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Monday, February 15, 2010

The delegate of the National Migration Institute (INM), Francisco Javier Reynoso Nuño, said that in Baja California is excluded entirely willingness to apply for passports to foreigners who visit the institution for up to 72 hours.In a joint interview with the head of the Ministry of Tourism in the state (Sectur), Oscar Escobedo Carignan, the federal official announced this measure will take effect from March 1 however, the infrastructure which account border ports, does not allow its implementation in the state.He explained that the document will remain a requirement for foreign visitors at airports in the country, which has always been done, especially at airports of intense international traffic, such as Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara, Cancun and Monterrey .He added that if foreign tourists entering by road to Baja California, from the United States, want to travel into the country, asked the so-called "passport card" as is done according to legislation, citing that when that happens, is made in the checkpoint known as San Emeterio, located in the municipality of Plutarco Elías Calles in Sonora."People who enter are treated as visitors for 72 hours and those arriving by plane, for example, remember that air power is regulated for some time and are asked on a regular passport," he said.Also, Reynoso Nuño said that tourists who arrive at the port of Ensenada aboard a cruise ship, as currently happens, neither asked for your passport.Meanwhile, Escobedo Carignan said that this measure will not cause major problems in American tourists since mid last year the U.S. government passport applications for its nationals to visit Mexico and return home, thus, said, come with the existing documentation and further processing is not for them.