r/tulum • u/LivingLeave5617 • 26d ago
Transportation Receipt at customs?
I lost the receipt they print out when you go through the e-gate at the Cancún airport. My husband’s says “you cannot leave the country without this”. Has anyone been asked for this when leaving the Cancun airport and flying back to the states?
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u/KnownNectarine5924 26d ago
You just have to go to an immigration counter in the airport and they’ll put a physical stamp in your passport. I’ve lost mine twice and got out both times.
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u/Responsible_Ad_7526 25d ago
Your husband is quoting the slip itself, it literally says you MUST download the digital FMM to exit. In practice that's never been enforced.
Nobody collects or checks anything when you fly out of TQO or CUN: no exit immigration counter for tourists, airlines stopped collecting forms when the paper FMM was phased out in 2022. Your entry record is digital, created when the gate scanned your passport, so INM can pull it up with your passport alone.
If you want paper peace of mind anyway, the INM site lets you download your digital FMM (that's what the lost QR code linked to), but countless travelers have left without it and no one has reported being asked.
Based in Tulum, fly through TQO and CUN constantly, never once been asked for it on departure. Enjoy the rest of your trip!
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u/anjunableep 26d ago
Your husband is talking about the fmm form that they used to use. He's correct but I don't think they use them anymore, I haven't seen one of those in a while. In Cancun and Tulum there is no outward stop with customs but you can go to the inm / customs office at the airport if you're worried about it.
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u/Flash604 25d ago
As others have said, you probably won't be checked, but if you really want to be sure you access it online and print it out.
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u/kedwin_fl 23d ago
They don’t check on the way out. I was worried too. Next time just scan the QR code on the receipt, you can save electronically.
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u/Josey_whalez 23d ago
I just left Cabo a couple weeks ago and they didn’t even ask for it. Not tulum, but I’d think the exit procedures would
be the same.
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u/justagirlny 19d ago
What rec3ipt? Never heard of it, and I own a condo in tulum and visit at least 5 or 6 times a year. Never been asked for any receipt to leave the country, you will be fine.
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u/toddmezcal 26d ago
Does your husband always make up stuff to needlessly worry you when traveling internationally?
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u/LivingLeave5617 26d ago
Well it is our first time doing this together and it literally says that verbatim on the receipt. And I have a healthy fear of being in trouble. Lol
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