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Dragonlady · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:41 am Post subject: FM3 renewal 2012

It's that time of year again, and normally I'd go here http://www.inm.gob.mx/index.php and fill out and print off the form, and head to INM with documents in hand...
However, it's my understanding that I can't use 'the short cut' because I have new information (a change of address).
Fine, I'll head down to INM with part of the on-line paper work done.

Or not?
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mejms · Joined: 04 Jan 2010 Posts: 390

Beats me. I can't imagine that this intrinsic online process would just be suspended as a matter of procedure. Can you access the online form? If you can, I would just fill it out, print it, and head down to immigration. If you can't, I would still go down to immigration to find out what's up.

notamiss · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:07 pm Post subject:

What the crucial last sentence says is, �access to the sections of this internet portal that disseminate information about programs, actions, projects and achievements is suspended.�

Interpreted strictly, I don�t see that this means that the on-line tool should be blocked, but I can imagine it being possible that someone in the bureaucracy responsible for the site could interpret it that way and block it.

Isla Guapa · Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:33 pm Post subject:

I'll be going to INM in Mexico City on Monday to renew my NO INMIGRANTE visa for the fourth time. I have already filled out and printed the application form and don't expect any problems on Monday, but I'll be sure to let everyone know how it went when I get back.

Dragonlady · Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:11 am Post subject:

Thank you to those who've replied.

Isla I look forward to hearing from you after your visit to INM Monday.
My schedule is such that I won't be able to make it down to the office here until the 8th.

DL

Checka_tu_mail · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 9 Location: SLP, Mexico

Good luck with the renewal, from personal experience in SLP it matters not a fig anyway what the requirements are on the INM website as there's always something missing. Every year I go down to immigration with the list as per the site and every year they tell me it's wrong and the requirements seem to change annually.

Anything to do with immigration in SLP always involves two visits, the first to verify what they actually need and the second to submit it which is a pain as it's always packed in there.

Isla Guapa · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:20 am Post subject:

Dragonlady · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 3:23 am Post subject:

mejms · Joined: 04 Jan 2010 Posts: 390

Isla Guapa · Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 4:31 am Post subject:

djpresidente · Joined: 28 Jun 2011 Posts: 17 Location: M�xico, DF

This isn't renewal, but I just got a new visa because my FM3 was stolen a few weeks ago. I did all the online things as normal without any problem.

Maybe it's just a bad link.

A question maybe someone knows the answer to: that immigration reform law they've been working on forever was supposed to go into effect early this year. Rumors are saying that under the new law, you will not be able to enter or leave the country when your visa is in the renewal process. The process is also supposed to take longer. Are any of these rumors true?

Isla Guapa · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 2:27 pm Post subject:

The new law has not gone into effect yet. There's a good chance it won't be implemented till after the July elections. Until the new regulations have been actually written, no one knows for sure how they will affect us.

MotherF · Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 3:54 pm Post subject:

Dragonlady,

I checked the INM site and that message popped up, but I clicked accept and it went away and I was able to proceed to information about the renewal
http://www.inm.gob.mx/index.php/page/Solicitud_de_Estancia

MotherF · Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:05 pm Post subject:

I popped by my not so local INM today and it went as smoothly as it ever has. I filled out the online form a couple of days ago, and it's even easier now as you can put the number on your card in and all your information fills in automatically.

Isla Guapa · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 2:58 am Post subject:

I went to the INM office in Mexico City this morning to pick up the 4th pr�rroga of my No Inmigrante visa. It was actually ready last Friday, a little less than 3 weeks after I turned in all the paperwork. At first I was told that I should come back in an hour, m�s o menos, and I thought, uh-oh, something's wrong. I waited a minute or so and then asked another person, who seemed to be more on the ball, if there was a problem, and he said there wasn't and that I should wait right there. My file came up in a little under a half hour, and after signing my name a few times and taking two thumbprints, I was given my new flimsy plastic card, hot off the presses. Then off I went for a celebratory late breakfast at Sanborn's.