David Christian Newton

Your previous advisor is doing you a favour. Please follow that advice. You will be much better off taking any of the shuttles or even a taxi from the International Airport at Silao. Once in San Miguel de Allende you will note that there are ... Read More

Finally found you!! Thank you for your kind words. I shall be in McAllen for a few more days, taking care of the older folks (I am just old, so I have to take care of some of the "older" folks). My advise is free, and therefore pretty ... Read More

We are willing to offer glimpses of our life in a rural area of Tamaulipas, situated against the highest cordilleras of the Sierra Madre Oriental. We have a small bed and brunch, hand built of adobe, situated on the spring fed, cypress lined Rio ... Read More

We are property owners and have a pleasant bed and brunch in a rural area on the skirts of the Sierra Madre Oriental. xxx. We have had no repercussions in our area of any kind. The area where we are is generally very conservative and tends to be ... Read More

Thanks ever so much. I am afraid that the people for whom I was contracted have gone elsewhere.... Read More

I live in a rural area between Monterry and Cd. Victoria in an adobe house we constructed beside a beautiful, cypress lined, spring-fed river. We have over 450 species of birds on an annualised basis, and we are not even bird watchers. We were/are ... Read More

Although I am not an immigration attorney, perhaps I can interject that there was a time in the not too distant past when the temporary importation of a motorcar was prohibited for more than one six-month term per every twelve months dating from the ... Read More

Anyone who is truly in the leather business in even the least significant way is certainly aware that Leon, and other selected places in Mexico, are famous places for obtaining all manners and all qualities of leatherwork imaginable. My experience ... Read More

You have to do the obligatory things. When everything is settled you might take the bus or drive over to the State Capital if you have not already. The bus is decent enough, and it will give you and idea of how convenient and inconvenient it ... Read More

To begin, make certain that you have the dogs' certificates of inoculation for rabies. Then, I would be front up, and go to any Mexican friend or to some reasonable individual...and simply ask..."Who has a van or a pick-up with a camper that can do ... Read More

To whom are you addressing your request? Sincerely, El Gringo Viejo Read More

We are perhaps working in an Alice in Wonderland fog, but we operated with an FM-III for 10 years, taking advantage of the annualised nature of that special visa. At that time it was required to be so documented in order to proceed on a land ... Read More

Please make sure that you keep the bank receipt for when you paid your "derechos"....the fee to the bank for the Secreataria de Relaciones Exteriores. You must demand a refund if you have in fact paid twice for the same permit. Please be certain ... Read More

privatouring, if you can, perhaps you could do a little write up on the conversion of an ejido piece of land to a private property piece of land. Here in Merida, this is a constant ongoing question and even after living here for years I can't see to ... Read More

Actually, this is a somewhat cumbersome and somewhat simple thing, like a lot of matters in Mexico. The requirement concerning the 50 kilometre from mean high tide at the coast, is still an extant Constitutional condition. Foreigners are not ... Read More

Due to press reports, your response is reasonable and normal. However, the press most frequently reports the truth, but not the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me, God. I live in Mexico in the belly of the beast in terms ... Read More

It is a wonderland. And the Mexican insurance is more than a little cumbersome. My main take is that for gun shot wounds, snake bites, and Alvaro's bee sting histiminic reaction the Popular is a good arrow for the quiver. What are you doing ... Read More

All I can help you with is that the lowest category of payment 2074.97 pesos is for folks who are being paid the official minimum wage, in a formal way. Most of those folks will have Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social coverage as well, if they are ... Read More

Paradiseeker: Ditto's on Gudgrief...almost exactly the same dealings, almost exactly the same treatment. It might be because of the improved, computerised processing and a better class of bureaucrat. However, I never checked in and out. ... Read More

The thing is, that except for voting, your FMIII status is pretty much a magic carpet. There is the annual nuisance of renewal. Once you do it for five years, then you can move to an FMII status, and file for Mexican Citizenship. Once again, ... Read More

If you are FM III, you might want to simply declare whatever you declared on your application as your annual or monthly income. My experience has been that they are fairly blunt and accurate about what the particulars are. I know of a couple of ... Read More

All of the previous responders, in my opinion, offer reasonable guidance to your request.We can meet you either in Mexico City or Leon, depending upon where you would like to reach with your flights. It would help to know what kind of leather ... Read More

You really should be somewhat careful about soliciting employment. There are operators of illegal activities who can "draw you in" if it comes to their attention that someone is really in need of a job or really wants to work on a remunerated ... Read More

All State capitals and many other places have a office of the Secretaria de Gobernacion, Oficina de Relaciones Exteriores, that deal with "asuntos migratorios". A person can renew his standard tourist visa there with relative ease. They will ask ... Read More

First of all, Where are you crossing into Mexico? A lot can depend on traditional procedures pertaining to the port of entry. There are national laws etc. but frequently the customs inspectors simply employ logic and reason. Really, really do not ... Read More