extending a stay in gutemala.
 

hi all.

does anyone have any expirience extending the aduana bike permit in guatemala, we were issued a 40 days permit and would like to extened it.
many thanks.

Experience? sorta
 

I tried renewing my permit. I can tell you this:

1) You have to renew at the frontier (border) - Aduana offices inside the country (Guatemala City, Xela, etc.) won't handle the renewal.

2) You will have no problem if you return to your original border entry crossing.

3) If the Aduana computer system is down, you can't renew unless you do #2.

I know #2 and #3 because I attempted to renew on a Saturday, travelling 125km from Xela to the nearest Mexican border crossing point only to find out their computer system was down and I was told I needed to return the next day. If I had returned to my original entry point, they could pull my paperwork and update the computer files when the system became available.

Thanks for the info! sounds rather simple.
So if we manage this we will probably stay here for a couple of more weeks. We are at San Pedro at lake Atitlan.
Will be nice to meet up if yr still around
All the Best

I was in Guatemala last October-November. I'm around Lima, Peru presently, wandering south from here.

Buen viaje!

I renewed my importation permit a number of times at SAT in Puerto Barrios. I just had to pay the (?)40 Q's every 6 weeks.