Tourist permit/ visa
We are planning to be down on the West Coast around the Puerto Vallarta area this winter. We are still working and running our business on the road. My wife will have to fly back to Vancouver,BC from ...
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iguana07 wrote:
A couple of winters ago I sent my wife home for a wedding from Mazatlan. Your vehicle papers do not come into effect unless she is not coming back to drive home, then they need to be in your name. Her tourist permit she gets when you come into Mexico is what she will use to go home then on return flight she gets new tourist permit and yes ask for the 180day one. She turns that in at your crossing back along with all your other paper work.
It depends on how sharp the immigration guy is. My friends wife came with 5 min of missing her flight. Fortunately they were at Tacho's which is pretty close to the airport. I would always take the vehicle permit with me, just in case they want to ensure her name is not on it. It is illegal to leave a 180 day permitted vehicle in Mexico and fly home, even short term. Lots of people do it, but you can get nailed on it. There is at least one guy in PV airport who checks. If it is a 10 year permit, no problem.
