TIP extension with new Residente Temporale

When I drove down in October, the Aduana gave me a 30 day TIP, which matched my time frame for receiving my Residente Temporale card. Now that I have the card for one year, do I need to get the TIP extended? Where? I went to the airport to have it changed, but no one there could help me, and they kept sending me back to Immigration...

Is my TIP valid for the amount of time my Residente visa is valid?

Try here. https://www.mexperience.com/temporary-import-permit-tip-vehicles-mexico/#:~:text=You%20need%20to%20obtain%20a,foreign%2Dplated%20vehicle%20into%20M...

Yes, with more information.

As long as you have your temporary residency, you can drive a foreign vehicle legally. You were issued a 30 day TIP because you weren't yet a temporary resident.

The catch is, in order to get your deposit back you have to return to the border and turn in the TIP. No, there is no way around it. It's a case of two different agencies that aren't communicating. Immigration issued your temporary residency, and Banjercito issues the TIPs.

So the answer is yes, you are legal to have the car here, but you will be forfeiting your deposit.

Once you become a permanent Resident you cannot drive a foreign plated car. You have to drive it back across the border or import it. I have a 2000 Jeep Cherokee that I drove down here from Phoenix in 2009. Back then I had an FM3. Over time I was temporary and then permanent. The system was a lot stricter then. I had Sonia Diaz import it for me rather than drive back across the border it was expensive to import it but I am still driving. If I had to do it over again I would buy a legal Mexican car.

We had a California plated Wagoneer in Zihua. While contemplating the expense and hassle of taking it out of the country, I was approached by a local who wanted to buy it. When I mentioned that this would be illegal, he said: "Don't worry about it", handed me the money and drove away. End of story.

... If I had to do it over again I would buy a legal Mexican car.

This is the advice that I have heard from many experienced residents. Sell your vehicle in Canada or the U.S. and buy a vehicle in Mexico.

I wonder how difficult it would be to import my motorscooter.

Considering the traffic and the crappy drivers, I wouldn't ride one down there.

We had a California plated Wagoneer in Zihua. While contemplating the expense and hassle of taking it out of the country, I was approached by a local who wanted to buy it. When I mentioned that this would be illegal, he said: "Don't worry about it", handed me the money and drove away. End of story.

“End of story”?

I was in a similar circumstance years ago with my Canadian (BC) registered Ford Ranger. Then I thought, what if my vehicle were involved in a fatal collision in Mexico or in the US, while the VIN were still registered to me?

I took mine to a wrecker.

Sell your scooter in Canada or the US and buy another one here!!!!!

And miss out on the “fun” (or at least experience) of riding all the way here on a motor scooter? ????

What a wonderful vision!!

DO IT!! Sell photos, write the story and regret doing it forever.

Buy the scooter of your dreams here! Thanks for the entertaining visions.

Sell your scooter in Canada or the US and buy another one here!!!!!

It's a maxi-scooter and quite capable of making the trip from Tijuana to Zihuatanejo. I have thought about it often. It's a Honda Silverwing so it is reliable. It has a 600 cc water-cooled engine with fuel injection and electronic ignition, and has anti-lock brakes. It's a very sweet ride. The only trick would be getting from Guerrero Negro to Santa Rosalia. There is no service for 300 kilometers and that is just about its range. (I would much rather ride down Baja and then ferry across.)

We used snail mail; it took about 4 months to be reflected on the website.