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Gwendolyn

Mar 31, 2003, 1:43 PM

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FM3 and Legality of Car

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I have been under the impression that if my FM3 is current, my car is legal. However, I have been told that if, for example, I bring my car into Mexico in October and then renew my FM3 in November, my car is not legal and I have to go out of the country and get a new sticker. Frankly, that seems to contradict the rule. Query: Must the date of the car sticker receipt be after the date of the most current FM3 renewal?
Gwen Gregory

Rolly

Mar 31, 2003, 2:36 PM

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The car permit which you got (will get) at the border is valid so long as your FM3 is valid -- with renewals for as long as you wish. You will see an expiration date on the permit. That is the date your permit becomes invalid unless you renew your FM3. The FM3 is renewed by immigration which does not tell Aduana and Banjercito that you have renewed -- you must do that yourself.

Within 10 days after you renew your FM3, you must file some paperwork to continue your registration. You do not have to go back to the border, you can do it locally. There is no fee (at this writing). You will not be given a new sticker or registration papers, so be sure to keep a copy of everything in your car. Now comes the Mexican twist. Where do you go to continue your car's permission? In some places the Aduana will take care of it; in other places you must go to the Banjercito. Start with the Aduana office.

Many of us carry a copy of the law regarding the car permit which says the permit is good so long as your FM3 is valid. This may useful if you encounter a cop who does not know the law.

Artículo 106

Se entiende por régimen de importación temporal, la entrada al país de mercancías para permanecer en él por tiempo limitado y con una finalidad específica, siempre que retornen al extranjero en el mismo estado, por los siguientes plazos:

IV. Por el plazo que dure su calidad migratoria, incluyendo sus prórrogas, en los siguientes casos:

a) Las de vehículos propiedad de extranjeros que se internen al país con calidad de inmigrantes rentistas o de no inmigrantes, excepto tratándose de refugiados y asilados políticos, siempre que se trate de un solo vehículo.

Los vehículos que importen turistas y visitantes locales, incluso que no sean de su propiedad y se trate de un solo vehículo.

Los vehículos podrán ser conducidos en territorio nacional por el importador, su cónyuge, sus ascendientes, descendientes o hermanos, aun cuando éstos no sean extranjeros, por un extranjero que tenga alguna de las calidades migratorias a que se refiere este inciso, o por un nacional, siempre que en este último caso, viaje a bordo del mismo cualquiera de las personas autorizadas para conducir el vehículo y podrán efectuar entradas y salidas múltiples.

Los vehículos a que se refiere este inciso, deberán cumplir con los requisitos que señale el Reglamento.

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(This post was edited by Rolly on Mar 31, 2003, 2:49 PM)