM holders living on the border and crossing every week or so, like me? Do I want to wait in line at the Migra to turn it in and then every time I fly south pay another $227.00 pesos 5 or 6 weeks after I just paid for one. Does a Mexican national want to stand in line for about 90 minutes every Friday night or so when visiting his girlfriend or family living past the free zone? Do I have to or do they have to. No we don't.

"Alan, All I can do is read in black and white on an official mexican document what it states, what you are told at an airport or by a boarder guard who knows you so well you wave at each other is hearsay..."

Simply go ask them your question. If there is an office close by it will take you no time at all. Simple. BTW She flew out of TJ. I will leave my car at my house in Mexicali when flying for a shorter visit.

Neil is right. I think we are flogging a dead horse.