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San Emeterio Sonora-Have you gotten papers here?
Just wondering if anyone has had recent experience getting their FMM and TViP here. We are looking to cross at Sonoyta as it is closest to us and we know the road. From my reading I understand that San Emeterio is the nearest aduana for getting papers.

Also, is there a way to search the forum? I couldn't find one. I figure some of my questions have already been answered here.

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Just wondering if anyone has had recent experience getting their FMM and TViP here. We are looking to cross at Sonoyta as it is closest to us and we know the road. From my reading I understand that San Emeterio is the nearest aduana for getting papers.

Also, is there a way to search the forum? I couldn't find one. I figure some of my questions have already been answered here.

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Yes, I believe you can. We got our TVIP's at aduana office just down the road from Sonoyta, (this was some years ago) don't recall name ... no town there, just a roadside Kiosk on side of road, IIRC.
I'm sure there is an office somewhere around there as it's the main road.

Of our group of 6 riders, two were on "black list", meaning they had not checked out of Mexico on last trip. So no TVIP could be issued to those two riders. Aduana guy (very cool) took us outside, said, "just go, it's a stupid system, just go, anyone asks, say you go to Guaymas!" Sonora is a TVIP free zone, further South you are supposed to have TVIP.

We only went as far South as Durango/Mazatlan, no one was ever asked for vehicle papers, only passport and Tourist Visa. Military stops just wave us through or do a cursory search, no papers asked for most times ... and never asked for TVIP, ever. Same routine on most recent trip last November. (one year ago)

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You are clouding up your own question by asking about San Emeterio border then saying you are crossing to Sonoyta.

If you are going to Sonoyta then that is all you need to say, and YES there is a border service for Mexico right at the line with Lukeville , Arizona. All the paperwork is available.

On my google search San Emeterio shows up as being the km 21 checkpoint on Mex 15 (didn 't know that ) south of Nogales , and that is totally not Sonoyta.
But km 21 still does paperwork too.
Or it is the Airport entry for San Luis RC, where you are not likely to arrive by bike , and it is NOT Sonoyta either , by a long shot

So where ARE you going to enter Mexico?
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Been years since I crossed at Lukeville/Sonoyta. When we did, we were told no Aduana there and to drive on, 21K's down the road to obtain TVIP.
There we got both visa and TVIP ... save the two guys who were previously blacklisted.

IIRC, the place in question may be a "checkpoint" to check for TVIP, but not entirely sure on this point ... as I recall through traffic passed by but some pulled in ... but did not seem to be an obligatory stop. Not sure, years ago.
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Thanks once again mollydog.

Sjoerd, you are the only source I have read that says all paperwork is available at Sonoyta. Other web sources I found say that is not the case. Can you tell me where you get that info? My google search for San Emeterio aduana shows it 27km down Mex 2 from Sonoyta, which I am very well aware is totally not Nogales.

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Isn't the main aduana station the new(ish) complex on the Guaymas bypass. The whole state down to there including Guaymas itself is a hassle free zone so no point in having customs further north.
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