MD80 CREW WAS ASSIGNED AN APCH THAT HAD NO APCH PLATES.

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NO VALID APCH PLATES FOR PVR. DURING DSCNT INTO PVR; APCH CLRED US FOR A VOR DME 3 APCH TO RWY 22. WE ADVISED APCH THAT WE DID NOT HAVE CHARTS FOR THAT APCH. APCH ADVISED US THAT THE ARRS AND APCHS WE HAD WERE CANCELED. AS WE WERE IN VFR CONDITIONS; WE ACCEPTED RADAR VECTORS FOR A VISUAL APCH. AFTER LNDG; I TALKED TO DISPATCH WHO SAID THAT THE CTLRS SHOULD NOT BE ISSUING THE NEW APCHS BECAUSE COMMERCIAL CHART COMPANY HAD NOT SENT THE REVISION. PVR CTLRS STATED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN USING THE NEW APCHS SINCE FEB/XA/00. DISPATCH ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS AN INFO MESSAGE IN THE FLT PAPERWORK THAT WOULD ALERT US TO THIS PROB IN PVR. THERE WAS NO SUCH MESSAGE BUT A MESSAGE FOR GDL THAT ADVISED OF NEW APCH PLATES. SINCE THERE WAS NO INFO IN THE PAPERWORK; I AM CURIOUS TO WHAT OTHER CREWS HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 5 DAYS THAT PVR HAS NOT BEEN USING OUR APCH PLATES. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 464746: BOTH OF US RECHKED THE FLT PAPERWORK AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF NEW PROCS INTO PVR. WE CALLED THE TWR AND THEY SAID THEY HAD BEEN USING THIS PLATE SINCE FEB/XA/00. CAPT CALLED DISPATCH AND DISPATCHER SAID HE WAS AWARE OF IT AND THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE FLT PAPERWORK WHICH THE CAPT INFORMED HIM IT WAS NOT. THE DISPATCHER TOLD THE CAPT THAT THIS APCH WAS NOT IN EFFECT YET. ON DEP; THEY TRIED TO ISSUE US A SID THAT IS NOT PUBLISHED YET EITHER. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO GET HURT OR FINED IF THIS IS NOT CLRED UP. A LOT OF AIRLINES ARE FLYING IN THERE. DO THEY HAVE THE PLATES ALREADY?