Hi all-

I've posted this info on a few expat message boards and I hope it's useful to folks here. Was reading the CancunCare message board yesterday and saw this mentioned:

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"Americans and Canadians living here, here's your chance to gripe ;-) I received this info in a newsletter from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.

"The Mexican Government is conducting a perception survey among citizens of the United States and Canada living in Mexico in order to identify the main difficulties they faced during the process of migrating to Mexico and once they have settled in the country. Its purpose is to collect information, analyze the main difficulties, and propose policy changes to facilitate migration to Mexico."

SURVEY: Main difficulties faced by US and Canadian citizens when migrating to Mexico

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(Please note that the URL goes to a domain name "surveymonkey" and while that seems wonky, it is a legitimate online survey company who has done these for clients like Toyota, Wells Fargo Bank, etc. Most likely the Mexican government doesn't have its web servers configured to run a survey, and hired a specialty company to host it and collect the results for them.)

It's anonymous, you are NOT asked to enter any personal identification info.

The questions include rating the difficulty of things, such as opening a local bank account, or getting a fixed phone line, or finding acceptable health care providers, or renting a home. It also asks about difficulties expats in Mexico might have with agencies in the U.S. and Canada once they are in Mexico, i.e. getting reimbursed from Medicare, or getting Social Security benefits, etc.

There are also areas you can write in your own comments and suggestions.

I think this is a pretty cool effort on the part of Mexico to query resident expats on their opinions and experiences in moving to and residing in Mexico. Hopefully the feedback they get will enlighten them on where they might improve things related to expat immigration and long-term residency.