Vehicle sticker renewals moved out of Puerto Juarez!!

what about the sticker on the windshield?? dont you need a new one??? when you renew fm3 do you get a new sticker??

 

After reading Article 6, I can't find anything that says it is not necessary to renew your windshield sticker. It does say "Article 106 says two things: (1) that your car registration is valid so long as your FM-2 or FM-3 is valid, and (2) who may drive your car." Car registration is referring to your car tag and registration, not the sticker on the windshield.

It would seem very odd to me (even here) they they would continue to issue new stickers every year to holders of FM3 renewals.

There was lengthy disussion on this issue when the law requiring new stickers went into effect in 2004. Prior to that change the windshield stickers were valid as long as your FM3 was valid. The discussion was not here, but on another very popular forum about moving to Mexico

 

Damn. My friend David just shipped his car from Florida.

As to the stickers, they do have a printed expiration date on the hard copy and I certainly intend to keep mine current, even if it means driving to Chetumal. I got stopped the other day for a routine inspection, out by the DaVinci School, and the cop sure looked at my hard copy, the 5"x7" thing from which the hologram sticker was originally attached.

This is incredible. There was nothing wrong with Banjercito being at the port. Erika was the one and only employee and seemed to be busy. Plus more and more vehicles will be coming in and I bet Cancun is at the top of the list of where they will be located once they are imported.

Oh, they do have a Banjercito in Progreso which is a bit faster to get to by car, plus you can have a weekend in Merida going or coming. I think I would rather go to Progreso than to Chetumal. I do wonder if it matters that Progreso is in a different state.

 

I thought about Progresso as well, but since she said that I had to go to Chetumal I have decided not to chance it.

 

Alright, I'm confused!

So is it still true that you can drive around all day long without a current import sticker in the state of Q.Roo? or has that changed also..... and I thought that the Policia didn't have any authority over that stuff anyway (ie: cant impound or write you a ticket), only Aduyana...

 

I am so confused. I have heard both sides of this argument.

All I know for sure is that the hard copy of the "registration" that a cop asked to see less than a month ago, has an expiration date. If you could drive around forever, why would they have an exp date?

For $230 pesos I am not chanching being a gringo and getting pulled over late at night anywhere and dealing with some mordida seeking cop. At least it's not Christmas season when they are really out "working."

 

You mean 230 pesos, and a 6 hour each way trip to Chetumal, of' course.

It was my understanding that so long as you never crossed into another Mexican state you did not need to worry about keeping your "sticker" up to date as Q. Roo is a "frontier/border state" So the expiration date only applies if you are out of Q. Roo. I know plenty of people personally that have expired stickers (no thanks to immigration being so difficult and slow) and some who have no sticker whatsoever on their American cars. So I tend to think that it must still be the case that you need not bother with that within Q.Roo. Any cop wanting to "check" such things in Q.Roo just wants $$$ IMO, as again, I am pretty sure that the Policia have NO authority in the matter.


& on a related note. If you have a car that has expired plates in the back TAKE OFF THE STICKER, so the cops cant see the "2003" or whatever and give you $hit. Again this is something that I don't think they have any authority over, but if they are looking for an excuse to stop you for $$$, its as good as any. I swear I have seen cars with 92' on them.. I mean really, :roll: I wouldn't want anyone to know I hadn't done my paperwork in 15 years anyway...

 

Well, I made the trip to Chetumal for the sticker and it went smoothly, Took the ADO from Playa, arrived 4 1/2 hours later, took a cab (60 pesos) to the border, went to the window (no office) and had my new sticker all within 30 minutes of leaving the bus station. The lady at the Bajercito was not aware that the Cancun office was no longer issuing renewals. Guess she's going to get surprised this month! Took a cab to the Noor Hotel in Chetumal (new, not bad, but on the water and not in the centro area, and 1000 pesos) Later in the evening took a cab to the Las Vegas, a new casino in the free zone. Had an evening of very bad luck at the blackjack tables and ended the evening by winning 2 consecutive "drawings" for a total of $350 USD. Definitely worth the trip for me. You gotta love it when you come home with more $$ than you leave with.

BTW, saw Rob and Joanne at Immigration yesterday. They had stopped by the Bajercito in Puerto Juarez this week and they still don't when if ever they will start back up there issuing renewals.

 

A friend called me yesterday and said he had picked up his permit at Pto Juarez and then got the car at Pto. Morelos.

He said that Erika is still there but only dealing with new imports, AND SHE DEFINITELY CANNOT RENEW PERMITS.