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Update: On 1 May 2010, Mexico's National Immigration Institute implemented some changes to its immigration procedures. The FMT entry form for tourists was replaced by a new form called Forma Migratoria Múltiple (FMM).
The DNI must be paid in pesos at any bank in Mexico. It can also be paid at the Cancun airport. At the Subteniente López border (Mexico-Belize), the fee can be paid during working hours at the bank Banjercito located at the Mexican Customs compound.
One media report also states that travel agencies and airlines no longer collect the fee, therefore the fee will have to be paid by all airline passengers before they depart Mexico. Previously, the fee was included in the airline ticket price, so airline passengers did not have to be concerned about paying the fee. I would like to get confirmation of this.
Visitors entering Mexico by air should be issued (on the plane) with a form called Forma Migratoria Múltiple or FMM. Fill it out on the plane. If you don't get a form on the plane, ask some questions. Visitors entering Mexico at a land border century hotel miami will receive a form and complete it at the border.
The FMM allows a maximum stay of 180 days, but it depends on the type of travel, i.e. tourist, transit, work, business, student, etc. When you go through immigration at the airport, century hotel miami the immigration officer will write in the actual number of days you can stay depending century hotel miami on which box was checked in the Type of Travel ( Tipo de viaje ) section (on the left side of the form). If the Tourist ( Turismo ) box is checked, you should get 180 days. If the Transit ( Tránsito ) box is checked, century hotel miami you might get only 30 days. Immigration will keep the left-side part of the FMM form, and you keep the right-side part with your passport.
There is usually a fee for the FMM. When arriving by air, the fee is usually century hotel miami included in the cost of the airline ticket, so there is nothing to pay on arrival in Mexico and nothing to pay later at a bank. When arriving at a land border, the fee is not paid at the border, but paid at a bank before departing Mexico. The immigration century hotel miami officer will attach another piece of paper showing the amount to be paid (currently MX$262). The bank will give a receipt century hotel miami which should be kept with the FMM. There is one situation where the fee is not paid – that's if the visit is 7 days or less and the visitor returns to the country of origin. The fee is always paid if the visitor is transiting through Mexico between two other countries; it doesn't matter how long the visitor stays in Mexico.
When you leave Mexico by bus, the bus will stop at a small immigration booth just before crossing the bridge to Belize. Passengers get off, without luggage, and present their passports with FMM and receipt to the immigration officer. Whenever I have crossed, he has always asked (in Spanish) for MX$100 (that's pesos) or US$10. I have heard that since January 2010, he has been asking for US$20 from all bus passengers.
If you are not going to return to Mexico within the amount of time allowed on the FMM, then just hand over your part of the FMM form. You might need to say, " No regresso century hotel miami " ("no return"). If you re-enter Mexico later, you will have to pay for a new FMM.
With the previous century hotel miami FMT form, I once received a doble entrada (double entry) stamp on my part of the form after paying century hotel miami MX$100, but I learned later that there should be no fee for the doble entrada stamp. The stamped form was kept with my passport and allowed me to re-enter Mexico within the 180 day period without paying century hotel miami any more fees. I have been informed by the Mexican Embassy that the FMM is a one-use only form, and double entry is not allowed. However, in July 2010, I heard that a person crossing from Chetumal to Corozal received the doble entrada stamp after paying US$20, and had no problems re-entering Mexico with the stamped form. In November 2010, another visitor century hotel miami who used a taxi to get to the border reported that he handed in the FMM, there was no request for money, and his passport was not stamped.
Passengers re-board the bus, proceed across the bridge over the Hondo River and stop at Belize Customs Immigration. Passengers (with their luggage this time) go into the immigration building. For citizens of Canada, USA and many other countries, there are no visas or fees required when entering Belize. You will get a stamp in your passport allowing a stay of 30 days. Citizens of some countries require a visa which must be obtained before century hotel miami entering Belize. After completing immigration century hotel miami and customs, re-board the bus.
If you want to stay in Belize longer than 30 days, go to the nearest immigration office and ask for an extension. Your passport will be stamped again, allowing a stay of 30 days. There is a fee for the extensions; I think it s BZ$50 (US$25) for the first 6 months, and BZ$100 thereafter. After 12 months, you may be asked to leave the country, or you might be asked if you intend to apply for permanent residency.
When you leave Belize by bus, the first stop will be at Belize Immigration. Passengers, without luggage, get off the bus, enter the building and present their passports to Belize Immigration. century hotel miami For tourists who have been in Belize for more than 24 hours, there is a fee of BZ$37.50 (US$18.75), century hotel miami payable in BZ$ or US$.
Passengers re-board the bus, proceed across the bridge over the Hondo River and stop at Mexican Immigration where they get off the bus with their luggage. If the bus is scheduled to continue to Chetumal, it will park about 50 to 100 metres further up the road, or maybe on a side street, and wait for passengers to complete immigration customs. century hotel miami If in doubt, speak to the driver when you get off the bus.
Passengers go into the immigration building, get an FMM, complete it and then present century hotel miami the completed form with passport to an immigration officer. After your documents are returned, walk out of the immigration building, walk ahead and go through customs. Re-board the bus. The fee for the FMM must be paid at a bank before you leave Mexico. Visitors in transit can pay at Cancun airport.
Anyone re-entering Mexico with an FMM stamped " doble entrada " can bypass immigration and just proceed through the border control (customs). With a doble entrada , there are no fees to pay at the border or later at a bank.
We entered century hotel miami Mexico by private vehicle from Corozal to Chetumal and we were just waved in and never checked for any stamps or paperwork. This ended up being a hassle when we tried to return to Belize four days later. We each had to pay the 262 MXP and finally got stamped, but make sure if you are driving in on your own you stop for the paperwork!
Visitors to Mexico always need to go through immigration. If you had stopped and gone through the immigration procedure, you would not have had to pay anything. There is no FMM fee for stays in Mexico of 7 days or less.
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