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[Phil_K]

[MELEE]

I don't want anyone to have to go through deportation. But my homecountry, the US of A, deports people in your situation every single day. They deport people married to citizens, people who are parents of citzens, the think nothing of tearing families apart. I certainly don't think that's a good thing, I just stated that you are lucky that Mexico doesn't take such a hard stance. In this situation, they could have easily decided to deport you. It says right on page two of the FM3

[Prof.Gringo]

[Phil_K]

MELEE - Apology accepted (although there wasn't one that I detected!)

[corporatehuman]

Cant I complain for you?

Ojala que todos haya ido a migracion.

It is great you werent deported and though it is a loophole, has to do with your citizenship, etc. etc. we will take it if we get it, right.

Chris

[Samantha]

Chris, what exactly are you trying to say in your last post? I don't even want to try to guess.

Immigration routinely fines foreigners for lapsing their FM3's and other such infractions. That's the process. If they catch you working before your FM3 is approved and in your hand you can get whacked and so can the employer. Even if you are on the job "training". It happens. You just have to know the law here. Complaining is a gringo thing and gets you nowhere in Mexico. They just look at you funny and block you out (blah blah blah), probably thinking about the next episode of the soap opera they are hooked on.

[Dragonlady]

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[lisa1968]

Chris,

Do you mean ojala que todos fueran a migracion? And I agree with Samantha, what are you trying to say?

[Phil_K]

Had to dig this one up again to close it!

I finally got my new FM2 this week (May 30) after what seems like an eternity, so I am no longer a VISITOR (ridiculous after paying taxes, buying property etc for the last 5 years) but actually an IMMIGRANT.

What I wanted to ask someone who actually has the experience (information from INAMI is difficult), in 5 years time, if I apply for INMIGRADO status and get the permenant FM2, does that mean no more annual visits to renew and would I still have to go to inform the registry about change of job, address, marital status etc?

I assume on the second point, the answer is yes, as they have my FM1 form and this needs to be constantly updated.

[bdbarnett1]

[Samantha]

I think he admitted to being a Brit in another thread.

[Phil_K]

[Phil_K]

BTW, I guess no one can answer my question from actual experience. Even MELEE hasn't been here that long I believe.

[Samantha]

I didn't go the FM2 route because I knew I could naturalize sooner, via the FM3. It made no sense to me to get an FM2 for several reasons.

There are still procedures to follow, at least in the first 5 years of the FM2 I've been told, and one is the amount of time you are permitted to be away from Mexico. I think I would check directly with your INAM office since they may view it differently than the folks in another location, but I know a woman here who got a big fat fine for accumulated time away from Mexico, more than the permitted 18 months in 5 years of the FM2. She reverted back to her FM3 after tha,t because apparently noone had told her she couldn't keep her foreign plated car in Mexico once the FM2 entered the next phase. Neither of those things will likely affect you.

[Phil_K]