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Originally Posted by Francis
90 days? The embassy here says we have 180 days to bring our stuff, did you get an FM-3?
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Yes, I have an FM3. It's actually 180 days from the time that the FM3 is issued from start to finish. You have 90 days from the date that your FM3 is issued to get approval for the menaje de casa and 90 days from the date of your menaje de casa approval to get your stuff across the border. 180 days total. Our visa was issued on 3-24-08 which meant that we had to get approval for the household goods by 6-24-08 (we waited until the last minute!!!) and now we have until mid-Sept to actually cross the border.
Until we went through the process ourselves, we had read many different stories on time frame. It's very confusing and I am not sure if different consulates are different in their time frames.