Re: FM3 - Jane Gorby's Instructions 2010

Posted by Jane G on November 11, 2011, 5:52 pm, in reply to "Re: FM3 - Jane Gorby's Instructions 2010"
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I found my file, and it appears that everything is the same (see below). Price is the same as last year. They´ll tell you when to come back to pick up your FM (30 days for us). Someone said the form is also available on line in English. The first drop-down window asks you what you want to do. Answer: extender la estancia. The second asks for specifics. For an FM-3 renewal, choose Prórroga No inmigrante; for an FM-2, Refrendo de inmigrante. The next set of fields is for personal identification: your name (exactly as on your passport), birthday, sex, CURP number (optional), marital status, email address, country and state of birth, and nationality. For the third set, select Pasaporte from the drop-down box, and fill in your passport number, country of issue, and the issue and expiration dates. Next regards your address in Mexico: street, number, town, state, municipality, zip code, and phone number. Unless you have another person authorized to handle your renewal paperwork and receive your mail regarding same, skip the final section and proceed directly to GUARDAR. You’re just about home free. After you click on GUARDAR, a new screen will appear asking if all the information you just entered is correct. Best recheck it carefully. As soon as you hit “Si,” your application is gone out to the ether and into immigration’s computers. Immediately, your 13-digit file number (numero de solicitud) will appear in a small grey window. Write down this number and put it with the rest of your renewal paperwork. When you’re at the immigration office, present your file number to the clerk, and Voila! your completed application appears on her monitor. What paperwork do you need to schlep with you? Immigration currently requires only your 13-digit application file number, your old FM booklet (you’ll get a wallet-sized laminated card instead), and a copy of the front page of your passport, plus infantil-size photos – two frontal, two right side. Color or black and white is acceptable. Your previous three month’s bank statements? Your most recent phone or electric bill? Forget about ‘em! Friends who’ve renewed their FMs over the past few months took theirs anyway, but were never asked to show them. Nor are they currently listed under requirements on INM’s Web page. I didn’t spend much more time at the immigration window than it just took you to read the above information carefully. Next stop was the bank. Cost today for an FM-3 was 1294 pesos (2800 pesos for an FM-2). When I returned to the office with my paid receipt, I received a copy of my application and my receipt, my NUT (Numero Unico de Tramite) and a numeric password. These latter allow you check the INM Website if your FM’s ready to be picked up, although the clerk printed a three-week return date on my papers. It’s a good idea to carry these documents, or copies thereof, with you while your new FM is being processed, just as you would with your old booklet.

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