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Silence820
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 Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 12:34 am Post subject: ~~~~> Renewal Date |
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I was doing some research on visa renewal information and came across a post on another forum where the person said;
�If you got your initial FM3 in the US or Canada, by the way, your renewal date is the date you actually entered Mexico at the border and had your visa first stamped. It is not the date you picked up your new FM3 at the consulate in the US where you got it.�
Does anyone know if this is true? I received my visa in the U.S. on December 10th and it was stamped on February 13th which one would be my renewal date?  |
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Professor
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Am I understanding you correctly? You got your FM-3 for Mexico IN THE STATES??? I've never heard of that before. Someone please enlighten me.  |
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Silence820
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Yes, I received my FM-3 from the Mexican consulate last year. With the new rules, Mexico does not offer that option anymore. I guess I got the last one  |
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Isla Guapa
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| Correct me if I�m wrong, but I believe that the only kind of FM3 you used to be able to get in the States was an FM3 rentista for those with some sort of pension or other kind of guaranteed monthly income, not dependent on a job one hoped to find in Mexico. |
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Dragonlady
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Samantha
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Isla wrote:
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Correct me if I�m wrong, but I believe that the only kind of FM3 you used to be able to get in the States was an FM3 rentista for those with some sort of pension or other kind of guaranteed monthly income, not dependent on a job one hoped to find in Mexico.
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Isla; You are wrong there. Foreign corporations were able to obtain work permits, ahead of arrival, for employees to work in Mexico. It was quite common to do that. My British brother-in-law was one example. He worked at various locations in Mexico, for a foreign company (Not ESL related.) I also know a teacher who actually convinced our Tec de Monterrey to get her FM3 work permission approved before she bought her airline ticket to Mexico. I'm guessing that was a first for the Tec. |
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Prof.Gringo
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 4:08 pm Post subject: Re: ~~~~> Renewal Date |
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| Silence820 wrote: |
I was doing some research on visa renewal information and came across a post on another forum where the person said;
�If you got your initial FM3 in the US or Canada, by the way, your renewal date is the date you actually entered Mexico at the border and had your visa first stamped. It is not the date you picked up your new FM3 at the consulate in the US where you got it.�
Does anyone know if this is true? I received my visa in the U.S. on December 10th and it was stamped on February 13th which one would be my renewal date? |
If I was you, I would stop by the INM office and check with them. |
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Isla Guapa
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Isla wrote:
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Correct me if I�m wrong, but I believe that the only kind of FM3 you used to be able to get in the States was an FM3 rentista for those with some sort of pension or other kind of guaranteed monthly income, not dependent on a job one hoped to find in Mexico.
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Isla; You are wrong there. Foreign corporations were able to obtain work permits, ahead of arrival, for employees to work in Mexico. It was quite common to do that. My British brother-in-law was one example. He worked at various locations in Mexico, for a foreign company (Not ESL related.) I also know a teacher who actually convinced our Tec de Monterrey to get her FM3 work permission approved before she bought her airline ticket to Mexico. I'm guessing that was a first for the Tec. |
That's interesting information, Samantha. I guess I was only partially wrong in my previous post. I was thinking that without a job offer in hand, there would be no way to get an FM3 with permission to work outside of Mexico. The fact that it was unusual for the teacher you know who works at the Tec de Monterrey to get one before arriving in Mexico kind of proves my point, don�t you think? |
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Prof.Gringo
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Isla wrote:
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Correct me if I�m wrong, but I believe that the only kind of FM3 you used to be able to get in the States was an FM3 rentista for those with some sort of pension or other kind of guaranteed monthly income, not dependent on a job one hoped to find in Mexico.
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Isla; You are wrong there. Foreign corporations were able to obtain work permits, ahead of arrival, for employees to work in Mexico. It was quite common to do that. My British brother-in-law was one example. He worked at various locations in Mexico, for a foreign company (Not ESL related.) I also know a teacher who actually convinced our Tec de Monterrey to get her FM3 work permission approved before she bought her airline ticket to Mexico. I'm guessing that was a first for the Tec. |
That's interesting information, Samantha. I guess I was only partially wrong in my previous post. I was thinking that without a job offer in hand, there would be no way to get an FM3 with permission to work outside of Mexico. The fact that it was unusual for the teacher you know who works at the Tec de Monterrey to get one before arriving in Mexico kind of proves my point, don�t you think? |
Foreign and Mexican companies have been able to get FM-3's for their foreign employee's and managers for a long time so they could enter and perform work related activity in Mexico.
It was not common for EFL teachers but very common for the large multi-national corporations to do so. |
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TeresaLopez
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| Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: ~~~~> Renewal Date |
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| Silence820 wrote: |
I was doing some research on visa renewal information and came across a post on another forum where the person said;
�If you got your initial FM3 in the US or Canada, by the way, your renewal date is the date you actually entered Mexico at the border and had your visa first stamped. It is not the date you picked up your new FM3 at the consulate in the US where you got it.�
Does anyone know if this is true? I received my visa in the U.S. on December 10th and it was stamped on February 13th which one would be my renewal date? |
You can also email them questions and they answer fairly quickly. |
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Guy Courchesne
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| It was not common for EFL teachers but very common for the large multi-national corporations to do so. |
This is my understanding on how it works as well. I believe the international schools that actively hire from within job fairs also work this way. |
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Isla Guapa
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| I wonder how the OP was able to get his FM3 in the States before coming here. |
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Samantha
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Isla Guapa
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Thanks again, Samantha, for keeping me on my toes. If I'd remembered that he has the rentista type of FM3, I wouldn't have participated in this thread to begin with. |
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Silence820
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Update;
Went to INM today, they told me that the visa is valid for 1 year from the date a person arrives into the country, not from the date the visa was issued. I hope this helps anyone else that may have a similar problem. |
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