{"id":240,"date":"2019-04-28T22:13:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/28\/driving-our-car-in-mexico-part-2\/"},"modified":"2019-04-28T22:13:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T02:13:00","slug":"driving-our-car-in-mexico-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/28\/driving-our-car-in-mexico-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Our Car in Mexico, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Because it took us a few weeks to start our Visa processing,
\nthe first thing we did after our first trip to Immigration in Guadalajara was
\nto go to the tax office to get our TIP expiration date extended. Unfortunately,
\nno one at the Immigration office seemed to know what we were talking about, so
\nwe showed them the paper they gave us at the border. They directed us to a SAT
\n(Servicio de Administracion Tributaria, or Tax) office in Guadalajara.<\/p>\n

\nSAT #1: Guadalajara<\/b><\/h3>\n
\n
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\n<\/div>\n
\nWe Ubered there an eventually found someone who spoke enough
\nEnglish, who told us we were at the wrong SAT office and that we needed to go
\nto another one even farther away, in the far northeast neighborhood of Zapopan.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
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\nSAT #2: Zapopan<\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWe went there, once again found someone who spoke English,
\nwho told us we were at the wrong office and that instead of SAT, we needed to
\ngo the Customs Office at the Guadalajara airport, south of the city. It was
\ngetting late so we decided that I would do that another day.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

\nSAT #3: Guadalajara Airport<\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nTwo days later I made the trip to the Guadalajara Airport,
\nnot knowing exactly where I needed to go. As I Ubered into the airport I saw a
\nbig gate with a SAT sign, but continued on to a Customs Office address I had
\nfound online. No one there seemed to know what I was trying to do. I proceeded
\nto walk to the SAT sign, and was shown to an office where they seemed to only
\nbe mildly confused as to what I was trying to do. There was no English spoken.
\nEventually, I filled out some forms I didn\u2019t understand, gave them copies of my
\nTIP and passport, and received a date-stamped form. I was expecting another
\nofficial looking TIP, but I didn\u2019t get that, so now we have the expired TIP and
\na stamped form with no expiration date.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/div>\n

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\nI was told online that I needed to go back to the same office
\nonce we finally got our Residente Temporal cards, so I returned with the green
\ncard, expecting to get a more official document. The people at the office
\nlooked at me like I was crazy. They initially told me that I didn\u2019t need
\nanything new, but eventually had me fill out the same forms and gave me a new
\nstamped form. Again, no expiration.<\/div>\n
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\nCrossed Fingers!<\/h3>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWe can only hope that we\u2019ll get our $400 deposit back when we
\ncross back over the border into the United States with the truck this summer.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

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Because it took us a few weeks to start our Visa processing, the first thing we did after our first trip to Immigration in Guadalajara was to go to the tax office to get our TIP expiration date extended. Unfortunately, no one at the Immigration office seemed to know what we were talking about, so … <\/p>\n

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