TravelDawg
5/7/2015 20:41 EST
1. It used to be that your car permit was only good for 60 days even though your personal visa was 90 days. I haven't checked on that one for a while, but I haven't heard that it's changed. I know, it doesn't make any sense, but as of a couple years ago, that's how it was.
Hopefully you're aware that the 90 days of your visa is good for all of the CA4 together. So if you've already spent 60 days in Guate, you only have 30 days before you have to leave Honduras, ES and Nicaragua to reset it. If you're on a residency in Guate, you can enter ES for as long as you want.
2. The only way I know of to get the permit extended is to leave the CA4. Last I checked, you couldn't extend the permit for the car from within the country. ES is strict about this, because they want you to import the car if you're staying longer = more money for them :)
3. Car insurance is not required, however, if you get into an accident and can't sort it out financially with the other driver, the first thing that happens when the police get involved is that person who is at fault goes to jail for a minimum of three days. (or if they can't figure out who's at fault, both go to jail.) There is no way around this once the poice are involved, unless you have insurance, which usually signifies that you'll pay for the damages no matter what. So if you opt to not get insurance, be prepared to pay whatever someone asks of you if you're at fault in an accident.
4. When you enter ES through the airport, everyone is required to pay $10 for a tourist card. When you cross a land border there should be no fee to enter ES. Guate may make you pay an "exit fee" but if someone on the ES side asks for money, there are anti-corruption signs everywhere in immigration with a number you can call to report it.
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