
YucaLandia

Jan 24, 2012, 1:29 PM
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Re: [steve.lafler] FM3 to FMT: Car Sticker Still Valid?
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Aduana rules state that the expiration date of your car's Temporary Import permit corresponds to the expiration date of your INM permit. When you applied for the car's Temporary Import permit, you agreed that you would take your vehicle out of Mexico before the permit expires. If you allow the No Inmigrante (formerly called FM3) to expire, then your car's Temporary Import permit expires and you have to take it to a border. There are no FMTs (since May 2010), so, you did not re-enter Mexico on an "FMT" "over the Holidays". If you did not show your No Inmigrante permit (FM3) when you re-entered Mexico, they likely gave you an FMM. I am no expert in penalties, but you are not allowed to get FMMs, while you still have a No Inmigrante (FM3). Unexpired FM3 holders are supposed to officially surrender & abandon their No Inmigrante (FM3) before they change to FMMs. You should take the car out of Mexico, as you agreed, before the FM3 expires, or ... you could renew your existing FM3. If you have reached your 5 year limit on your current No Inmigrante, then you could apply for a new No Inmigrante permit. Either renewing your current No Inmigrante permit or getting a new No Inmigrante permit would extend your car's Temporary Import permit, without taking it out of Mexico. Have you completed 5 years on your No Inmigrante? You ask about "applying for a new FM3", but if you have not reached 5 years, then you simply renew your current No Inmigrante (FM3) and then notify Aduana in person and in writing of your new INM permit expiration date, so Aduana can update their records to show your correct (new) expiration date. steve - - Read-on MacDuff E-visit at http://yucalandia.com
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