No you didn't Russ, but my point is that they did put that in their response, and you and everyone else chooses to ignore it; and that's my point!
So visitors outside of the free zone dont need these? I'll let Mexican immigration know they have been making a mistake for the last 50 years.Mexican Tourist Visa for Costa Alegre...www.costalegre.ca Its no longer called an FMT, but now its all computerized and the part in the article thats talks about losing it, is correct. They may not keep you but try and apply for another and you may not get it. Their record keeping is catching up with our immigrations record keeping. I realize it says by plane on that form, but you need them if on foot, by boat, by bus or train.
The only Box you're putting it in is the ignore box, just like you do with anything that might cost you a buck regardless of the ethics involved.. I didn't say anything about the free zone, and neither did the State department! What they did say is
Now if you can't address that simple statement from the State Department because it might raise some question's you don't want raised, well that's what you do, that's your S.O.P., then fine, don't. Maybe I should start a thread with (The state department says "Mexico allows US citizens to enter by land and travel within 25 miles of the border with a driver's license and birth or naturalization certificate", so be sure you have a passport if you going farther than 25 miles into Mexico.).. Now that quote is a accurate quote from the State department is it not? Now it doesn't matter if they were answering a question about entering with a passport or not, what matters is that they have made a very prevocative statement that could be either a new policy by Mexico, or one that's not being enforced; or something else entirely. On it's own though, it's not something that should be confused by anyone with any intelligent's at all with any free zone matters or concerns whatsoever.
Something is wrong about they're statement about having a passport 25 miles inside Mexico. One of my kids and I took a friends boat from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, he didn't have a passport, so we went to the Mexican Consulate in Phoenix, with his birth certificate, drivers license and asked for a tourist visa, which when Mexican customs and Immigration in Cabo boarded the boat and checked our papers, said everything was fine. I dont think a passport is necessary in Mexico, so long as you have the tourist visa, issued by Mexican Immigration.
They didn't say anything except that quote, nothing about a tourist Visa, passports or anything else about it for that matter, except about your return. If it's true, since when, and what could be the ramifications of it if it is? It didn't say what you needed Bill, it said (the State Department) what the Mexican government supposedly said you could do if you just had a license and birth certificate while you were in Mexico! "Mexico allows US citizens to enter by land and travel within 25 miles of the border with a driver's license and birth or naturalization certificate"
It may be just as Jim suspects, a rogue computer..LOL
This is an appropriate topic for the meetings with the US Consulate. Did you get a name or employee ID ?
I did not.
. Yeah, the questions they ask as you're leaving can sound stupid...but why mouth off to the agent? How would you like to stand there all day asking the same stupid questions in the heat wearing body armor? If you have a complaint, complain to Homeland Security! That's where the orders come from.
OK Roberto...along that line, during a recent trip down I asked the BP agent if there was anything more to Lukeville than just that station. He gave me a stern look and said, " Don't you realize this is the next Scottsdale."
