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[Phil_K]

As I haven't left Mexico since I arrived, I was surprised while looking for something else on the Immigration website to see a tr�mite for "Permiso de salida y regreso del pa�s" which costs $260. As I plan to take a vacation in the USA in November, please tell me this is for special circumstances, not for short trips. I couldn't stand yet another trip to immigration.

[notamiss]

In my experience it's what you need if you have to leave the country & return, but you don't have physical access to your visa because you've submitted it for some tr�mite such as getting a replacement after its being lost or stolen, or you're in the process of becoming an inmigrado. I experienced the latter; they kept my visa for about 6 months before I got it back with inmigrado status, and I did have to leave the country during that period so I did it with one of those permisos. I don't remember it being so expensive though (it was 4 or 5 years ago).

But don't take this as the final word, of course; there may be some other catch I don't know about.

[Phil_K]

Thanks for the reply, that makes sense.

I suppose the question is (and as I've never left the country, I don't know) when you do take a vacation you just leave and enter with your (in my case) FM2 - most people on the forum have travelled, so please could you confirm this.

[MELEE]

Yes there is a page for the airport INM officials to stamp your enterance and exit. You are allowed to come and go as you like, but on an FM2 there is a limit to the total amount of time you can be out of Mexico during the 5 years of your FM2 (I believe it's 18 months, so for just vacationing you should be fine)--also after you've been here for two years you can apply for citizenship as a spouce and never visit our friends at INM again!

[Phil_K]

Thanks MELEE, I received a PM from an old friend of the forum who's no longer posting, with the same information. I asked my wife, who's a travel agent about the form, and she said that, yes, it's the same for Mexicans, except for foreigners the form is red. It must seem a strange question for someone who's been here as long as I have, but as I said, I've never left the country except for a visit to the US Republic of Canc�n

I have the advantage by remaining British of not needing a visa for the USA.

[MELEE]

No one ever said anything about giving up your British citizenship, you can have both!

[Samantha]

melee wrote:

[notamiss]

Yes, you might have to "renounce your citizenship" for purposes of acquiring Mexican nationality, but Britain will not recognize the renunciation.