It is usually easier to get your FM3 in Mexico and it avoids extra requirements by the various consulates, as well as the time and expense of having to register it, within 30 days of crossing the border back into Mexico, at your new place of residence. Each time you enter Mexico, you get an FMT tourist document which has a maximum duration of 180 days stamped on it (be sure to ask for that) and you can keep it for up to 150 days, complying with the requirement to apply for an FM3 at least 30 days before it expires. That also allows some flexibility in planning for when you want your annual renewals to occur; you must be in Mexico at those times each year.

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Read "Streets of Glass" to discover the experience of a retired couple's permanent move to Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico.
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