Aduana and cars with new immigration docs

Nothing has been officially published but lots of speculation and rumor. The only official letters come out of aduana in Mexico City so I had my law student employee call the department at aduana in Mexico City that deals with foreign plated cars. No new rules published yet but they told her that temporal can keep foreign plated cars and permanente must return their foreign plated cars to the border. So it looks like they are treating temporal like FM2 and FM3 and permanente like inmigrado which is how immigration was making them equivalent to.

Here is what she wrote me:

Spencer,

Ya hable a aduana y me dicen que ellos no han recibido nada relacionado con el mismo pero me dicen que están aplicándolo de la siguiente manera>

Los únicos que aplican son los turistas y los residentes temporales, y se maneja de la misma manera (dando avisos de la renovación y así...). Y que los Residentes Permanentes deben regresar el vehículo al extranjero, haciendo el trámite de cancelación para el regreso de la garantía y me dio este link

http://www.aduanas.gob.mx/aduana_mexico/2012/descargas/vehiculos/Manual_importacion_temporal_vehiculos.pdf

y eso fue todo.

Me dijo que desafortunadamente Secretaría de Gobernación no ha proporcionado información y por lo mismo no se han hecho las modificaciones.

GEE Spencer, makes perfect sense to me LMAO....translation Por Favor

I paraphrased her comments, no need to translate again

Intercasa wrote:I paraphrased her comments, no need to translate again

Spencer, the translation is in Spanish.....I apologize, am I missing something?

Jim: Here is a Google Tranlation:

Spencer,

We talk to customs and tell me that they have not received anything about it but I say they are applying it as follows>

The only people who apply are tourists and temporary residents, and is handled the same way (giving renewal notices and so on ...). And that permanent residents must return the vehicle abroad, making the cancellation procedure for the return of the warranty and gave me this link



and that was it.

He said that unfortunately Interior Ministry has not provided information and therefore no changes have been made.

Is there hope that changes will be made in the foreign-plated car situation?
I am on my current FM3 until October. I can (and would like to) go permanente then. But I love my 10-year-old car with zero issues and do not want to sell it and buy some strange car with who-knows-what issues.

I figure on two chances; slim and none!

Lady Otter Latté wrote:Is there hope that changes will be made in the foreign-plated car situation?
I am on my current FM3 until October. I can (and would like to) go permanente then. But I love my 10-year-old car with zero issues and do not want to sell it and buy some strange car with who-knows-what issues.

ditto - only mine is 12 years old. If we have to nationalize, maybe we can find someone who will give a bulk rate to nationalize at the border (sending the cars via car carriers). But my visa doesn't expire until November - so will keep my fingers crossed. Toes too. that the car will not have to be nationalized.

Well, I'd still wait, even if chances are slim to none. Since we have 3 cars, I might just put that 18 year old up on blocks and wait forever if necessary.

Thanks, guys. I am waiting to see how things go over the next few months.
Max, I do think if necessary I will nationalize. It would be worth it to me to spend a couple of thousand dollars to keep my car. We have been through a lot together!