The Joy of Visas (podcast)
So over the past few months some of you have heard bits and pieces of our attempt to get visas. Well, we have visas (yes, we’re legal!), but we’re attempting to get more permanent visas.
Some of my favourite posts from the past are here:
Well, without going back into every detail, I decided it was time to give you an overview of the past few months and what will be happening in the next few weeks. I figured some of you must be wondering WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON! (Actually, sometimes I’m wondering what in the world is going on!!)
So, if you really want to know, listen to the podcast below. It should explain a little more.
(If for you’re reading this through the RSS feed, and for some reason can’t see the media player below, just go to the original post here.)
6 January 2013 @ 11:13 pm
Jim, thanks for explaining the basics of this long, chaotic process. Our prayers will continue you for you as it continues.
7 January 2013 @ 1:29 pm
Wow! We’ll have to see what all this means for us too. I have been doing our FM-3 visas on my own here in Queretaro the last couple of years, and it hasn’t been too complicated, but it sounds like it’s about to get a whole lot more complicated!
8 January 2013 @ 5:56 am
Hi Jim… Thanks for this update. My little foray into the world of visas (ie: getting one to live in the UK) had twists and turns and a load of anxiety, but it was a walk in the park compared to what you guys are dealing with! Our prayers and sympathy are with you.
9 January 2013 @ 9:52 am
Is your current vehicle nationalized? If not, will it have to be? I’m hearing that there will no longer be allowed foreign vehicles (under these newer visas).
9 January 2013 @ 5:41 pm
Not sure whether to “like” this post, or NOT! 😉 Hopefully we’ll be getting the next step taken care of on this trip… Yikes…this process has definitely gone on long enough! :/
9 January 2013 @ 6:29 pm
I thought I wrote a follow up post saying to disregard that question and comment as I have since received contradictory info stating we may continue having foreign plated vehicles. I’m not sure. Just more confusing info to see how it turns out.
11 January 2013 @ 10:43 am
Confusing is DEFINITELY the word! We’ll be importing (temporarily) our vehicle again on Sunday morning…so we’ll have to let you know how it goes… Please PRAY for us that morning! 🙂 Thanks, Alan!
11 January 2013 @ 10:57 am
if you’re coming in under a tourist visa, your vehicle shouldn’t be a problem…shouldn’t…. Basically, in evaluating the info we’ve been looking at, if you’re heading toward a “permanent resident” status, you can’t have a foreign plated vehicle (I think that may have been the case from long ago), and if you’re heading toward a “temporary resident status” (which is similar to the FM-3s we used to obtain), then the foreign plated vehicle is ok…just follow the same procedures with Aduana that we learned this past year or so in order to renew it. One of the new questions though is that the temporary residency can be done for 1, 2, 3, or 4 years (of course the costs per year are cumulative so a 4 year visa would be 4x’s the cost of the 1 year (I believe). I don’t know how the auto permisos would look for the multi-year visa and whether the vehicle would have to go through the renewal each year or in-step with the multi-year chosen for the temporary visa. me explico? be careful to note which visa you’re pursuing (permanent vs temporary…not speaking of your border crossing visa which will be a tourist type).
12 January 2013 @ 7:02 am
Well, as Shari said, not sure I should LIKE this post, but thanks for the info … we will keep on praying!
17 January 2013 @ 1:17 pm
Alan McManus, the situation right now is that the aduana stuff is “in limbo”. In other words, there are no rules yet regarding vehicles, except the old ones (they’re tied to your visa). They are going to come up with new rules, but first they’re working through all the new visa rules.
17 January 2013 @ 1:17 pm
So there may be some speculation as to what will happen, but as far as I know there are no official “new” rules on vehicles yet.