FMM Baja - available in LaPaz?
Asking on behalf of a couple of young American travellers. Here in Guerro Negro and they mentioned they would get the TIP in LaPaz. I asked did they get their FMM at the border. Errrr No. Few s...
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That website I posted does indicate there are other offices all over Baja where you should be able to get an FMM. Years ago we saw a small airport in Mulege where small private planes flew in from the US to go fishing. They must have had to get an FMM somewhere. So there are other airports and seaports where people fly in or sail in and need to get paperwork done. I think that website could tell something and then asking around could get you to the office. The website does not seem to have addresses of offices that I can find.
Years ago we lived on an island in the Caribbean where there was a customs office at the airport on one side of the island but people would sail in to the other side. They were supposed to cross the island to check in but most did not – they stayed a few days and sailed away. Point being there should be somewhere this can be done without returning to the border. Even if a fine must be paid it might be cheaper that return trip costs. Keep looking. There may not always be government officials in the immediate vicinity of every possible landing zone – some travel to an office may be required – therefore there is no way they might know for sure exactly how anyone arrived - if a boat or plane dropped someone off and then immediately departed there may be no consequences – and the one who dropped them off may not have been required to report in or if they were and did not then who is to know? I do not know if the FMM ties the user to the TIP but they might not want to explain the existence of their transportation when applying for the FMM.
Years ago we lived on an island in the Caribbean where there was a customs office at the airport on one side of the island but people would sail in to the other side. They were supposed to cross the island to check in but most did not – they stayed a few days and sailed away. Point being there should be somewhere this can be done without returning to the border. Even if a fine must be paid it might be cheaper that return trip costs. Keep looking. There may not always be government officials in the immediate vicinity of every possible landing zone – some travel to an office may be required – therefore there is no way they might know for sure exactly how anyone arrived - if a boat or plane dropped someone off and then immediately departed there may be no consequences – and the one who dropped them off may not have been required to report in or if they were and did not then who is to know? I do not know if the FMM ties the user to the TIP but they might not want to explain the existence of their transportation when applying for the FMM.
