RV/Travel Trailer Mexico Vehicle Import Permit

It is recommended that you carry three black and white copies of each of these documents. Mexico considers color copies to be attempts at forgeries.

1. Passport, passport card or green card.
2. If you are not a Mexican citizen, a Mexican immigration permit — such as a tourist (FMM), business or immigrant permit/visa.
3. A non-Mexican driver's license with photo.
4. RV Title and registration certificate.
5. If the RV or travel trailer is financed or leased you must have a notarized letter of permission from the lien holder or lending institution to bring the RV into Mexico. You cannot get a TIP for an RV that is not owned by you or a member of your immediate family. You cannot get a TIP for a rented RV.
6. An International Credit Card (American Express, Mastercard, Visa) in the name of the driver of the RV (importer).
7. If the title of the RV is in the name of a spouse, child, or parents – a marriage license or birth certificate must be presented.
8. Proof of Mexico RV Insurance.

Purchasing a permit online saves time at the border and is recommended by Banjercito. The new online application process is much easier and your permit is immediately emailed to you after purchase. Apply online on the Banjercito Website.

Purchasing Online, How it Works

• The permit may be purchased between 10 and 60 days before you enter Mexico.
• After you purchase the permit, it will be sent to you via email.
• Use the emailed permit to validate at interior checkpoints in Mexico using your cell phone.
• Print a copy of the permit and the receipt. Carry it with you in the event there is no Internet to validate using your email, and/or the officer does not have the ability to scan your online permit.

You MUST CANCEL your permit at a Banjercito location at the Mexican border upon your return to the U.S.

Since you bought your FMM (tourist permit) online, you still need to stop at the border and get it stamped for it to be valid. Bring the receipt you were emailed for proof of payment.

Temporary import permits may be purchased at CIITEV offices located at Aduana locations at various border locations. Find Banjercito locations in Arizona, California, New Mexico or Texas.

You can also buy a permit at the following Mexican Consulates in the U.S.:

• Arizona: Phoenix
• California: Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Sacramento
• Colorado: Denver
• Illinois: Chicago
• New Mexico: Albuquerque
• Texas: Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston

The fee for importation of a vehicle is about $51.00 USD including IVA (tax), however, if you process online, the fee is about $45.00 USD including IVA. The price can vary depending on the peso exchange rate and will likely increase from time to time.

Temporary importation permits for motor homes can be issued for up to 10 years, but they MUST be registered as a motorhome in order to qualify.

If the motorhome is towing another vehicle, the vehicle must have its own TIP, subject to the regular vehicle TIP restrictions and payments. The duration of the motorhome's TIP will be ten years, and the maximum time for the towed vehicle's TIP is 180 days.

If the motorhome is towing a trailer (like for ATVs, jet skis, boats, and the like), the motorhome/RV TIP will be valid for 180 days.

Towed vehicles designed to be driven on the road (for example, an auto or motorcycle), require their own TIP. This TIP is subject to the restrictions and costs of all vehicle TIPs. In this case, the towed vehicle’s TIP will be for 180 days and the motorhome’s will be ten years.

If the motorhome is pulling a trailer with recreational vehicles on it (i.e. jet skis, boat, ATV/UTV, etc.), the towed items will be included on the RV TIP. Therefore, the RV/motorhome TIP will be valid for 180 days. Also, you will need proof of ownership for each of the towed items and these will need to exit at the same time the RV does. This is verified by the Banjercito agent at the time you turn in your TIP when exiting Mexico.

You will need Mexican insurance for your towed vehicle, as well as your RV.

Once you have a vehicle import permit you may drive your vehicle across the border multiple times during the valid length of your permit.

If you think you might sell your RV in the U.S. or Canada, you should cancel your TIP upon exiting Mexico. It is extremely difficult to cancel a TIP away from the Mexican border. If you do not cancel your RV TIP, you will not be able to get another one.

Banjercito verifies your vehicle has left the country when you cancel your permit. You MUST CANCEL AND SURRENDER YOUR VEHICLE IMPORT PERMIT UPON YOUR FINAL REENTRY INTO THE U.S. If you do not, you will not be allowed to drive into Mexico in the future.

You do not have to exit Mexico from the same port as you entered to cancel your permit. It can be canceled at many Banjercito locations along the border, although not all are able to cancel permits.

Learn more about canceling your import permit on our blog.

If the documentation shows the vehicle is registered in the name of a spouse, the importation can be done as long as the marriage certificate (and a copy) is presented.

The owner’s adult spouse, children, parents, and siblings are permitted to drive the temporarily imported RV in Mexico, without the owner present, as long as they are not permanent residents of Mexico, and have a non-Mexican driver's license. Carry documentation verifying your relationship to the owner.

Other persons may drive the vehicle as long as the owner is in the vehicle and they have a non-Mexican driver's license.

Temporary RV Insurance for Mexico is required in order to obtain an RV temporary vehicle import permit.