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If you plan to drive a car with foreign plates in Mexico, you must visit a Banjercito office at the Mexican border to get a temporary import permit.
A Temporary Import Permit allows foreign-plated vehicles to enter Mexico as long as they are for private use. And this permit is temporary- meaning you are not permanently importing your car.
This permit is issued ONLY by Banjercito either at a land border or at specific Mexican consulates.
One thing worth mentioning is that you DO NOT need a temporary import permit if you are driving in the “free zone” of Mexico. The free zone is 21 km from the US-Mexico border, 98 Km in Sonora or all of the Baja Peninsula.
Most but not all land borders have a Banjercito office on site.
The following list shows you the border Banjercito offices at land borders where you can obtain a new temporary import permit and turn in your temporary import permit when you leave Mexico.
Baja California
San Ysidro
Monday through Friday 8:00 – 17:00 hrs. Saturday 8:00 – 13:00 hrs
Jose María Laroque 471, Tijuana. Col Federal, Puerto fronterizo Puerta México Chaparral , B. C. 22310.
Phone: +52 (664) 682 3182
Otay
Monday through Sunday 8:00 – 21:00 hrs
Fray Junipero Serra 3455, Garita Internacional, Garita de Otay, Tijuana BC México.
Phone: +52 (664) 624 5515
Tecate
Monday through Friday 8:00 – 20:00 hrs. Saturday and Sunday 8:00 – 16:00 hrs
Av. Lazaro Cárdenas 201. Esq Callejón Madero Zona Centro. Tecate Baja California 21400.
Phone:+52 (665) 521 2536
Mexicali I
Monday through Sunday 8:00 – 24:00 hrs
Calle Mengar S/N. Zona Centro. Mexicali, Baja California 21100
Phone: +52(664) 682 3182
Mexicali II
Monday through Sunday from 6:00 – 22:00 hours
Blvd Abelardo L Rodriguez S/N. Col. Alamitos. Puerto Fronterizo Nuevo Mexicali II. Baja California 21210
Phone: +52 (686) 567 8504
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Chiapas
Banjercito Huixtla
Monday Through Sunday 8:00 – 22:00 hrs.
Villa Comaltitlán Km. 241, Mpio. de Huixtla, Chis., C.P. 30640
Banjercito Talismán
Monday Through Sunday 8:00 – 22:00 hrs.
Carretera (200) Tepic-Puente Talismán Km. 000+000 Ejido Talismán, Mpio. Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas, C.P. 30870
Banjercito Cd. Cuauhtemoc
Monday Through Friday 8:00 – 20:00 hrs.
Saturday 8:00 – 17:00 hrs.
Sunday 9:00 – 16:00 hrs.
Carretera Panamericana Km. 253.5, Inteior de Sección Aduanera, Cd. Cuauhtémoc, Chis., C.P. 30150
Phone Number +52 (963) 631 4166
Chihuahua
Las Palomas
Monday through Sunday from 8:00 to 24:00 hours
Av 5 de Mayo s/n, Centro, 31830 Puerto Palomas, Chih., México
Phone: +52 (656) 666 0060
San Jerónimo
Monday to Sunday from 6:00 to 22:00 hours
Libramiento San Jeronimo. Carretera Juarez Casas Grandes S/N. Col Cruce Internacional #20. 32000
Phone +52 (656) 618 6732
Puente Cordoba de las Américas
Monday through Sunday- Open 24 hours
Av. de las Americas S/N. Interior Edificio C. Col. El Chamizal 32310
Phone: +52 (656) 639 9812
Puente Guadalupe Tornillo
Monday through Friday 8:00-16:00 hrs
Km 43 # 55 Carretera Federal 2. Col Porfirio Parra. Municipio de Guadalupe Int Recinto Fiscal de Aduana. Guadalupe Tornillo 32740
Puente Internacional Ojinaga
Open 24 hours
Blvd. Libre Comercio 2400 y 2401, entre Av. Fronteriza y Margen del Rio Bravo. Col. Rio Bravo. Ojinaga Chihuahua 32882
Phone: +52 (626) 453 2376
Coahuila
Ciudad Acuña
Monday through Sunday from 6:00 to 22:00 hours
Calle Hidalgo 305.Zona Centro. Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila 26200
Phone: +52 (877) 772 6366
Piedras Negras Anexo- Cannot cancel TIP Here
Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 14:00 hours
Prol. Libramiento Fausto Z. Martínez N° 600 Int.5 Edif. Oficinas Federales Pte. Int. II, P. Negras, Coah. C. P. 26000
Phone: +52 (878) 782 2402
Nuevo Leon
Puente Internacional Colombia
Everyday 8:00 to 24:00 hours
Carretera Piedad Negras Km 34.5 Int. Edificio de Turismo Puente Internacional Colombia, Nuevo Leon 64050
Phone: +52 (867) 734 0081
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Sonora
San Luis Rio Colorado
Monday through Sunday 8:00 a 24:00 hrs
Avenida Internacional y calle 1a. Patio Fiscal de la Aduana. Col Centro. San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora 83400
Phone +52(653) 534 0401
San Emeterio
Open 24 hours
Carretera Federal 2, km 27. Tramo Sonoyta-Caborca, Sonoyta, Sonora 53570
Phone: +52 (651) 512 3219
Nogales Km 21
Open 24 hours
Carretera Internacional Km 21. Col. Agua Zarca. Nogales, Sonora 84000
Phone: +52(631) 313 9222
Phone: +52(623) 329 9352
Naco
Thursday from 16:00 to 22:00 hours. Friday through Sunday from 10:00 to 22:00 hours
Avenida Francisco I Madero # 15. Col. Centro. Naco, Sonora 84180
Phone: +52 (633) 121 4049
Agua Prieta
24 Hours
Calle 1/a. Av. Panamericana. Interior Garita Mexicana. Col Centro Agua prieta, Sonora 84200
Phone: +52 (633) 338 1738
Quintana Roo
Subtte. López (Subteniente)
Monday Through Sunday 9:00 – 19:00 hrs.
Av. México s/n, Edif. Aduana Fronteriza, Subtte. López, Chetumal, Q. Roo, C.P. 77900
Phone: +52 (983) 834-5043
Puerto Juárez
Monday Through Friday 9:00 – 14:30 hrs.
Carretera Puerto Juárez – Punta Sam, Km. 0+300, Lte. 1 Mz. 2, Super Manzana No. 83, Cancún, Q. Roo, C.P. 77521
Phone: +52 998-880-0171
Chactemal
Monday Through Sunday 07:00 – 20:00 hrs.
Carretera Federal Subtte. López -Belice Km. 2, s/n, Oton P. Blanco, Q. Roo, C.P. 77965
Phone: +52 (983) 834-5328
Thank you for providing this information. I had to wade thru hundreds of pages to find your page.
All the the other pages explained the process over and over again and again until I wanted to barf.
You are the only one smart enough to give the states, cities, addresses, and hours.
I was looking for one specific office and their hours of operation. You gave me exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
Glad you found this page! Thanks for giving me some feedback
I got a permit for Laredo can I return it in San Isidro
Tocaya,
You are missing the offices in Tamaulipas. I know that Pharr 1 has offices, but I am not sure if the Nuevo Laredo offices or other have them too.
Thanks for putting this together. Very helpful
Thank you! We’ll be returning our TIP at the Nogales KM21 office on our way to Arizona after a long drive, and were just wondering how early we’d have to leave our hotel to get there. Understanding a lot can change between now and then, but this helps a lot. I’ll be checking back and calling them before we leave. Thx!
Quick update on the offices in Coahuila. When I visited yesterday to cancel a TVIP, I discovered the office at the border in Piedras Negras does not perform this service. They do issue the permits, but they do not cancel them. The nearest location was an hour to the interior at Banjercito Allende, a roadside facility along Hwy 57. The wait there was about half a dozen vehicles, with each vehicle requiring about a five minute inspection process for the staff member to photograph the VIN # and vehicle from different angles.
thanks for the heads up- updated it!
I have a FMM form that needs to be returned. I do NOT have a TIP as I was not driving my car while in MX (I was driven by a Mexico resident). I plan to return via the Nogales crossing. A) since I’m not returning a TIP, do I still have to go to the Banjercito office? Or can the FMM be returned at the boarder? B) If I have to go to the Banjercito office, is it within the free zone and can I get to the office and turn around all while in the free zone? Which crossing should I be using? C) Is there any other way to return it in the US? Mexico Consulate perhaps?
Is there an office in Mazatlan to cancel our tip?
We were in an accident. Our vehicle was wrote off.
Hola Mariana,
My question is regarding TIP
We just started the process for permanent residency in Mexico. This will be completed within the next six months. However, we are considering to drive.
When we cross into Mexico we won’t be permanent residents yet. When we drive back out of Mexico six month later. We will be permanent residents. Does this situation affect the TIP in anyway? Just wondering if the TIP only applies to temporary residents.
would appreciate your advise very much.
Thank you
Jackie B
Toronto
P.S I love your pod casts
You can apply for a temporary import permit when you enter Mexico as a permanent resident with the intention of doing your Canje. HOWEVER- you should know that once you receive your residency card as a permanent resident your temporary import permit is no longer valid and you could have your car impounded if you were to be stopped by highway police. If you wanted to drive to Mexico, you would need to drive your car back out of Mexico before you finished your permanent residency. Or you can import your foreign plated car and get Mexican license plates so you don’t have to worry about driving back to the border. If you do decide to nationalize your car, you will need to work with a customs broker. If you need a recommendation, we have a directory of recommended brokers in our complete Mexico relocation guide across multiple border towns. When you buy the complete Mexico Relocation Guide you get instant access to our directory of vetted and recommended contacts mexicorelocationguide.com/guide/
Do foreign trailer campers , howled with foreing car , also need to have a TIP or id the vehicle’s TIP, enough for both .
Mariana. I’m looking to ship my Mobilhome to Hualtulco . I’ve read up on this but unsure if I would be allowed to receive it there as opposed to having to go to the border.