How to Get Mexican Temporary Residency, Permanent Residency, & Citizenship | 2023 

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Hey Rob! Great question. Regardless of whether you are married or not the money that you're going to have to spend is going to depend on the consulate. It's because of this fact that we can't tell you how much you'll have to pay whether single or married. The best thing to do would be to talk to the consulate that You plan on trying to obtain residency with or reach out to someone like, Mariana who can do the legwork for you and answer more specific questions depending on where you are in the world.

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If I were you I would look into Panama's pensionado visa. Additionally, since you have passive income you could also use the naturalization process and NOT have to do any of the solvency requirements. HOWEVER, you would need to come to Mexico and "overstay" your tourist visa FMM (IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO MEXICO BETWEEN 2015 - 2022 I believe)

It depends on what Mexican Consulate you go to. I believe McCallen, TX, New Orleans, Phoenix, and Vegas are some of the more lenient consulate offices in which you could get a permanent residency visa. Email those consulates your questions ahead of time to see what backup docs are needed before booking an appointment with one of them.

That’s a great idea for a video! Thank you!

Did you find any good resources on family unity? I’m just starting the process

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Wow! Good questions! Message Mariana

Ask Mariana, she’s the expert! 🤓

I got my temporary residency at the consulate in Houston the week before Thanksgiving. I only had to meet one financial requirement -either the monthly income amount or the savings amount not both and not a combination of the two

@LaKatyLady If my local consulate tries to make me jump through multiple hoops, I may just go through a different consulate (if that is allowed).

A lot of them don’t care if u live in the area or not. I know people in Denver that went to San Francisco and people from Georgia that went to New Orleans

@@LeisurelyLorrie That’s great news! Thanks

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NO!!! The govt wants you to invest inside Mexico. Buying a home only qualifies you for temporary residency, not PR. Buy a home inside Mexico valued at 40,000 times the minimum wage which I believe would be 6,914,800 MXP (verify because this may be calculated using last year's minimum wage). Now use the USD exchange rate which is roughly $400K. However, I have heard that some consulates are requiring values between $425- $450k USD. Hope that helps. Good Luck!!

I mean that’s in any country. The US does the same testing for immigrants to gain citizenship.

I passed those exams with pretty broken spanish to be honest :D

Thanks for sharing! 😀

Wow!

Yes, that is the way it should be! It should be the same in the United States, but Americans have bad leaders.

I would check with the consulate that I was planning on going to with what their requirements are

Are you going to Morelia? If you're going to Morelia I do believe that you will be able to be with your husband and not have any issues. Regardless of where you are though just make sure that you are polite and understanding when they tell you things. Our experience so far with the consulates have been very good.

How did it go???

@candices2888 Hi, It went nothing like I expected it to, it went way better!! We got there and went straight to the window, there was nobody in line, all they did was take our paperwork for both of us through a window. We didn't even go into the back room or anything like I thought it would be. We sat in waiting room while they looked at our documents and within 45 min we were getting fingerprints and photos taken and got our Passports stampedwith Visa!!💃 Orlando Consulate was great! 🌺 We flew to Puerto Vallarta in July and got our Temporary Residency cards in one day...Best day ever!😊

@@KatKatz11 OMG!! Congratulations 🎉 Thanks for getting back to me 💫 I've just secured my appointment this evening, for the second week of Oct in Orlando! Was the process difficult in Mexico, did you guys hire someone to help? I really appreciate your time and advice.

Hi, We went to Puerto Vallarta because I heard they were one of the locations known for being able to get cards same day (and I only planned to be there one week because I still work, my husband is retired). I used "GP Expat Services" her name is Gaby Pellicer and she was great! She works out of Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta, the week we went she wasn't in PV so she set us up with Erma one of her facilitators and she was awesome as well!, she retired after 20+ years from that exact immigration office we were at plus Gaby used to work there too. We met Erma at 9am at office and we're there about 3 hours, but she said it was taking longer that day, I didn't care as long as we received our cards Lol! Gaby gathered all our info and had our file prepared ahead of time...immigration asked a few questions when it was our turn and they take your pic and you wait. We are not moving there, only went because office is known to be quicker. We are moving to Chicxulub by beach and 30 min from city of Merida in the Yucatan...very excited!🌺. Gaby's email is hola@gpexpatservices.com if you decide to use her. FEE was $5,100 pesos each at Immigration Office and her fee was $5,000 pesos each...so appx $1,200 USD for both of us....and very well worth it! Let me know how your journey goes!?!😊🇲🇽

Can you please explain what you mean exactly? 😀

@@chasingtheAmericanDream I want to know about maxico's education for international students. What types of opportunity do they provide a international student? How can we get admission from a university? How about tuition fee and job opportunity ?

@@trumphake4 Thank you for bringing up that topic… I wouldn’t know anything about that. Sorry 😔

Great question! Once it's raised (to my knowledge) you'll have to comply with that raised amount.

But if you do have the correct amount in the bank and you've had it in there for over a year I would apply immediately. The sooner you apply the better for you because it's only going to keep going up.

@@chasingtheAmericanDream Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I have applied before but due to my managing my own non US investments I did not qualify. I'm thinking I have to sell my house then wait a year to reapply.

@@standingmannequin7911 Oh. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully you can qualify after you sell your house 😎

That's a fantastic point and question! While the best thing you can do is reach out to her directly, I honestly think that if you can prove retirement/pension that you have a good chance depending on the consulate. The best thing you can do though is reach out to her and let her know your situation. Consulates work differently (unfortunately) and some might push you through while others might not. Keep in mind, regardless though you get get to perm with a little time so either way you'd be good.

You will qualify as long as you meet the financial solvency requirements. You must take your pension letter from your agency showing your retired and the income from your bank statements must come from that source. I retired at 52 and I took my proof of pension from the government. Now do keep in mind that some consulates are super strict on the age requirement though most will accept a retirement lettter with proof of pension.

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@@erniebaca993 thanks bro! In my response I assumed that the person above met the financial solvency requirements (but I shouldn't have). Thanks so much for the input!

I would suggest you write a letter to the consulate and explain your case, they do response. You could get a letter from HR stating you will retire at 55 and the amount of pension.

Hello, thanks for the comment! With all due respect we honestly don't recall ever speaking to about this situation. I do remember someone (perhaps yourself) mentioning something about the minimum wage but I think we responded to that comment saying that it was too long for us to respond to. I hope that you don't feel that we "did not believe you" because that wouldn't be the case. We have Mexican friends here who have lived here for their entire lives. We have never, ever spoken to anyone here about the minimum wage who was not born in Mexico and lived here their entire life. When we spoke about the minimum wage in the other video we were given the information by Mexicans who have lived here for their entire lives. We never ever spoke to Americans, Canadians or anybody else about the minimum wage-- We only spoke to Mexicans who have lived here for their entire lives who are our friends and who would give accurate information. So just as I mentioned in the other comment, our information is as accurate as the Mexicans who we asked our questions to. We would never ask a foreigner anything about the minimum wage here in Mexico, only native Mexicans. So based on the fact that we are asking people who were born in Mexico, who work in Mexico and who have been here for their entire lives our information is very likely extremely accurate because of who it's coming from. There is no possible way that we could ever talk about the minimum wage in a quick, simple video because the wages here are on a sliding scale so any information that we give is very straightforward, to the point and a general assessment of the situation here in Mexico. Thanks again!

@@chasingtheAmericanDream Strange you can go back to your comments and check what you wrote. I remember well what you wrote. Hey if you don't want to admit that's fine. Regardless I told you that the info that you gave in that video didn't fully explain the issue of minimum wage. In order to understand you have to live in mexico for a long time and you have to be an owner of a business otherwise it doesn't matter if you live there your entire live and it's a simple as this that no one wants it to go up and many don't even consider it to be relevant. So simple I hope that you understand it now.

@@fourthdeconstruction I'm sorry but I honestly don't understand what you're trying to get at. I've already said that I understand that the minimum wage is a sliding scale, I've already mentioned that we've talked to people who have grew up here, work here (and own their own businesses) And in the videos that I've discussed I've said exactly what they have said. These people's information are accurate because they live here, they are not foreigners, they own businesses and so forth. So any information that we have given to the viewers we have got from people who are legitimate. I honestly don't understand what you're trying to say or why you think what you were trying to say is important. I'm not trying to be disrespectful, I'm just simply telling you that I don't understand what you're trying to say or explain. And as I mentioned already, we never tried to explain all the details about minimum wage in Mexico and the reason why is because it is too in-depth. We have general information and that is all because we don't want to go further than that. It's not necessary to go further, the information that we gave is accurate and we have no intention of moving further in regards to this topic. In either case I hope you enjoyed the video and I look forward to talking to you in other ones! And I just want to let you know that I have no issues admitting anything, I just simply don't understand what you're talking about, why it's important and I really don't care about the subject enough to look back at your comments and try to figure out what you're trying to say. There's no ego here, there's nothing that I need to admit or not admit, these are just the facts. Have a great day!

@@chasingtheAmericanDream sorry it's too long to read.

@@fourthdeconstruction No worries, I'll make sure to remember that the next time you ask a question so I don't take my time to explain. My comment was more for the other viewers anyway. Have a great day!

However, great video. And the retired military/ retired veteran is the exception not the rule.

Thank you for your valuable input! I don't believe that she said that this couldn't be the case in the video though. As long as you have proof of retirement and meet the monetary criteria you definitely can be approved 👍

James, did you find out the answer to this?

It’s important to be familiar with the laws which change constantly and having an immigration lawyer and real estate lawyer is a protection

That would be a great question for Mariana! 😀 Give her a call 📞

Contact Mariana Her info is in the description

Good question! Perhaps you can ask Mariana

Us retirement age isn't exactly uniform from what I understand. It depends on when you're born. Currently I believe anybody born after 1960 is eligible for retirement between 65 to 67 years old.

No, @@chasingtheAmericanDream that is not quite correct. I know the US system can be confusing. Retirement age is 62 yo. Citizens can't collect Medicare until age 65 yo. But they can collect at age 62. The staggering retirement ages relates to the amount of money a person can collect from SS. The longer a person waits to file for SS, the more money they will get. But that doesn't determine their status. And depending upon the company a person was employed and the number of years worked, some Americans can collect that money at age 50 or 55 and retire (not many of those left, but some still around). I'm lad you mentioned this because I know to ask about this when evaluating other countries. Thx for responding.

I am not married to a Mexican 😂 Perhaps you can ask Marianna