wendy devlin
Sep 2, 2003, 1:09 PM
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I found out a little info (the hard way) about the fee that tourists to Mexico have to pay for entering the country.
Several days before we left for Mexico, we went to the Mexican Consulate in Denver. We didn't need to go there for the tourist card paper, but we had time on our hands before the trip, and thought it would make things simpler at the border. We filled out the paper and took it with us to Juarez. We took the really inexpensive bus (Los Angeles Limosene Bus) from Denver to Juarez for $40 US. When we reached the Mexican border, the driver stopped the bus and let everyone off for inspections. He waited for my husband and I to go inside to get our papers stamped. We were given a 180 day pass. No one ( Mexican Consulate/aduana at the border) mentioned our going to a bank to pay the $19.00. When we asked our driver about the fee, he told me that we no longer were charged for it. Only vehicles entering the country were charged now. I was suprised, but he took passengers across the border every day, so I accepted his answer. When we flew back to Juarez from Mexico City, the aduana met us at the airport. They wanted to see our tourist cards. They told us that we had not paid our fee and that we had to wait two days for the banks to re-open (it was Friday evening) to do it. There was no change of policy!!! This is what I learned....You have the whole time alotted to you on your tourist card to make the payment. If you were given 90 days...you have 90 days to pay it...180 days...you have 180 days to pay it. If you decide to leave Mexico without paying the $19, and you ever return to Mexico in the future, you must pay $4 US for every day that has passed from the exit date on your original tourist card. That's a mighty heavy fine! If you come back a year later, it could cost you $1460 US plus the $19 US. This info came from the top customs official at the Juarez border. We had apreviously flown into Mexico and the fee was included in our tickets, so we hadn't dealt with this before. Hopefully this will save others from any confusion.
(This post was edited by wendy devlin on Sep 2, 2003, 1:11 PM)
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