Tutorial to Renew Temporary Residency in Mexico (2023) 

I clicked on the link for the formato basico and the form itself is "grayed" out. Do you think that is because all INM offices are no longer requiring it? Thanks

Thanks for this incredibly helpful video!! When I click the first link it doesn't work. Just a blank page shows up. Any updates on that or another URL that works?

Thank you very much. Have a great holiday. :)

@@qroo Just think... a life of service then retired to do another career of service. You got blessed, man.

Where did you get the form letter?

@@merrymaeoliver5268 it was given to me by the León office as a kind of fill-in-the-blank.

Hi Doug. I'm at the point of having paid and received the NUT, received the follow-up email and updated the basic information there. That was a week ago and nothing else has happened. How long after you paid and received email did they update your case? Was it before your current residency expired? Ours expires on the 2nd of May and so I'm wondering what happens if they take too long to get back to you.

@@sherridean3100 hi Sherri, I think with your deadline approaching so rapidly, that I would make a personal visit, especially since May 1 is a national holiday here.

Thanks.

Where did u renew?

You are so welcome.

Thanks, Carla. :)

I had to pay at the bank and return a form to the INM office.

This does clear up a question for me for my upcoming renewal - I need to do a change of address because I left Mexico and don't intend on going back to where my previous address change was, just to get my renewal.

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching.

A margarita would make it seem more interesting...lol.

It's a mystery to me too, bt it happens every time....lol.

That's on my short list actually.

If they took appointments online like most 1st world countries then I'd do it myself. But we're obviously not in Kansas anymore.

They don't make anything easy, do they? I mention the e-firma in another vidro but a dedicated video would be helpful. Thanks for following the channel and taking the time to comment. Take care.

So we are coming down in February to finish the process for our temporary visa for the first time. Do I need to have an address prepared for them? We don’t plan to stay in the same part of Mexico each time we come down and don’t own anything in Mexico as we stay in Airbnb/hotels. Any suggestions?

Did you experience this? I am currently in this situation so this could be good news for me. Which INM office did you use?

@@redtree6495 Immigration Law Regulations (you’ll need to translate). Artículo 160. La persona extranjera que se encuentre fuera del territorio nacional al vencimiento del documento que acredita su condición de estancia podrá ingresar al territorio nacional con el mismo, siempre y cuando no hayan transcurrido más de cincuenta y cinco días naturales a partir de su vencimiento; en estos casos, no se aplicará sanción y la solicitud de renovación deberá presentarse dentro de los cinco días hábiles posteriores a su ingreso. No se permitirá el ingreso al territorio nacional de las personas extranjeras titulares de un documento que tenga más de cincuenta y cinco días naturales de vencimiento

not sure if you ever got an answer to this, but based on my experience today when renewing residency using a passport that was renewed since I initially got temp residency, this presented no issue and at no point did they suggest that we should have changed this information on file. The only thing we weren't able to do was use our CURP to auto-fill the information for renewal because it was putting in our old passport number and wouldn't let us update it, so had to fill out the forms manually again

Not yet but that is on my list. I figured I would know out some tutorial videos while I am sitting around with the family for the holidays.

@@qroo That's so great of you..thumbs up on everything..merry Xmas & New Year Paul!!

Great question!!

You can renew only as early as 30 days before expiration.

@@richskinny668 Thank you!

Yes, 30 days but if you are in an area where INM makes appointments, you can schedule it so it falls in that window.

@@qroo Just to clarify--is it within 30 days or at least 30 days?

You need to do it 30 days BEFORE your visa expires😊

Under "Requirements" there are three links for "Renewal letter". You want to click the third one, "Renewal letter proving that the conditions subsist." The link opens a window where you fill out your name, nationality, NUE, address, etc., and then click the button labeled GENERAR. This generates the letter and displays it in a window where you can download a copy and print the letter. Take that letter with you to the INM office. I'm not sure if you have to sign it in front of the INM agent, or if you can sign it in advance, but it requires your signature and the current date.

@@FLANNELSHIRT I'm all set. Received 3yr renewal in July.

No sooner than 30 days prior to expiration of current 1 yr temp

I'm in Ensenada where you don't need an appointment and they aren't crowded at all. When I got the there at 7:45am there was just me and the gate guard there. I was first in line and there were a total 10 people behind me when they opened at 9:00am. I was in and out in less than an hour with my renewed card and by 10:30 I was eating my first of three fish tacos con todo for brunch!

Sorry to hear that. They do like to make things unnecessarily arduous. The options here are to go to another INM office or to seek the assistance of a "facilitator". They are often more successful at getting things done at INM since they have existing relationships there -- and no, I'm not talking about a bribe. One of my friends was unsuccessful at getting a permit to leave while his card was processed but the facilitator got one for him at the same INM office without an issue.

@@qroo yes I am using a facilitator and this is what she told me the director is doing now. We may have to play a game where we switch my address to a different state and use their INM office then switch me back to my old address after, but isn't that a ridiculous process to have to go through for one obstinate person?

I renewed mine in less than an hour and got my new card at the INM in Ensenada. I've been there twice and didn't need an appointment because both times there were no lines. Each time I've been there I was there at 7:30am and was the first of about ten people in line when they opened at 9:00am. Muy facil!

I'm wondering the same thing. I would like to keep my address (in Oaxaca) but apply at a different INM office (in Monterrey) as I won't be in Oaxaca at that time.

Nothing special required. You will not be required to show economic documents again.

I found the answer!

If you pay for 3 years, you do not have to return to INM to do this process again the very next year.

Both. You get a discount for renewing more than one year at a time, plus you get to avoid returning to the INM office for that length of time (unless you change your Mexican address)

It has to be within 30 days. They wont let you do it sooner than that.

If you don't get it the same day, while your paperwork is in process i believe you can't leave the country till you get your new card. So check on that too.

It's currently at least a 3 week rate right now in PDC. You can get an emergency exit letter but it will cost you more and you have to be back in country within 60 days.

@@paulcovert5781 see my other response to this in the comments, my immigration office in my town has decided few months ago he won't issue the emergency exit letters, that if we can't stick around we can just go back to the U.S. and start all over from square one

@@rcooley111 You didn't say which INM office you're referring too, however, I'd use a different INM office within your state. In QROO you could use PDC, Cozumel or Cancun without needing a change of address. Good luck!

@@paulcovert5781 it's in Puerto Vallarta, they only have the one office.

He can apply to change to permanent because you, his wife has permanent. There is a form on the site to change from RT to RP

Both.

Thx u after leaving Mexico in Oct n fined $30. U.S. for when I entered Mexico 🇲🇽 I didn’t pay attention to the number they placed in my TR label in my U.S. passport, supervisor was called fine me and typed away some paper I totally was so upset trying to tell her no paper was given back I had to ask for it which a number wasn’t entered as far as time in Mexico, even though I advised on my purpose there.. I was told I would have to start my trámite all over , I had on me my TR card but was afraid to show her .. for she might of kept it.. I’ll get thru all this .. I wish I would’ve done this all while hubby was alive🤦🏻‍♀️. I’ll. Continue watching your videos.

No, not usually. You may want to bring your official SS statement showing your new benefits or the one you originally qualified with just to be safe. I'm in Ensenada and they were very easy to work with and didn't ask for anything extra.

Thank you! @@davidsebastianelli1326

Sounds like you just went in on an FMM that is only good for 180 days. This vid was instructions on how to renew your Temporary Resident Visa card that you had to qualify for at a Mexican Consulate in the US by showing economic solvency. You just have to fill out a new FMM or get your passport stamped whenever you decide to come back.

I have the same question. Any answer???

This should be the number on the back of your visa (temporary residency) card. It will say something like, "No. XXXXXXXX".

30 days

@@LD-ts2pv Thanks

Just the opposite. You can only renew inside of Mexico at INM. You won't have to show financials again. Just follow the steps in the video.

@@qroo Paul, this is the tidbit of info I needed. I will have to renew in October when my one year visa expires. I've been stressing a little since the increase due to inflation in income requirements puts me in a gray area as far as meeting the new higher minimum. SS increases haven't kept up with Mexican wage increases. I'll still be using Adrianna but was worried that there could be complications. Thanks!

@Dr. AJ If you have to know someone inside, and pay more, to get things done faster.... Then it ISNT wonderful, that is called corruption and it is eating away at mexico.... People shouldnt have to do this to get service. Disgusting.

@@FocusedFighter777 not corruption. Say your wife's father is a doctor. You call the hospital and they say the wait is 6 hours, now your wife calls her dad and he gets you in to see him directly no wait. That is not corruption. No money under the table. That is calls Friends and Family. Save deal. You hire a lawyer, his father works for the correct agency and helps you get an appointment directly. Not what you know, all about who you know. Making friends is critical in this world. Even in the USA. You get accused of a crime you didn't do, while on vacation in another state. Best thing for your local lawyer to do is hire a lawyer in that area who knows the system, knows the judges, knows the other prosecuting attorney. This is just how things are done. Everywhere. Always hire people with connection, experience and knowledge of the system and those you run the system. Just a fun fact of life. Not about paying anyone off to do anything ilegal. Yes a lawyer with these qualifications costs more, much more but well worth the money. In the USA, say you get in trouble with the IRS. Do you hire just any lawyer? NO ! You hire a lawyer that worked for the IRS in the past. They have experience, knowledge of the system and friends still at the IRS to help provide supporting details, direction and get you to the front of the line.

It's a pen name that I started using when I moved to Mexico back in 2015. It is an abbreviation of the Mexican state Quintana Roo.

@@qroo On one hand I'm low-key impressed how naturally he uses his pen name in videos but now I have doubts that his wife's name is not really Linda - now that would really be a shame! we know her as LINDA...

@@brentcooper9175 Her name is Bobby.... Joking

@@FocusedFighter777 So you think you can make a joke at the expense of Linda and we'll just take it without going all Will Smith on you?