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  1. Magnitude 6.6 about 100k from Tecomán, Colima. Looks like we are right at the upper end of the red zone.

    My pool water sloshed out and my desk MOVED...thought it was me.

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  2. On my return Intl flight on Saturday, Sept 17 the flight crew announced that Guadalajara no longer requires the FMM form but arriving passengers must tell their incoming flight number to the immigration official. Nobody in INM turned in a form and we indeed were asked for the flight number. AND...more surprisingly, we were not told to mask up once off the US aircraft, as we always have been...even last week. Most passengers deplaning, all the INM officers, and many people gathered waiting for passengers in the terminal also had no mask. The large reader board videos on how to properly wear a mask were absent, also, since last week,

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  3. In Chapala, past the malecón and seafood restaurants, When you see the white double doors of the yacht club (and before the Palapa de Don Juan restaurant) lakeside, turn left onto the small street. It's a small white building on the left; one parks and lines up at the outside terrace area to have supporting documents reviewed before being ushered into the building to take care of license requirements.

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  4. 5 minutes ago, ARIBOY said:

     

    According to  INEGUI, as shown below, the Guad met area  Includes 10 municipalities, and Chapala is NOT in the list.  

    So  it appears  locals do not have to do it, but am sure this will get clarified in the near future, in a more concrete way

     

    Desglose de datos del AMG
    (según INEGI, 2020)
    Municipio Pob. (hab) Sup. (km²) hab./km²
    Zapopan9 1 476 491 893 1653
    Guadalajara10 1 385 629 150 9225
    Tlajomulco de Zúñiga11 727 750 636 1142
    San Pedro Tlaquepaque12 687 127 119 5746
    Tonalá 569 913 166 3431
    El Salto13 232 852 41 5610
    Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos 67 969 184 369
    Zapotlanejo 64 806 643 100
    Juanacatlán 30 855 89 346
    Acatlán de Juárez 25 250 166 151
    Total AMG 5 268 642 3090 1704

    El Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara, de acuerdo al decreto 25400/LX/15, aprobado por el Congreso del Estado de Jalisco, se localiza en la parte central del estado mexicano de Jalisco y está conformada oficialmente por 10 municipios, de los cuales 6 son considerados como municipios centrales, es decir, municipios que cuentan con una conurbación continua. Dichos seis municipios son: Guadalajara, Zapopan, San Pedro Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, El Salto y Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, los otros cuatro municipios son: Juanacatlán, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Acatlán de Juárez y Zapotlanejo en los Altos de Jalisco.3

    La Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara cuenta con 48 localidades según el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), de todas ellas la localidad más poblada es la de Guadalajara con poco más de 1,6 millones de habitantes, dicha localidad es la única del municipio homónimo, siendo este último junto con Juanacatlán los municipios con menor cantidad de localidades (solo una por municipio), Tlajomulco de Zúñiga cuenta con 21 localidades, Tonalá con 8, Tlaquepaque con 8, Zapopan con 9, El Salto con 6 e Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos con 4, Zapotlanejo.

     

     

    Herein lies the potential for a problem: Chapala is listed as part of INEGI's list of Region 4, Ciénega, and the Verificación website says we are included in the annual emissions inspection. I've emailed three times today with the verification folks and, despite three responses, they have yet to directly answer the question. Here's what the inspection/verification website lists, so until they can tell me in writing that we are now excluded, I'll continue to comply:

    Por lo que los vehículos particulares y de uso intensivo a gasolina, gas natural y gas LP que circulen en los municipios de Chapala, Atotonilco el Alto, Degollado, Ocotlán, Jamay, Tototlán, Zapotlán del Rey, Poncitlán, La Barca y Ayotlán, deben cumplir con el Programa de Verificación Responsable (PVR) según lo establece el calendario oficial. En el caso de los vehículos a diésel, en este momento la obligatoriedad sólo les aplica si van a circular en el Área Metropolitana de Guadalajara (AMG). Note that foreign-plated vehicles are mentioned and included in the testing requirement: Actualmente, la obligatoriedad del PVR es para vehículos particulares (incluidos foráneos)...

  5. On 8/6/2022 at 11:27 AM, Mostlylost said:

    Hopefully. Registration is your tarjeta de circulación that you re-new every year. 

    Again if you live in Chapala you should have registered your car with an address here. Thus you do not need the sticker as Chapala has fewer than 100k residents

    From the verification website

    "...Alfaro also specified that, although the scope of the Responsible Verification will continue to be statewide, it will only be mandatory for those who live in the AMG (Guadalajara metro zone) and in medium-sized cities and their metropolitan areas..."

     

     https://verificacionresponsable.jalisco.gob.mx/comunicados/anuncia-enrique-alfaro-que-la-obligatoriedad-del-programa-de-verificacion-responsable-se-mantiene-e-incluira-un-esquema-de-incentivos-a-quienes-cumplan-en-tiempo-y-forma/

    Whether or not vehicles registered in the municipalities of Chapala or Jocotepec must continue to test annually is still clear as mud: Although Chapala itself has a population under 100K, the municipality of Chapala IS indeed part of the AMG (área metropolitana de Guadalajara): we are in Region 4, Ciénaga (code 14030), with a 2020 census population of 422,179. Accordingly, vehicles insured here (including foreign-plated) need to comply with the verification. We will get a 10% credit for voluntary compliance on our 2023 annual vehicle registration, tho...

    I've emailed the Verificación Responsable people with the conundrum and will report back if I get a more definitive response.

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  6. Just a clarification: when I took my constancia to CFE a few months ago, they wanted the following: Constancia dated within 30 days,  photocopy of (their own) CFE bill, dated within 30 days, and a (front and back) photocopy of the account holder's immigration (temporal/permanente) or voter registration (INE) card; CFE kept all three copies.

    TelMex, on the other hand, only wanted to see the Constancia; Telcel didn't want to see or take a copy. So much for consistency among utility providers and the government.

  7. 2 hours ago, ibarra said:

    The Constancia that the papeleria is providing is the same document that SAT in Guadalajara is providing.  This has been verified by many people.  Quit trying to make this a difficult process when it isn't if you already have an RFC number.  Our banks, insurance companies, CFE, Telcel and other vendors are accepting the Constancia that we are presenting as it is legal.  STOP this nonsense, please.

    I certainly hope you are correct, but I know several people who went the papelería route and now are left with errors (principally in address or contact email) in their Constancia and they were not given their own username nor login password to the SAT system. (One couple returned to inquire and were told they now had to go to SAT in Guadalajara to have the errors corrected.) Additionally, as the Constancia is dated, there's likely a problem when utilities (I verified this personally last week with CFE) require a Constancia dated within the last 30 days. How will people get back into their SAT accounts to update their Constancia without the requisite username/password to log in when other businesses ask for copias vigentes (current valid copies)?

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  8. 5 hours ago, Natasha said:

    First available appts. in Joco on line (OR via 800 number....tried both) was JULY 13.  Of course took, since justs as long in various greater Guad options.So don't sweat the 2 weeks.......😝

    There have been at least two INE Móvil trucks in the Ajijic/Chapala area recently. Maybe check local news sources? If I see another post, I'll reach out.

     

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  9. On 5/22/2022 at 6:58 PM, Floradude said:

    I have spent a couple of hours trying to schedule a time for Ocotlan but every day in the month of June is "the selected time is already occupied."

    Any suggestions.  I do go into Guadalajara.

    The first time I went, I went to station 003 in Guadalajara. Not hard to reach; about 1 1/4 hrs drive time for early morning appt.

  10. 2 hours ago, LostKitty said:

    Regarding the use of the word "must" in reports of the need to acquire an RFC #... 

    ...does anyone happen to know how this new tax law (which apparently requires folks to acquire an RFC #) and, specifically, the July 1 registration deadline, applies to a Residente Permanente who a) doesn't currently own or rent a home or land in Mexico (so can't produce any utility bills or a rental lease in their name), b) doesn't own a car, c) doesn't work or otherwise receive income in Mexico and d) doesn't have any Mexican bank accounts?

    Said another way, what happens if the July 1st deadline passes and a residente permanente who falls under the above set of categories hasn't sought out an RFC? IOW if someone doesn't currently have a need to acquire an RFC (because they don't own or rent, don't have Mexican bank account(s), don't work in Mexico and don't own a car) or otherwise can't produce a required document (like a lease or utility bill) can they essentially put-off/delay the process of acquiring an RFC until such time as they do have the need and/or can produce a required document?

    Just tying to ascertain if some sort of penalty will be imposed and/or if not having an RFC by the July 1 deadline will in any way jeopardize someone's residency status, particularly their permanent residency status.

    I envision car-free, full- or part-time permanent resident housesitters and anyone else who, say, lives with someone else who is themselves the listed party on a home or lease and on all utility accounts, car ownership documents, bank accounts, etc., as being particularly interested in the answer to the questions I've posed.

    The 1 July 22 date is the due date to obtain the Constancia de Situación Fiscal, which is applied for after the RFC is in hand, and which each adult ag 18+ who is temporal/permanente/Mexican citizen must have. (The law does not apply to tourists, in-transit visas etc.) This new Constancia acknowledges the valid registration with SAT of one's CURP, RFC, and address. If you are a tourist, there's no need to acquire. However, if you have a legal status in Mexico, it's time to comply. You may not own a car or home or have utilities now, but none of those are prerequisites for the document. Thinking ahead, should you require a factura for reimbursement of medical bills or other large expenses in Mexico, you'll need all three documents. Many Mexicans do not own, rent, have vehicles registered or have utility bills in their name, but they also must register, according to federal law.

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  11. [EDITED 22 MAY 22]

    A friend whom I helped process her Constancia just told me that the sentence she had to record first came up in Spanish; then changed to English.

     

     

    I think people are getting very confused by what is required for the July 1 law.  Mexico News Daily helped with the confusion, by mixing the process for obtaining an RFC with that for the new Constancia de Situación Fiscal. They are two separate documents and needed if you plan to receive a payment by factura or payroll (think Mexico medical insurance reimbursements, new CFE meters, new phones, etc.)

    "Finalmente, se les recuerda que la obligación de la emisión de facturas electrónicas o recibos de nómina en el sistema la Factura Electrónica 4.0, para lo cual los contribuyentes pueden requerir su Constancia de Situación Fiscal, iniciará a partir del 1 de julio de 2022."

    July 1 is not the date by which all adults 18+ (temporary or permanent foreign residents and all Mexican citizens) must have their RFC--we each already should have an RFC in order to receive a legal factura or payslip; if you don't have an RFC, you slipped through the system. The July 1 date is to get the newer Constancia de situación fiscal--think of it as a certificate of proof (from SAT) that one's CURP and RFC are correctly registered to the person named. If you for some reason do not yet have a valid RFC, you need to get that document first by applying online, making an appointment, then going to Guadalajara to finish the process. (Eons ago, many of us got our RFCs online, after getting our CURP at the Ajijic Delegación. No longer.)

    The new Constancia de Situación Fiscal process can be done online on a laptop, but if you are not computer-comfortable, have difficulty reading on screen, or fear speaking a fairly long (printed) line in Spanish into the microphone to be recorded on the application site, you may need help. You need your name, address, including Colonia and cross streets (like Mercado Libre asks for), landline and cell numbers, emails (plural), your CURP number, your RFC number, a .pdf or .jpeg of the front and back of your immigration document (temporal/permanente for expats, INE for Mexicans)--that's the bulk of it.

    Here's the process. At https://satid.sat.gob.mx/ you create a personal registration with a username and password (with multiple email verifications to said emails before you continue), then add home and cell numbers and, at minimum, one email address (they ask for backups.) If you are not computer-literate, you will need help to take your photo and, along with your legal immigration doc (front and back), upload it to the site. You then have to read a silly—but long—sentence for voice recognition purposes.  I think THIS part may be a problem for many, whether native or non-native speakers. Plus the text is blurred--mine was blocked by white surprinting as well--so seeing the sentence to record it is a bit dicey. You'll go through some more hoops then get another email (actually, I think I received text messages) that your info has been successfully uploaded. You wait, get a confirmation in a few days, then print the document for your safekeeping.

    I hope this helps you understand what is required, and how to apply for the new Constancia by the 1 July 22 deadline.

     

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  12. 3 hours ago, Mostlylost said:

    Vehicle verification can be paid online, recaudadoras, and bank windows. It is very important to mention that the Responsible Verification Centers do not accept money, so the payment cannot be made there, it must be done before scheduling the appointment.

    The instructions are on the website where you make your appointment.

    https://citas-verificacionresponsable.jalisco.gob.mx/#/

    In addition, you also have to wait for (and present) the emailed payment confirmation to your appointment. I had to help a couple from Ajijic who paid and had their bank receipt, but not the email confirmation of the transaction. They were sent away to await the payment email before returning. (They were given a card with a phone number to reschedule in Ocotlán.)

  13. Just now, Mostlylost said:

    https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/proof-of-vaccination.html    Posted March 2nd  

    Possibly you are confusing the airline mask rules which were set to expire but have been extended until April?

    The Transportation Security Administration is extending the current mandate for mask use on public transportation and in transportation hubs through April 18.

    The mandate had been set to expire on March 18.

    I am aware of this...questioning the source of Tom Gates' post, above, stating that the testing stops March 16--next Weds. I can find no verification for his comment.

     

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