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. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Working Gringos http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-129022 Working Gringos Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:56:03 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm#comment-129022 Burt, for answers to your questions, we suggest you contact Yucatan Expatriate Services. You can reach them through their website at www.yucatanyes.com Burt, for answers to your questions, we suggest you contact Yucatan Expatriate Services. You can reach them through their website at http://www.yucatanyes.com

]]> By: Burt http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm/comment-page-1#comment-128841 Burt Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:49:25 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/insurance-for-expat-life-in-yucatan.htm#comment-128841 Hi! Thanks for the great info. We are moving to Merida soon, and I just read that there were new government regulations for IMSS effective November 22, 2010. Can you comment on these and also address whether it means that I will not need to continue Medicare? Hi! Thanks for the great info. We are moving to Merida soon, and I just read that there were new government regulations for IMSS effective November 22, 2010. Can you comment on these and also address whether it means that I will not need to continue Medicare?

]]> 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.

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