After breakfast and a nap we all walked over to CIS and began the check in procedure. The operating hours are 9:00 AM and 2:00 PM. It took us 1.5 hours to complete, this with no lines. The next time I'd leave myself about 2.5 hours just in case there are other boats checking in at the same time.
Immigration: All crew got tourist cards. Filled out forms and submitted to Immigration officer. He processed these and sent us across the room to the bank where we paid $262 pesos each. Then we brought our stamped receipt back to Immigration for our cards.
Port Captain: Same building, same room. Here I used my Visa card to pay the arrival tax for the boat of $306 pesos. We had to present our tourist cards, crew list, and boat documents. We went outside and made a couple of needed copies of documents.
Bank: I took the packed from the Port Captain to the bank and here I paid for a temporary import permit at $49.50 dollars on my Visa. The permit is a very pretty document and sticker that you put in the window of the boat and it allows you to keep the boat in Mexico 10 years.
Customs: I went to customs (same place) and listed all the gear on the boat. I then pushed the button and got a green light and we were done. What happens if you get a red light? Possibly someone comes to the boat and does an inspection.
Cantina: We had to then report to a cantina for the obligatory fish tacos and cervezas.
Marina: Back at the marina Rogelio made copies of my documents and we were done for the day.
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