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Mexico Immigration Guide 2019 Mexperience.com in partnership with MIG 2019 | Table of Contents | Relocation Consulting | Mexico Insurance | About Mexperience 2019 Mexico Immigration Guide Copyright © 2019 Mexperience This PDF eBook is offered free to readers for non-commercial use and may be shared freely in this original form. You are not permitted to extract, distribute or disseminate the content herein except in this complete and original eBook form. Thank you for being respectful to our authors. All rights reserved. No part of this e-book may be shared, extracted, distributed, or disseminated except in this original form without permission in writing from the publisher. Reviewers may quote short excerpts in a review. 2019 Edition: Fully revised and updated in January 2019 (v1.0) Published and distributed by Mexperience.com This edition has been composed in association with our Relocation Consulting Partners Yucatan Expatriate Services and our Mexico Insurance Partners MexPro. 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Mexico Immigration Guide 2019 | Mexperience.com | Page 2 MIG 2019 | Table of Contents | Relocation Consulting | Mexico Insurance | About Mexperience Table of Contents Get Practical Help with Your Move to Mexico .............................................................................................. 7 Introduction to the 2019 Mexico Immigration Guide................................................................................... 8 Mexico’s Immigration System ....................................................................................................................... 9 Note about US dollar exchange rate quoted in this guide........................................................................ 9 Mexico’s Visitors Permit (FMM) ................................................................................................................. 10 Residency Visas: Temporary and Permanent ............................................................................................. 11 Temporary Residency in Mexico ............................................................................................................. 11 Permanent Residency in Mexico ............................................................................................................. 12 Converting Temporary Residency to Permanent Residency .................................................................. 12 Lifestyle Planning ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Live part-time and not work ................................................................................................................... 13 Live full-time and not work ..................................................................................................................... 13 Live part-time or full-time and work ....................................................................................................... 13 Seeking Citizenship ................................................................................................................................. 13 Rights and Obligations of Residency in Mexico .......................................................................................... 14 Rights & Obligations for Temporary Resident Card Holders .................................................................. 14 Rights & Obligations of Permanent Resident Card Holders .................................................................... 15 Qualification Criteria for Residency in Mexico ........................................................................................... 16 Economic Solvency (2019) ...................................................................................................................... 16 Economic Solvency: Additional Spouse .................................................................................................. 17 Family Unit Applications ......................................................................................................................... 17 Points System .......................................................................................................................................... 18 Job Offers ................................................................................................................................................ 18 Other Criteria .......................................................................................................................................... 18 Working Permits ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Job offers ................................................................................................................................................. 19 Working for yourself in Mexico .............................................................................................................. 19 Residency Permit Essentials ........................................................................................................................ 20 Initial Applications................................................................................................................................... 20 Leaving Mexico during a residency-related procedure .......................................................................... 20 ‘Regularization’ Procedures .................................................................................................................... 21 Residency Permit Fees 2019 ................................................................................................................... 22 Mexico Immigration Guide 2019 | Mexperience.com | Page 3 MIG 2019 | Table of Contents | Relocation Consulting | Mexico Insurance | About Mexperience Consulate Fees .................................................................................................................................... 22 Residente Temporal ............................................................................................................................ 22 Residente Temporal Estudiante .......................................................................................................... 22 Residente Permanente ....................................................................................................................... 22 Converting Residente Temporal to Residente Permanente ............................................................... 22 Exit/Re-Entry Permit ........................................................................................................................... 23 Card Replacement Fee ........................................................................................................................ 23 Regularization Fee ............................................................................................................................... 23 Work Permission Fee on Residente Temporal Card ............................................................................ 23 Family Unit FMM Exchange Fee .......................................................................................................... 23 Economic Solvency requirements and foreign exchange rates .............................................................. 24 Residing in Mexico using a Visitor’s Permit? .......................................................................................... 24 Exchanging Your Residency Visa for a Residency Card ........................................................................... 24 Entering and Leaving Mexico with a Residency Card ............................................................................. 25 Time Limits on Visitor and Residency Permits ........................................................................................ 26 Renewing Your Residency Card .............................................................................................................. 26 Lost/Stolen Residency Cards ................................................................................................................... 27 Expired Residency Cards ......................................................................................................................... 27 Applying for Residency Under the Rules of ‘Civil Partnerships’.............................................................. 28 Resident Minors Traveling Alone 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