We are making another visit to San Felipe in November and was hoping to make an appointment with someone to help us with our FM 3 paperwork and looking for a good Real Estate attorney to speak with. These may or may not be the same person. Looking for not necessarily the cheapest but the most competent professionals. Anyone that could reccommend someone for us would be appreciated.

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You can get help with your FM-3 at the Immigration office in San Felipe from Hugo who works there. Or there is a lady named Patty that used to work at Immigration that will do your FM-3 for you just north of town,about 7 miles. She is located in the Design Office next to Baja Mail in complex straight scross from Salltito Rd. going into rsidential area of EDR.
Sorry I do not know of an attorney that I could reccomend.

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You can get help with your FM-3 at the Immigration office in San Felipe from Hugo who works there. Or there is a lady named Patty that used to work at Immigration that will do your FM-3 for you just north of town,about 7 miles. She is located in the Design Office next to Baja Mail in complex straight scross from Salltito Rd. going into rsidential area of EDR.
Sorry I do not know of an attorney that I could reccomend.

Thanks for that info

Hugo no longer works for Immigation, but has opened up his own FM3 business in downtown San Felipe. His office is directly across from Bancomer, it's the yellow building called, "La Plazieta". His office is up stairs and he charges the same as he did while with Immigration. FYI

HMMMM? Ken have you read what Katherine H. says about Hugo on San Felipe web site?
Maybe you want to send her this most recent info?

BTW-- I have heard Patty is no longer in the business of FM3's as she took a little trip on some customers money it seems.

You can get an FM3 at any Mexican consulate in the U.S. We got our first one in San Diego. If you get there when they open, you can get the FM3 the same day; if you are later, you can get the FM3 the next day (they close at 2:00 p.m.) It is a one page form that anyone could fill out--nothing like the paperwork required in Mexico. We were required to have copies of 6 mts. worth of bank statements (to show we wouldn't be a burden on Mexico) and a copy of our marriage certificate, which had to be apostole. Since we were married in California, we got the apostole copy at the California State Department office, also in San Diego. In the basement, they take your picture. You give them the money and return in a few hours to pick up the FM3. It's a VERY easy process, and you need not pay anyone to help you with the paperwork: it's just name, address, etc. stuff., and it's all on one side of one piece of paper.

Then, you can get your re-newal where you purchase and register and do all the paperwork that really does require someone to help--or you can keep getting them forever at a Mexican consulate. They are just as legal from the consulate, but they won't be registered in Mexico City.

BUT! You cannot renew it each year in the states at consulate. You must start ALL OVER with each thing, applications, pics etc. every year. If you get it in Mx. you can just re-new each year.

That's true, but the process is a nothing procedure. My recomendation is always to get the first one that way--it's quick and easy. Then when it's time for the second, take the one you have to a local office and apply for a renewal, which they will do. You'll pay the same price for a renewal that you would for a first time application (because that's really what it is) but the first year obtained from the consulate will count in the total, and you didn't have to pay any fee for the one at the consulate to be prepared.