mudgirl

I can't see how a Transport Canada official would know if or what modifications a Mexican plated 2014 Honda would require to pass the import test without a physical inspection of the vehicle. The vehicle could have been manufactured in Japan, the US, or assembled in Mexico. All of which might result in different safety and emissions features.

JRod is correct on all but this.: There is no need to fill out the top portion of the FMM when you are leaving. This is the part you will retain and fill out and hand in on your return. Why not fill out the top part when you exit? Well, you may not have yet booked your return flight (and there is a line on the form for the airline and flight # of your return), or you may change your return flight and date while you are away. And don't fret if you lose the top half when out of the country. Theoretically the entry and exit are supposed to be from the same card (matching bar code) but INM doesn't appear to care if you just fill out a new one on the flight back. Confirmed by INM agent at PV airport.

Your insurance co. will not apply for an official RFC for you. They have no authority to do so. It is something you have to do for yourself, with or without the assistance of a facilitator.

Banks, insurance companies, etc, will often assign a generic RFC # to a gringo's account, because they assume we don't have an official one. So don't assume that just because there is an RFC # on something, that it is correct. I had to advise my bank 3 times that they did not have my correct RFC# on my account before they finally changed it to jive with my other official stuff.

So , in fact, no Mexican, except one with doctorates in several disciplines, would ever be able to pass the Mexican citizenship test.

No, it's not mandatory- it is what you personally find necessary. If it was mandatory for survival, all the Mexicans and the other gringos who find living with fans to be adequate would be dead by now.

Seconded. It's hard to joke around about anything these days without someone jumping on you for not being politically correct. There is a hilarious video called "How to speak English like a wetback". The comments online below the video when I watched it ran to outrage about how "racist" it was against Mexicans. In people's rush to be "PC", they failed to notice that it was made by a Mexican American comedian and missed the point entirely that it was actually poking fun at Americans who claim illegal Mexican immigrants are taking all their jobs.

I like the sign that says Respete Mi Entrada Y Yo Respetare Su Coche (Respect my entrance and I'll respect your car). A friend used to have a stack of business cards in his vehicle to slip under the windshield wipers of those folks who can't seem to manage to park their cars in a space without being over the lines, therefore taking up 2 parking slots. It said "If you f**k like you park, you'll never get it in".

Well, there are people from every country who talk loudly, but American tourists seem to have a corner on the market. I'm originally American, born and bred, so I'm allowed to say that :-) Mexican men, when working on a construction site, tend to yell when talking to each other even when they are not working that far apart from each other (I think a lot of them are actually hearing impaired from the high decibel music they've grown up with). And loud when partying. But I've never noticed them being loud when eating at a nice restaurant.

The loud table next to us consisted of only 2 couples and they didn't seem drunk, yet. One of the guys sounded like he was talking through a megaphone. It baffles me why so many Americans talk so loud. I've seen them in little Mexican stores asking for something in English. When the shopgirl obviously doesn't understand, they just repeat it louder, as if they think she's deaf or retarded. They seem not to be aware that they are in a foreign country where English is not the official language.

My party of 4 had to change tables at a restaurant last week because the tourists at the next table were talking so loud (yelling, basically) the whole restaurant was forced to listen to their conversation. As I got up to move, I said to them quietly that they were incredibly loud. Later as I was passing by their table after going to the ladies, one of the guys motioned me over, saying that they were celebrating an anniversary. He actually felt this was a viable excuse to dominate the airwaves. I told him that probably half the people in the restaurant were out celebrating something and that his attitude was unbelievably entitled.

Last season, with no warning whatsoever, multiple police forces and transitos swooped into Sayulita one day and confiscated every golf cart they could find. They took them away from tourists who had just rented them, as well as private owners. They had a couple of giant flatbeds all ready. As golf carts are used extensively here, and there are several rental outfits, the rumor was that the taxi union was the instigator. Don't know if that was true or not. Word traveled fast and residents were getting them off the street and into their garages or yards.

As I understand it, the OP will get a 30 day permit for the vehicle under the Canje status he will be entering under. As that is the amount of time a person has to attend an INM office in Mexico to complete their visa process. The 15 days comes into play when you actually have that visa or it is in process. As another poster mentioned, paying Spencer to assist with this, as he knows the time constraints, would be wise. BTW, years ago when I had my Canadian plated vehicle in Mexico under a temp.visa and had sent off all the required paperwork to Aduana within the required time period, I never got a confirmation that it had gone through. Repeated calls over the course of a month and a half to Aduana were met with "It's in process". Finally I just emailed Banjercito asking if they had received the extension. I got a reply within 24 hours confirming that they had.

You are posting incorrect information which will only misinform or confuse the OP, who has stated that he has a TEMPORARY RESIDENCY visa approval. His car is perfectly legal to remain in the country and he will get his deposit refunded when next driving out as long as he notifies Aduana of his temporary visa within the required time period.

Got stung on the "drumstick" of my thumb six months ago. Took a Benedryl right away, as well as ice. Feeling did not work its way back to the tip of my thumb for 4 months! My first scorpion sting was similar to yours, Ferrret- a friend handed me a pair of shorts she said were too small for her if I wanted them- I went to try them on and there was a scorpion inside.

Sorry about your ordeal, but FYI scorpions do not bite- they sting.

Your first reply to this thread certainly sounds to me like you were just recommending that she go to the pharmacy, buy some (no prescription needed, you state) and try it. I did not assume anything about the OP's intelligence level.

Why would anyone recommend that someone else just go to the drug store and take some drug without them consulting their doctor? Incredibly irresponsible and dangerous. Lyrica is not some benign thing to self-administer as if it is aspirin. Has extremely dangerous side effects (40pound weight gains, hair loss, just to name a couple), ADDICTIVE, almost impossible to stop taking without horrible withdrawal symptoms. Harder to kick than heroin.

Thanks for clarification kbleitch.

Yet the info posted by Bisbee Gal here from the Guad. reporter article states the exact opposite- to hand in smaller part on departure and larger portion on return. It's all so insane and contradictory.

Wow, good for you, bob k. Sounds like you're about the only person who actually responded to this poster's simple request, rather than offer her a bunch of unsolicited, non-understanding, and in some cases, downright rude advice. Amanda, I live in Sayulita, and though I am not particularly lonely, I would be happy to make your acquaintance if I lived Lakeside. I know other people in Canada with Aspergers, and I know it's easier for them to relate one-on-one, rather than joining a singles club, for instance, with too much input all at once.

There is no reason why you could not start your own business given that you obtained the correct paperwork. You would first want to live in the area for awhile to assess what businesses already exist in the fields you are proficient at, and determine if you can come up with something that is lacking. If no one has thought of setting up a particular business, you are not taking jobs away from underemployed or unemployed Mexicans. (kinda like folks up north believing that Mexicans are taking all their jobs, when in fact they themselves have not been anxiously awaiting a job opportunity cleaning other peoples' toilets or crawling around in the hot sun picking tomatoes). This is what I did 15 years ago, and in all that time have had no competition, and am always swamped with work. Altho being swamped with work is possibly not what you are wanting or envisioning.

Aside from the fact that many of us are "of an age" where we might miss something if not paying attention, I don't really understand what is so confusing for people about this. Obviously, to me, if you have residency status, you would mark the appropriate box on the INM form. And obviously, to me, you would show your residency card when getting the form to fly out, as well as when handing in the other half on your return. It seems the INM agents at the PV airport are more on the ball than those in Guad. I've never heard of anyone having their visa marked "tourist" in PV when they are obviously not (according to the card you present) and having the hassle of having to start the visa process over.

Actually, I don't think any gardener should be holding a hose on any plants ever, it's not at all necessary. If the hose has one of those brass or plastic screw open/closed nozzles on it (as opposed to one that you squeeze the trigger on), it can just be set to a small trickle, and left at the base of a plant or tree for 5 minutes while the gardener prunes or rakes something. Then just go move the hose to another area and continue working. But that would be an efficient use of time, a concept not widely understood here :-)

I do almost all my own gardening, mostly because it brings me joy and contentment. I occasionally hire someone if I need tall bananas or palms pruned, but as other posters have noted, I don't consider standing and holding a hose for hours to be a job description I am willing to pay for. Once I hired a guy to do some pruning- I had to go attend to something else for 15 minutes, and when I came back, he was proudly and happily raking out all the mulch I put around my plants to conserve moisture and keep down weeds. I do wish you luck finding someone professional.