A Fee to Go Into Mexico? Pilot Program Underway Barbara Medina - 10News
go to original November 15, 2014

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If you are a United States citizen and cross the border frequently you may have to pay a fee to go into Mexico.

The National Immigration Institute in Mexico (INAMI) has started a pilot program in which foreigners that enter Mexican territory for more than seven days or they will be involved in paid work, they will have to pay 306 pesos, or about 28 US dollars.

“We are doing what should be done,” said Rudolfo Figueroa, representative of INAMI in Baja California. “Foreigners who enter Mexico have the obligation to register; if they will be in national territory for more than seven days, they have to pay the right of non-residents.”

Figueroa said that the implementation is a pilot program, but the legislation has existed since 2012.

He adds that currently the implementation does not include vehicles yet, only pedestrians that cross into Mexico through the port of entries in Otay, San Ysidro/El Chaparral and Puerta Mexico Este.

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