Comments on: Insurance for Expat Life in Yucatan http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm Online magazine about living, working and traveling in Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:25:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Paul Bowley http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-104048 Paul Bowley Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:02:42 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm#comment-104048 I got my FM2 which grants access to all government services from the Office of Immigration in Merida. It was a long process because elections were going on. I drove my car into Mexico without a pink slip, just the "original" registration from my home state. The sticker had to be current. I bought a sticker at the border for my windshield and have to renew it after a year. I have only a rear license plate and get pulled over every now and then as Mexico requires front and rear plates. They accept that I am a gringo from Los Estados. They also dislike tinted windows. It always helps to have a few hundred pesos in your passport if stopped for a traffic violation. It is difficult to figure out when you have the right of way and sometimes the direction of one way streets. I guess the Mexicans are good at knowing the rules of the road from experience. You will get your passport back and avoid further hassle. It´s worth the dinero! I got my FM2 which grants access to all government services from the Office of Immigration in Merida. It was a long process because elections were going on.

I drove my car into Mexico without a pink slip, just the “original” registration from my home state. The sticker had to be current. I bought a sticker at the border for my windshield and have to renew it after a year. I have only a rear license plate and get pulled over every now and then as Mexico requires front and rear plates. They accept that I am a gringo from Los Estados. They also dislike tinted windows. It always helps to have a few hundred pesos in your passport if stopped for a traffic violation. It is difficult to figure out when you have the right of way and sometimes the direction of one way streets. I guess the Mexicans are good at knowing the rules of the road from experience. You will get your passport back and avoid further hassle. It´s worth the dinero!

]]> By: Working Gringos http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-76363 Working Gringos Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:58:47 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm#comment-76363 Dolores, Yes, it is fairly easy to find live-in help here... at least a lot easier than it was back home in the States. There are no websites that will help you that we know of (hmmm... maybe we should start one). Yes, your car must be paid for in order to bring it into Mexico, because your name must be on the pink slip. If you have the choice, it's a lot easier (though more expensive maybe) to purchase your car here. Though the same model of car will be more expensive here than in the States, most likely, if you are flexible, you can find smaller, less expensive cars here that are NOT sold in the States. Good luck! Dolores,
Yes, it is fairly easy to find live-in help here… at least a lot easier than it was back home in the States. There are no websites that will help you that we know of (hmmm… maybe we should start one).
Yes, your car must be paid for in order to bring it into Mexico, because your name must be on the pink slip.
If you have the choice, it’s a lot easier (though more expensive maybe) to purchase your car here. Though the same model of car will be more expensive here than in the States, most likely, if you are flexible, you can find smaller, less expensive cars here that are NOT sold in the States.
Good luck!

]]> By: Working Gringos http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-76362 Working Gringos Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:56:20 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm#comment-76362 To answer the question about dental insurance, as Harald said, we know of no dental insurance in Mexico. To answer the question about dental insurance, as Harald said, we know of no dental insurance in Mexico.

]]> By: Dolores P. Rosner http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-75102 Dolores P. Rosner Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:15:35 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm#comment-75102 Thank you for the article on Insurance. My name is Dolores and you posted it to Dorothy. But I am sure you meant it for me. As far as the ferry goes, since I am in Florida, that would be the best way to travel to Merida. I don't like flying and having to drive to Texas or Arizona to cross and then drive all the way to the Yucatan is way too far for me. Been there, done that by Bus & Train. Never again! I did go to Nova Scotia on the old Yucatan Express before it went out of service, but a new company says they will be up and running soon. They say there is a temporary port in Tampa. I won't be ready to move there for another year, so the time frame is good for me. Meanwhile, I will be asking lots of questions. I want to purchase a small reasonably priced house and will be occupying it 6 months out of the year. My mom is 94, born in P.R. and is the last one of her siblings. She is lonely, as myself and my children were all born and educated in the U.S. We speak English although we understand Spanish, we rarely use it. She also wants rice & beans and chicken every night. She doesn't want to go to a nursing home so we are thinking of moving to Merida and hiring someone to do the cooking and be a companion for her. Is it easy to get live- in help? Mom will basically live there on a year round basis, so help would be very important. Could you direct me to a site that deals with hiring live-in help. Also, do we need to bring a car for the first trip? We have a small RV which we are still paying on. I read somewhere recently that a car must be paid in full in order to be brought into Mexico. Is this true? Another alternative is to purchase a vehicle there. Therefore, we would have a vehicle in two places. What is your opinion on that? Thank you for sending all the information. Dolores & Family. P.S. We are all retired and depend only on our SS checks to live on. Have thought of supplementing our income by become an ex pat writer or travel writer. Have traveled quite a bit in my retirement prior to Mom moving in with us and would continue to travel locally to Belize, Guatemala and places south. I have a friend currently in Panama and another friend currently in Brazil. We all learn so much from each other. Am currently writing a book on another subject. Again thank you, Dolores Thank you for the article on Insurance. My name is Dolores and you posted it to Dorothy. But I am sure you meant it for me. As far as the ferry goes, since I am in Florida, that would be the best way to travel to Merida. I don’t like flying and having to drive to Texas or Arizona to cross and then drive all the way to the Yucatan is way too far for me. Been there, done that by Bus & Train. Never again! I did go to Nova Scotia on the old Yucatan Express before it went out of service, but a new company says they will be up and running soon. They say there is a temporary port in Tampa. I won’t be ready to move there for another year, so the time frame is good for me. Meanwhile, I will be asking lots of questions. I want to purchase a small reasonably priced house and will be occupying it 6 months out of the year. My mom is 94, born in P.R. and is the last one of her siblings. She is lonely, as myself and my children were all born and educated in the U.S. We speak English although we understand Spanish, we rarely use it. She also wants rice & beans and chicken every night. She doesn’t want to go to a nursing home so we are thinking of moving to Merida and hiring someone to do the cooking and be a companion for her. Is it easy to get live- in help? Mom will basically live there on a year round basis, so help would be very important. Could you direct me to a site that deals with hiring live-in help. Also, do we need to bring a car for the first trip? We have a small RV which we are still paying on. I read somewhere recently that a car must be paid in full in order to be brought into Mexico. Is this true? Another alternative is to purchase a vehicle there. Therefore, we would have a vehicle in two places. What is your opinion on that? Thank you for sending all the information. Dolores & Family. P.S. We are all retired and depend only on our SS checks to live on. Have thought of supplementing our income by become an ex pat writer or travel writer. Have traveled quite a bit in my retirement prior to Mom moving in with us and would continue to travel locally to Belize, Guatemala and places south. I have a friend currently in Panama and another friend currently in Brazil. We all learn so much from each other. Am currently writing a book on another subject. Again thank you, Dolores

]]> By: Working Gringos http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-71888 Working Gringos Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:57:16 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm#comment-71888 Wow, apparently so! Wow, apparently so!

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