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Moisheh

Jan 31, 2012, 6:38 AM

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FM3 Renewal Problem

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Our FM3's are due for renewal every October. They are up to date but we will be absent from Mexico from spring until March of 2013(about 11months) Other than just turning them in before leaving Mexico is there another way to handle this problem? If we have to start all over it is one big PIA. If we just leave and do nothing I am afraid there would be big fines. I haven't contacted our local Migra yet to see if they have a suggestion. Maybe we could renew them before we leave and get a new renewal date? Any suggestions appreciated .

Moisheh

mazbook1

Jan 31, 2012, 10:38 AM

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Turn in your FM3s at the airport (or border) as you leave México. Return on an FMM tourist card and nearly immediately start the process for getting a new one (whatever it will be called then). That's the only 100% legal, hassle-free way to do it.

surebought

Jan 31, 2012, 11:00 AM

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I would be careful about going down to Servicios Migratorios and saying you are going to be gone for 11 months. I don't know for sure, but there might be some time limit or a technical detail on being away from Mexico during this process. Maybe some one else has the answer, but maybe letting it go and saying you forgot but were living here all the time and paying a late penalty might be the way. Where you live, aren't there some Coyotes that could file the paper work for you for a fee in your absence? In the third or fourth year, it does get easier as I remember, but as in everything in Mexico: things change. Also if, like your user name, you have something to do with the Middle East, then forget what I just said about letting it expire. You should renew on time in that case.

One day I was over at Servicios Migratorios mouthing off about how in the US anyone they could Cattle Prod off a Railroad Car could get Citizenship in 5 Years. The Democrats want the votes and the Republicans want the cheap labor. I have been already coming here for seven years. When am I going to get some rights? They all laughed. When can I run for Governor? But one guy said I was really lucky that I wasn't Arabic or Asian. "Why", I said taking the bait. It wasn't racism. They said that if they gave one guy a visa, he would bring his whole extended family. You're safer, your family won't even visit you. They were right about that.

mazbook1

Jan 31, 2012, 11:20 AM

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surebought, How ridiculous can you get? I've seen some ridiculously bad posts here, but this one of yours takes the cake!

Rolly

Jan 31, 2012, 11:42 AM

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Amen

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Moisheh

Jan 31, 2012, 11:56 AM

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I usually thnk people for their answers but surebought!! I don't think so. Your anser is not only BS you started rambling abhout nothing. If you had any sense you would know that Moisheh is a Hebrew word meaning Moses and I was born and raised in Canada. I see you are a new member and might be new to Mexico. With your cheating methods you won't last long in this country!

Moisheh

morgaine7

Jan 31, 2012, 1:46 PM

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A couple on another forum reported that they successfully changed their renewal date permanently to an earlier one, but they had to pay the new full year with no discount for "lost time" on the previous year. So, for example, if you asked to change your annual renewals to April instead of October, this April you'd pay for a full year to the following April. You'd lose six months off what you paid last October, but it still might be cheaper than paying a fine or starting over, presuming that your INM office would let you do it. I don't remember what area the other folks were from.

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Moisheh

Feb 1, 2012, 4:28 AM

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Thanks Morgaine. I was thinking of that ame solution. I will check with our Migra office.

Moisheh

YucaLandia

Feb 1, 2012, 8:24 AM

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I think we may have missed the point of surebought's post. Don't we all enjoy a good farce? Plant you tongue firmly in your cheek and go for it! Kind of like a boy poking at a hornet's nest, to see what flies out.

Surebought has years and years of experience running a restaurant here in Mexico, and seems familiar and comfortable dealing with his share of coyotes, et al to stay in buisiness. People can get pretty jaded after decades of experience - and posting ridiculous or surreal stuff is a way to blow off steam: Think theatre of the absurd.
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