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<price cost="96" currency="USD" /> for six months for a 1987 4Runner from [http://www.sanbornsinsurance.com Sansborns Mexico Insurance] including <price cost="14" currency="USD" /> "Legal Aid" upgrade. | <price cost="96" currency="USD" /> for six months for a 1987 4Runner from [http://www.sanbornsinsurance.com Sansborns Mexico Insurance] including <price cost="14" currency="USD" /> "Legal Aid" upgrade. | ||
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Revision as of 12:59, 6 December 2013
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Entering Mexico with a Car or Motorbike
Correct as of: December 2011
Required Paperwork
The border with the United States of America and Mexico has a zone where you can drive your car without doing any of the paperwork listed below. This zone usually extends about 20km South, and includes all of Baja California. If you plan to go further into Mexico, you will have to complete the paperwork listed here.
- Passport of registered owner (original and 1 copy).
- Vehicle registration (original and 1 copy).
- Drivers license of registered owner (original and 1 copy).
- Mexico Tourist Card you received when you crossed the border, or crossed outside the special zone mentioned above (original and 1 copy)
Process at border
(To check if you need a travel Visa for Mexico, application instructions and fees see: Mexico Visa online application at VisaHQ.com)
- The owner of the vehicle gains entry at immigration (migración), including a stamp in their Passport and a Mexico Tourist Card (depending on which border you cross at, you may get this at the actual border, then proceed further until you are required to complete paperwork for the vehcile).
- The owner must show the new passport stamp and tourist card, drivers license and the original vehicle registration to customs (aduana).
- The owner is issued a temporary import permit for the vehicle.
Important: only the registered owner of the vehicle or spouse are allowed to drive the vehicle. If somebody else gets caught driving the vehicle, consider it donated to customs.
NOTE: You may encounter locals offering to help you with paperwork to get across the border. See Border Crossing Helpers for advice.
Cost of entry
- $262.00 MXN per person for the tourist card. Maximum duration 180 Days
- $48.84 USD for the vehicle permit, maximum duration 180 days (often matched with tourist card). PLUS you must leave a deposit between $200.00 USD - $600.00 USD depending on age of vehicle. Better to pay in USD, but you can use your VISA card to pay and and leave the deposit.
- If your vehicle is an RV, there is no deposit required for the permit. The permit in this case is good for 10 years.
Permitted length of stay
Unlimited, so long as the registered owner of the vehicle is legally allowed to remain in Mexico. Consider importing your vehicle as an RV, we were told that it can easily extend your vehicle import to a 10 year term, whereas your visa is the only limitation on your stay.
Extension of stay
See below, as long as the owner / driver is legally in Mexico, so is the vehicle. If it is parked and nobody drives it, it's still legal. There is no expiration date for the temporary import of the vehicle, so there is also no extension.
Storing a vehicle and temporarily leaving the country
The vehicle can stay as long as the owner and driver are legal in the country. If you park your car, leave the country and come back with a new tourist visa, you're free to drive on with your vehicle. There is no time limit for the vehicle to stay in the country.
Exiting with a vehicle
- The registered owner presents the temporary import paper to customs.
- The registered owner is stamped out of Mexico at immigration.
NOTE: When leaving the country, you may be asked by immigration to pay a fee - this is bribery and you should not pay anything without getting an official receipt.
Driving in Mexico
Insurance requirements
Insurance is mandatory in Mexico, and you will have problems with the Police if you don't purchase it. You can buy it at the border, or many companies exist online that piggy-back on your insurance from the United States of America
Cost of insurance
$135.00 USD for six months for a 4x4 from Mexico Auto Insurance.
$96.00 USD for six months for a 1987 4Runner from Sansborns Mexico Insurance including $14.00 USD "Legal Aid" upgrade.
$700.00 USD for six months for a van conversion valued at $40,000.00 USD
