On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:22:40 +0200, Tom P
wrote:
>Hatunen wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:37:56 +0200, Tom P
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hatunen wrote:
>>
>>>> I suggest you contact the rental companies and ask them for an
>>>> unequivocal answer. And you will have to buy Mexican auto
>>>> insurance from a Mexican company (but sold by American agents,
>>>> including AAA affiliates). In theory, if you remain in Mexico for
>>>> over 72 hours you will also need a visitor's card even though you
>>>> will be in the frontier zone.
>>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> I just found this link:
>>> http://travel.latimes.com/daily-deal-blog/?p=1398
>>> T.
>>
>> Cool. But do check on the Tourist Card (not mentioned on that web
>> site): http://www.mexonline.com/visamex.htm
>>
>> The 72-hour requirement is stated a bit ambiguously, but the card
>> is required, even in the border zone. On the other hand, you are
>> quite unlikely to be detected without one if don't encounter any
>> internal check points.
>>
>When I fly to Mexico, I declare how long I'm staying, and I get a
>tourist card. Are you saying that if I drive into Mexico, I don't go
>through immigration?
Not at the border itself. We take European visitors down to
Nogales all the time; no one looks at a thing going into Mexico,
although there are usually some guys in uniforms that could
probably give you a hard time if they thought something fishy was
going on. But at Nogales we usually walk across the border.
Driving you do go through a sort of filtering system. There's a
red/green light. When the light is green you go through, no
problem. If it stays red they'll direct you over to an inspection
lane. We've never had to do that ourselves.
The real checks occur when you are leaving the Zona Frontera and
going deeper into Mexico. Staying in the Zona Frontera is
hassle-free.
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