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The two queries are in fact related but not that complicated. I crossed into Mexico from GT via Bethel where there is no aduana, only immigration and he was less than useless. I then asked at the immigration office in Palanque but they told me a temp import was not really necessary hence I wasn't given one despite my request. I was told by them that it would not be a problem and I was never asked for any documents during our time in Mexico.

My girlfriend came in via Belieze did get a temp import and had to give credit card details to get it however when we both came to the US border, no one could tell us where to get her bike checked out of Mexico (hence the worry about the $300 fine at the expiry of 30 days and why she now has to ride back to the border from San Diego today).

Also no one at the US immigration had a clue about temp imports for the bikes so its not as if we haven't tried!
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.............she now has to ride back to the border from San Diego today).
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It's good you're close. Done, over with.

This might be another good example of needing to know the rules, even if they haven't been explained or posted by a certain country and their customs.

I was caught in a similar situation in '99. If it was very easy....
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Just to finish this thread. I went back into Mexico and what do you know, there are signs to the aduana office from the border which is where you also need to cancel your temporary import certificate. A few signs before you get in the long queue to get out of Mexico wouldn't have gone amiss.
So I guess the easiest way to to find the aduana office in Tijuana (if you don't actually know where it is) is to go through to the USA turn around and come back into Mexico and follow the signs to the office. It really was very simple coming in from the other side. And if you lane split all the way to the front of the queue, dodging all of the street vendors, it only takes a little extra time.
They also told me (it turned out that I was a day over my 30 day visa) that they won't charge you unless you are more than a month or so over. They were very friendly.

Also, we did do some research before posting the original query about the US import docs and didn't find anything conclusive.
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