TEMPORARY RESIDENT VISA through financial solvency

TO STAY MORE THAN 180 DAYS AND UP TO 4 YEARS

  1. Financial Solvency: You must choose options a) or b):
    1. Investment or bank accounts with a monthly ending balance of at least 5,000 days of the current general minimum wage in Mexico City (approx. $73,235.29 USD). To prove this, you need to provide: 
      1. The printouts of your electronic bank statements certified (signed and/or stamped) by the bank, of each of the previous 12 months. OR
      2. The printouts of your electronic bank statements PLUS a letter from your financial institution indicating your full name (no omissions), the details about your account, and the ending balance of each of the previous 12 months. The letter must be signed by hand. 
    2. Employment or Pension that yields a monthly income of at least 300 days of the current general minimum wage in Mexico City (approx. $4,394.00 USD) after taxes, during each of the previous 6 months. To prove this, you need to provide:
      1. Pension: The original or most recent letter from the Social Security or Pension issuer indicating the monthly amount that you receive and monthly certified financial statements in which that amount is reflected or the pension receipts for each of the last 6 months.
      2. Employment: Verification letter from your employer stating your employment commencement date, position title, the salary you receive PLUS all paystubs for the last 6 months.
        1. The letter must include your full name as it appears in your passport and must be signed by hand (no electronic signatures or photocopies of the original will be accepted).
        2. You may also present monthly certified financial statements where the income is deposited.
  • If you have direct economic dependents (spouse, parents or children) you must prove the family bond with a marriage license and or birth certificate and prove financial solvency for them by adding 100 days of the current general minimum wage in Mexico City (approx. $1464.70 USD). per dependent to the required monthly amount.

General Requirements

  1. Application Form (click here)
  2. Passport, original and copy of the page with your personal details, photograph, & signature.
  3. One passport size photograph (front, no glasses, color, white background and must be recent).
    • Measurements: No more than 39 millimeters x 31 millimeters
  4. Proof of legal status in the U.S. (this only applies for non-U.S. citizens) original and copy: US Visa, entry stamp, E.S.T.A. (Electronic System Travel Authorization) Permanent Resident card, EAD cards, approved I-797A Forms, Advanced Parole Forms (I-512), I-20 or DS-2019.

If Marriage licenses or Birth certificates are needed for visa application and they are issued in another country other than the United States or Mexico, they must have the Apostille or Legalization Seal.

For all documents in a foreign language other than English, a certified translation to Spanish must also be submitted. 

Disclaimers:

  1. The issuance of this visa is contingent to the Consular Interview.
  2. The Visa will only be valid for the time frame indicated on the document, and will only be valid for one entry, in order to finalize the process with Mexican Immigration.
  3. The Visa fee is $53.00 USD and non-refundable.
  4. Please note that in case of refusal of visa, the payment is not refundable. We recommend that before submitting your application, you verify your documentation is complete.
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