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Alison_and_Neil
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Sep 25, 2013

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 Puerto Vallarta(Westjet direct flight) Since we drive into the country by RV and get our permits that way.....what happens when you leave the country by air and return? Doesn't the permit/visa get altered to show how you entered the country? What happens when we return to the border by RV and hand in our permits? Hope someone can clarify this situation
Thanks, Neil

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  • iguana07's avatar
    iguana07
    Explorer II
    Sep 25, 2013
    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.
  • Tequila's avatar
    Tequila
    Explorer
    Sep 25, 2013
    Hi Neil. First of all put all permits in your name only. The visa will show you entered by car. Make sure you take the permits with you to the airport or they may assume they are in her name and not let her board the plane. This happened to a friend, he had to quickly take a taxi back to the RV Park & retrieve them. She will hand in her visa and get a new one when she flies back, she needs to make sure it is an 180 day one.

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