New Immigration Card How to Get it at Puerto Vallarta

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NEW IMMIGRATION DOCUMENT HOW TO GET IT IN PUERTO VALLARTA

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If you don’t have an FM3 or FM2 (No-Inmigrante or Inmigrante) in your hand or in process before November 9th of 2012 and you want residency in Mexico, you will have to ask for it using the new immigration rules that have been published in relation to the Ley de Migración of May 25, 2011. The big change in these immigration rules is that in most cases you will no longer be able to change from a “tourist” to a “resident” while in Mexico.

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If you come from one of the countries that Mexico has agreed does not need a “visa” for entry, you will still need to go the nearest Mexican Consulate in order to pre-process the following types of immigration documents (which are now called “visas”):

  1. Temporary Residency for students
  2. Temporary Residency for people not planning on working while in Mexico
  3. Permanent Residency for people not planning on working while in Mexico

The process for any of these documents is simple enough, but I am going to deal with only the last two hypotheses in this article.

People who plan on living in Mexico and not working

If you are going to live in Mexico and plan on not working, you are going to need to prove that you have enough money to eat, pay rent and go fishing. To get the “visa” to live in Mexico for an extended period of time and not work, you will need to go to the Mexican Consulate nearest you with the following:

 Identification Documents

  1. Passport
  2. A color, passport sized photo (1.5″ x 1″)
  3. The document showing your legal presence in the country you are in, IF you are not a citizen of that country.

Please make sure to note that any one of the requirements in the following lists will be sufficient to obtain a “visa”. Also, these are the requirements for people who are planning on NOT WORKING while in Mexico, the process for people going to Mexico to work are different.

 Temporary Residents

  • Original and copy of proof of investments or bank accounts with an average worth over the previous year equivalent to $95,000.00 USD;
  • Original and copy of documents that prove that the foreigner has had for the previous six months an income from a job (outside of Mexico) or a pension that pays at least $1,950.00 USD per month;
  • Proof of a any familiar bond with another Temporary or Permanent Resident or a marital (or equivalent) bond with a Mexican;
  • Original and copy of a notarized public deed showing ownership (or trust rights) to a property in Mexico worth at least $195,000.00 USD;
  • Proof of participation of at least $100,000.00 USD in a Mexican company;
  • Proof of ownership in heavy equipment or machinery in Mexico worth more than $100,000.00 USD; OR
  • Proof of doing business in Mexico and legally creating at least 5 jobs for Mexicans.

Permanent Resident

  • Original and copy of proof of investments or bank accounts with an average worth over the previous year equivalent to $95,000.00 USD;
  • Original and copy of documents that prove that the foreigner has had for the previous six months an income from a job (outside of Mexico) or a pension that pays at least $2,400.00 USD per month;
  • Proof of parent-child bond with a Mexican citizen by birth (this would be birth certificates of everyone involved, plus any other documents proving the citizenship of the Mexican citizen);
  • Proof of the same parent-child bond with another Permanent Resident; OR
  • Proof that you have enough points (based on a points system that still hasn’t been published).

 How Long Will This Take?

That is a great question, I think the new process will be fairly fast. The law requires that the consular visa applications be resolved within 10 days of when you submit them, hopefully this will be the case.

I Have My Residency “Visa”, How Do I Get My Residency Card?

Come to Mexico. Once you get into Mexico you will have another 30 days to take your “visa” to the Immigration Institute office located at:

–          Puerto Vallarta, Heroica Escuela Naval Militar 2755 (Next to the Maritime Terminal)
tel.  (322) 224-7653

–       Nayarit,  Interior del Centro Empresarial Nuevo Vallarta 2do floor No. 22-08  Paseo de los Cocoteros & Paseo de               las   Garzas, Nuevo  Vallarta  Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit
tels. (322) 297 6343 y el (322) 297 6344

 They will help you with the process of changing the “visa” into a residency card.

 What do i need to take to the immigration office?

To change your non-working “visa” for a Residency card, you will need to take a few things with you to the immigration office:

  1. The form that you will fill out online… http://www.inm.gob.mx/index.php/page/Tramites_LM
  2. Your passport
  3. Your FMM (the tourist card you get when you enter Mexico)
  4. Receipt of payment of the corresponding fees
  5. Three color photos, “infantil” sized (2.5cm x 3cm)

 Once you bring all this paperwork into Immigration, the process is supposed to take only 15 days. I’d guess that for the next couple of months, while everyone is getting used to the new system, it might take a little longer.