Are you eligible for Residency in Mexico 2024? (Understanding Mexican Residency Visas)

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FREE Residency Visa Guide bit.ly/3XvdEQ5
Economic Solvency Requirements by Consulate bit.ly/3RA6vKz
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Before you choose where to live in Mexico, or before you decide when to move to Mexico, The FIRST thing any foreigner thinking of moving to Mexico should ask themselves is "Am I Eligible to Move to Mexico?"
And that starts by first determining if you are eligible for a residency visa.
To understand this you have to know there are various ways to apply for a residency visa in Mexico.
Which include: Residency through Economic Solvency. Residency for those with ties to a Mexican citizen or Mexican resident and A special program that doesn’t require economic solvency.
Now, before you watch the video I want to draw your attention to the comments section where you will find various links to a few FREE resources. Because this will be a lot of information, and sometimes it’s easier to consume it in written form.
here's a useful page mexicorelocationguide.com/are...
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:32 Are you eligible to move to Mexico?
00:53 Types of Residency Visas in Mexico
02:47 Temporary Residency Requirements
03:44 Requirements Vary by Mexican Consulate
05:47 Permanent Residency Requirements
07:16 Regularization Program in Mexico
08:37 Requirements for Family Members
11:01 How to Get the MOST Up to Date Info
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[@harrisongang]

Marianna, your videos are excellent! They are always informative, well planned, and personable. You, your Mexico Relocation Guide and your channel are a true asset to anyone considering moving to Mexico!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

thank you so much for the kind words of support.

[@bobnankervis9722]

Hello from Mt. Shasta Ca. I applied for and received my permanent residency through the Yuma consulate in February. Permanent residency required either $293k savings or $7500 per month. I finalized my residency in Puerto Vallarta in March (the day after I arrived). I would highly recommend using a facilitator when you finalize in Mexico. I would not have wanted to figure it out on my own, especially since I don't speak Spanish. The small cost of the facilitator is well worth it. After receiving my Permanent Residency card (one day after arriving) I purchased a condo there. I would not have qualified if I had purchased the condo first. Keep that in mind if you are using your savings to qualify and intend to buy a home there

[@destinationmax]

I ❤ the magical Mt. Shasta!

[@kingmelanin7468]

$7k??? Who was your facilitator?

[@bobnankervis9722]

@@kingmelanin7468 $7.5k is the monthly income requirement ( or $230k in savings) to 'qualify' for 'permenant' residency at the Yuma consulate. Not a fee to be paid! The facilitator only is involved at the emigration office in Mexico. Solvency requirements are less for 'temporary' residency. My facilitator 'fee' was about $250 IIRC

[@kingmelanin7468]

@@bobnankervis9722 Ah, I called a few consulates and the temporary residency requires $3200, +/- $500. I think that's pretty high for a country with a $2.5/hr minimum wage. I've been debating Portugal or Brazil. It costs about half with better infrastructure. Good luck!

[@simone3307]

Marianna you have done it again! You cover everything to splendidly! Thank you again! Such a gift.

[@hotrod5853]

Hello from London Ontario, Canada. Cheers!

[@vaninazalazar320]

Wow! I had no idea about the third option...that's great ❤

[@ShawnGavi]

I broke my heart, a stent fixed its place. Wishing waves would whisper in my ears and cool ocean spray on my face. Relaxing on the shore with the sun setting and the moon rising high, I give back to the water with the tear from my eyes. Such Beauty my People down Mexico way. By the Grace of God, I will "Acariciar La Piel," of Mexico so

[@terrydonohue9911]

Awesome content, as always! Thank you from Mazatlan🎉😊

[@mucho1966]

Thank you Marianna!!

[@davidsebastianelli1326]

Hola Mariana y Dustin! Como siempre gran trabajo. De tu amigo en la hermosa Ensenada!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

saludos

[@seananthony2229]

Watching from Palm Beach County, Florida

[@siouxrose7766]

Thank you, Marianna for all of this helpful information. I just checked the solvency requirements for different U.S. cities/embassies and the variations are quite remarkable. At least there are a few that have thresholds I could meet. Granted, I have to travel over 1000 miles to any one of them!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Do it now before you end up not qualifying next year

[@siouxrose7766]

--@@MexicoRelocationGuide --Mexican's new female President suggests an advancement of women's rights while in the U.S., they are going backwards!

[@andytrujillo2935]

Hello from Central Florida!!

[@chopperbob2302]

Very good! Thank you from Windsor Ontario Canada🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Welcome!

[@spacesandplacesoutthere]

Great info.!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jarretschneider9535]

Viewing from Gilbert, Arizona

[@mucho1966]

Atlanta, Georgia

[@AccidentalCarnivore-ul3kg]

Watching from 🇨🇦.

[@terryjones4072]

Hello from Portland, OR, USA

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Hola- welcome

[@kattheiss6410]

Yukon, Canada and Minnesota, USA

[@Danigirl72]

Hi from Seattle!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Welcome!!

[@justjg]

Hola Marianna from Canada!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Hola!

[@sharongillesp]

I thought I might retire to Mexico, instead I plan on long stays of about one month across the globe. If I were much younger I’d consider a permanent move.

[@dbelcher3249]

We are in the Pacific Northwest in the United States.

[@dansharpe-ss9nn]

Watching video in Sacramento , Ca

[@melindariverside4385]

Sherman Oaks, California

[@sallylee6934]

They will not be seeing very many Canadians retiring there cause the average pension here in Ontario is about 1800.00 a month from the government.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Yes unfortunately it will disqualify a lot of people

[@GrandmaPeachesDynasty]

Wonderful video once again. 😊 With the RNE visa, and having a new passport can they look up the previous visits if you don’t have the old passport rather the old one is lost or expired? And if so, which city’s in Mexico are best to visit to apply for the RNE in? And, do the attorneys affiliated with your relocation company help with this type of application for residency?

[@surf01er66]

Well done....Aloha

[@jojouris4618]

Hello from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Hola!

[@matthewmunoz4015]

Hola from Texas 🇨🇱

[@julieann777]

Hi Mariana, Do you think the regularization program will continue into 2025? Thank you! Love your videos.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

hi Julie- sorry there is no way to predict that

[@janerichards7327]

I'm in a suburb of Chicago, IL

[@carinadam3130]

Ontario, Canada!!!!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Hola bievenida

[@sharongillesp]

20,000 days of minimum wages is approximately $250K in savings.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Yes, that is for permanent residency. There is also the option to apply for temporary residency which is significantly lower requirements.

[@thequietknitter9107]

Dallas

[@cleanstreet9074]

Your videos are so informative, Marianna! Thank you. 😀 In regards to the "Special Program," having visited Mexico before 2022. How far back can this be? I was last in Mexico in 2012.....would that qualify?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

It depends on which INM office you want to apply in. Some of them only accept entries as far back as 2015. Some INM offices allow earlier entries. Like Aguascalientes which allows entries before 2015. If you want to work with our recommended facilitator in Aguascalientes check out our complete Mexico Relocation Guide mexicorelocationguide.com/guide/

[@user-iy7pw7hh1x]

Wisconsin 😊

[@funjunkie4369]

Hi there, a lot of consulates require original and stamped on the copies on every page of bank statements. Often originals or not generated anymore. The consulate in Atlanta requires it

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

fully depends on the consulate. we suggest people check the requirements with the consulate directly either on their site or through email

[@brty0h37]

Would you talk about the new president elect Claudia? What could be some of her major changes in following 6 years term? and how do you see the current exchange rate fluctuations?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

That is above my paygrade :)

[@mikeBlinthicum]

New York

[@AA-ju7lk]

Great video, as usual! Regarding the suggestion about applying for residency long before one might need it, I have a question that I have not seen addressed anywhere. Hopefully, you can help! 🤞 Here’s the question: Once the six-month window for the menaje de casa expires, how does one move one’s furniture and other personal items to Mexico? Can the menaje de casa window be extended? Alternatively, is it possible to hire movers to move one’s things to Mexico and pay custom duties on one’s used furniture, etc.? Any insight and resources you might provide would be deeply appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

If you are moving your things on your own without a moving company don't worry about the Menaje de Casa. If you are moving with an international mover, then we have a recommendation that can work outside the 6 month window.

[@AA-ju7lk]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide Thank you! (It would be through an international mover.) How do I obtain your recommendation? (I assume there might be a fee. 🙂)

[@JAMMER1040]

Hello from Greeley Colorado… Question, is the monthly economic solvency based on Net or Gross income?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Net income- they will check your balances on your monthly bank statements

[@toddmurray6596]

I understand solvency requirements at the Vancouver consulate increased roughly 15% per year over the past few years. I am ready to move 5 years from now but worry the solvency amount will be close to 200K$

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Then you should apply sooner than later. You don't have to live in Mexico to remain a resident.

[@toddmurray6596]

@@MexicoRelocationGuide Yeah that's what I was thinking. Take a couple weeks off work , use a facilitator out of Puerto Vallarta. The INM office down there seems to issue temp residency same day, couple days at worst

[@luikmex]

@@toddmurray6596it’s no longer same day at INM in Puerto Vallarta. Approval now occurs in Guadalajara and then you have to return to INM about days later. Plan on longer than one day. No guarantee about the card being there on second visit either. I just had my visa extended to 4 years.

[@keithhannah8695]

@@toddmurray6596Hola TODD, just returned two weeks ago from Bucerias. Got my 3 year residence card renewed the same day at the INM NAYARIT office. Use a facilitator, that had me first in line, had card in hand by 10:30.🎉🥳

[@jasonparish4301]

St.Louis 🇺🇸

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

welcome Jason

[@lucianjj]

Glad i just watched this video. I thought i was good to live to Guadalajara because i fell in love with it last month BUT my social security is just $1500 a month and i guess i cant stay there now. Dang it.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

if you visited Mexico before you qualify for the RNE program. Which gives you residency without financial solvency. check out the link I added in the comments section

[@lucianjj]

@MexicoRelocationGuide ok. Thank you. Yes I was there two weeks ago.

[@thomasdunwoody6879]

If I can qualify for temporary residency using savings at any of the Mexican consulates in the states, is it still to my advantage to travel to one of the consulates with the lowest requirements? Would that help when we apply for my wife's Temp Res after moving to Mexico?

[@PapaGoody]

Hello from Bali Indonesia

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Hola

[@ShaneJ07]

Marianna, thanks for the info. How does this work for married people and children? My wife and I plus our 4 kids would like to apply for residency, would it be the min wage for all 6?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

at some consulates yes it’s required that each applicant have the minimum requirements. But don’t worry if you don’t qualify that way. As long as you the quality you can petition all of your family members in Mexico without providing economic solvency. Mexico is very pro family

[@littlebeehoneyfarm9294]

Marianna, when applying for temporary residency and proving economic solvency, does it matter where the income is coming from?? In other words can I satisfy the requirement utilizing my current income from my US based employer?

[@angelad1843]

From Consulate in Toronto: ...'income/pension for the past 6 months is over $9,900 CAD after tax". It keeps steadily creeping up, I've been watching. Note: site indicates updated January 2024.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

PLEASE keep in mind that the economic solvency requirements vary depending on whether you are applying for temporary or permanent residency. The requirements you mentioned are for permanent residency and are higher than temporary residency. Many people can apply for temporary residency and it has basically the same benefits as a permanent residency, except you have to renew after the first year.

[@littlebeehoneyfarm9294]

Marianna, when proving economic solvency for the Temporary Resident Visa, are they just looking at the amount of money, or does it matter the source of the money? In other words, can I satisfy the requirement utilizing my current income from my US employer?? Thanks!

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Yes, that should satisfy the consulate's requirements. They want to sometimes see paystubs along with bank statements

[@journeyofteresa]

I’ve gotten the run around by the Dallas consulate. Will purchasibg the relocation guide help me state side?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

The online guide is an online course you can follow at your own pace. However in the guide we do give you our list of immigration facilitators in Mexico that can help secure an appointment for you and help prepare you with the right documents.

[@nancytrevino9750]

Question about the temporary visa--can the income requirement be the combined income of a married copy or does one have to have the income individually. We have enough together, but not separately. Thank you.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

At least one of you has to qualify Independently. Then you can petition your spouse in Mexico without having to prove economic solvency for them.

[@hasanivendryes148]

Hi Marianna, I am a Canadian watching from Monterrey, N.L. I have a question about the Regularization program (without proving economic solvency). I have a documented visit to Mexico in August 2021, and am currently staying in Mexico until the end of my 180 day stay in October. I do not have an FMM, as they are no longer giving paper FMMs at the Monterrey airport. Instead, the airport staff stamped my passport and wrote the final day of my 180 day stay in my passport. Would the fact that I do not have an FMM affect my ability to apply for the Regularization program after my 180 day stay? Does it suffice that I have the end date of my 180 day written into my passport? Your insight on this would be much appreciated, thanks.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

You have an FMM but it’s digital- so you would qualify for this program! 😀

[@LivingandenjoyingLife]

I already have my temporary residence for the past 3 years, when i apply for permanent in a few months, i will need to proof of income or i am except because i had the residence before all of this?

[@vaninazalazar320]

Are you able to work with these types of visas?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

We can help guide you and also connect you with our directory of vetted immigration facilitators who can provide in person assistance. It's what you get when you buy the complete Mexico Relocation Guide mexicorelocationguide.com/guide/

[@sharongillesp]

$6000 a month times 6 months? $6000 a month IS NOT MINIMUM WAGE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD! Did I hear/read that incorrectly?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

They don't want people moving here who make minimum wage. They want people who can stimulate the economy. See the list of income requirements here mexicorelocationguide.com/visa-requirements-for-mexico/

[@JudyPoole-wi5oe]

I am short the income requirement but have the savings amount. I also own a car & casa in Mexico and the casas are now selling for $350,000 US. I am applying for temporary residency from Canada. I am retired so living expenses are minimal. Do you have to have both the income and savings or is it income OR savings? Thanks.

[@luikmex]

It’s one or other. Not both.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

it’s either or, so apply soon 😀 if you need help with the process, we can guide you and connect you to the right immigration facilitators mexicorelocationguide.com/guide/

[@marlarichardson2970]

​@@MexicoRelocationGuideThanks Mariana..received my 4 year Temporary Residency just YESTERDAY..in 38minutes! ❤❤ now to get my facilitator from the guide and finish second half 🎉🎉

[@andytrujillo2935]

Are you talking about a single person or a couple?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Hola Andy- you can find more info on our residency guide. I linked to it in the comments

[@chrisnagel4827]

The Mexican Consulate website for Chicago is written in Spanish!😢

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

You can use google translate :)

[@nala3038]

Google is your friend

[@iyamwhatiyam547]

Watching from CA where an 800SF condo goes for $2500/mo.OUCH :(

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

ouch!

[@geminiwanderer2209]

Hola, I’m from Malaysia, can I apply for temporary residency ?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Yes you can- from a Mexican embassy in Malaysia

[@kyotecreek1934]

Question.....I have my passport and 12 months of investment statements. Would I also need my birth certificate and marriage certificate? I am divorced but kept my married name. My passport is in my married name. 😊 Thank you!

[@luikmex]

They only asked for the passport for me. No requirement to provide marriage certificate unless you are applying as a secondary person on another family member application.

[@user-mz3hq7go3n]

Hello Mariana, I inquired about permanent residency for my husband and I at the Raleigh, NC consulate and received an email response that stated "Permanent visas are reserved for retired people with a minimum age of 65 years" My husband nor I are 65 years of age so we can only apply for a temporary visa?

[@luikmex]

I had same response in Vancouver, Canada. That’s why I got temporary residency. Every consulate is different. They denied a wealthy person from Hong Kong permanent residency as he was too young at 45. He said he was semi-retired but they didn’t care.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

Yes that’s correct. It’s not an issue though- as a temporary resident you have all the same benefits.

[@fabianfernandez733]

So I am married to a mexican citizen how hard is it to get my resedency?

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

It is even easier for you since you are married to a Mexican national. If you'd like help with the process, we give you the steps in our complete Mexico Relocation Guide. And because we know that part of the process is complicated and Mexican bureaucracy isn't easy to navigate on your own, we also give you a complete directory of recommended immigration facilitators. See what's included mexicorelocationguide.com/guide/

[@melaniexoxo]

4000 per month???

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

See the income requirements by consulate here mexicorelocationguide.com/visa-requirements-for-mexico/

[@daisyapontehavenmemoriestr8552]

It’s crazy. How many USA citizen make that money in pension or social security. So basically Mexico want rich people only to moved there. They probably think Mexico it’s a new Dubai. 😂😂 No way. But they still have the 180 days. I can do that. I travel many times to Mexico. I can stay a few months that’s find for me. I don’t need to moved there to enjoyed Mexico

[@nala3038]

I’m thinking you failed Spelling 1A.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

you can easily live in Mexico for that amount. but first you must qualify to become a resident if you intend to live here legally. going and coming every 180 days is not something we recommend if you’re serious about living in Mexico

[@luikmex]

They are not issuing automatic 180 days anymore. It’s dependent on the agent. If the agent isn’t having a great day you might get 2 weeks. Don’t count on 180 days. I live in Mexico and some people are shocked when they arrive.

[@dukeloo]

honolulu

[@carolmartin4413]

Bye, bye Mexico...your residency changes are so ridiculous...usa citizens need to look elsewhere. In a way...maybe that will help native mexicans stabilize their cost of living costs to levels fairer to them.

[@nala3038]

Very good point.

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

You would think that but according to Segob (Mexicos government stats) the number of applications for residency in Mexico from US citizens from 2019-2023 has almost doubled. And in 2024 it is tre doing to increase from 2023

[@MexicoRelocationGuide]

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[@giljusino]

Marianna, is it realistic to think I can transport my most valued possessions to Mexico from North Carolina? I’m a musician (with a lifetime collection of instruments) and a woodworker, again with a collection of irreplaceable tools. To be happy in life I need my these things. My wooden instruments will need to be transported personally, as they are heat sensitive, so I’ll need to drive an SUV in and out of Mexico at least once. BTW, I believe I’m entitled to live in Mexico, as I was born in Mexico, to American parents.

[@raulgarcia8627]

You are mexican dude

[@bonkerss2073]

This is why I’m getting my Mexican citizenship through my mother so I won’t have to jump through hoops to move there and rent/buy property😮‍💨