What can I take into Mexico?
You are entitled to bring/take/send the following items, depending upon your FM status (immigration status).
1. FMT (Tourist)
Under the FMT you can bring in:
-Articles for your personal use, such as...
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Midlife Mavericks - Women Reinventing their Lives in Mexico by Karen Blue
Here's an interesting collection of stories of nineteen women who came on their own to Mexico in recent years to settle in the Lake Chapala area. The book consists of eighteen interviews plus the story of the author herself. The women range in age from their 40's to their 80's. Their backgrounds and experiences and approaches to life are as varied as you can imagine.
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Live Well in Mexico by Ken Luboff
What Luboff has set out here is all the basic information one needs on a host of topics relevant to moving to Mexico. You'll find details on acquiring residency documents, whether or not to buy or rent a house, working in Mexico, how to bring your car here, how to move your furniture here and so on. You’ll also find hints and tips on staying healthy, dining out, hiring help, what to bring on your first trip, road safety, the best ways to get from one place to another and much, much more. Indeed, there is hardly a page that doesn’t have some useful hint or tip on living here successfully.
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Mexico Magico: Everything You Wanted to Know by German Estrada Navarro
This is a well-organized and clearly presented compilation of data about this country that any newcomers - and some old-timers, too - could use.
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Retire in Mexico: Live Better for Less by Dru Pearson
Author Dru Pearson has done an excellent job of researching and compiling almost everything anyone needs to know about adopting this country as a place to spend one's leisure years, either part-time or full-time. I can't think of any important topic that isn't covered here. Also, while it isn't the first book of this type to become available, I think it's the first - to my knowledge, at least, to be strictly computer accessible.
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Head for Mexico: The Renegade Guide by Don Adams
Don Adams and his collaborators have produced a guide that's aimed directly at those people up north who are contemplating coming here, either permanently or for lengthy annual visits. The resulting volume is, in my opinion, a real winner. The various chapters are divided into topics such as putting your financial affairs in order and arranging for transfers of money....
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Moving Here Permanently?
Transporting your worldly possessions into Mexico is both an art and a science, even more so if you intend to do so on your own… truck and all. Then the task also becomes a challenge and an adventure...
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Getting Used To Things In Mexico
Traveling to Mexico is like having a fling, a stunning romance, a love affair so intense that everything becomes a romantic vision. Senses are heightened, feelings revive, and travelers find themselves...
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The Wonder Of Living In Mexico
By Janet Stanley © 2001
"At the moment you are most in awe of all there is
about life that you don't understand, you are closer
to understanding it all than at any o...
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Bringing your dogs to Mexico
Moving to Mexico was the easy decision; bringing my dogs with me was harder. First, how would I get them there?
I didn't trust airplanes transporting animals. I thought they might lose my two big dogs...
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Moving stuff to Mexico
All foreigners to Mexico who apply for and receive an FM3 permanent residence document are carefully instructed by the Mexican officials that the newly documented resident has the one-time right to imp...
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Getting here - paperwork for people, animals, cars and things
FM-T Tourist
The basic entrance immigration status for tourists is the FM-T. It is valid for a maximum of 180 days and is issued at your point of entry into Mexico-either at a border crossing or an ai...
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A Woman's Perspective On Living In Mexico
This column is designed to offer Mexican living experiences from a woman's point of view. I've been in Ajijic for more than four years, living as a single woman. In this time I've purchased, rebuilt an...
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Moving To Mexico Checklist & Countdown
MOVING TO MEXICO
CHECKLIST & COUNTDOWN
By Linzi Eisemann of Directmoving.com
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MOVING MINUS 90 DAYS
MOVING DAY MINUS 60...
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How To Move Abroad (to Mexico) - And Stay Sane!
HOW TO MOVE ABROAD (TO MEXICO)
- AND STAY SANE!
By Linzi Eisemann of Directmoving.com
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Moving is always a rather upsetting experience and meticulous planning and o...
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Moving to Mexico? It's different. Do your homework.
I have determined a list of the best recommendations for any buyer purchasing in a foreign country.
What has struck me a few times this past year have been some of the minor last minute conflicts that...
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Living the retired life in Ensenada
Wanting to be reasonably close to San Diego for my family in California and Kaiser HMO, I am probably moving to the Ensenada area later this year and hope to connect with people via e-mail who will be willing to answer some questions for me. I lived in San Jose Costa Rica for most of 1999 and I'm familiar with living in a 3rd world country but need input on living in Baja Norte. 1st question is availability and cost of apartment rentals-furnished or not, etc.
read moreMoving to Monterrey
I am moving to Monterey, and would like to know what it is like to live there. I already have a job there, but will I be accepted among the people? Are there any good places to rent? Is it safe for me and my girlfriend? Please respond, I leave very soon and need this info.....
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