You can do two things once you have your vehicle in Mexico: You may keep your foreign plates and tie your TIP to your Resident Temporal Visa status (valid for 4 years), or you may “Mexicanize” your car by obtaining Mexican license plates. In order to keep your foreign plates, you must follow all the [...]
Truckin' to Tulum!
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
by Ron Burdine After five days of driving from Denver, Colorado to Tulum, Mexico, I have arrived! What follows is a recap of the high and lowlights of an interesting drive through a beautiful country. DAY 1: We (my brother-in-law, Rich, and I) left Denver at about 6 pm, and nearly made it to Amarillo, [...]
Using A Phone in Mexico
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
As reliant as we have all become on cell phones, it’s inconvenient to do without one when we travel. Fortunately, you can buy a cell phone for use in Mexico at a Telmex store or other cell phone store. The low-end cost of a cell phone begins at about $350.00 pesos and usually comes with about 10 minutes of air [...]
Save Money!! Get your geezer card!
March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In Mexico, if you make it to 60 years old, and you’re a citizen or have an FM2 or FM3, the Mexican government will issue you an INAPAM Senior Citizen Discount card. This card is a “magic ticket.“ It is a federal program administered locally by “DIF” (Desarrollo Integrál de la Familia)and will get you [...]
Temporarily Bringing Your Car Into Mexico 2013
March 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
If you are coming to Mexico as a tourist or as a new immigrant, the first thing you need to do is go to the INM and begin your temporal application process. To obtain, renew or change your immigration status, you must start here by filling out an online application, being accepted and receiving a NUE. At [...]
Things I wish I had known before I landed!
March 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Numbers Mexican-style Dates are in the form DD/MM/YYYY. It takes a while to adjust to seeing them that way, especially when you’re dealing with the first 12 days of the month. June 10, 2012 is written as “10/6/2012,” which still, at first glance to me, appears to be October 6, 2012. Decimals and commas in [...]
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