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Originally Posted by GnJ.in.MX
Here's what the Mexican consulate in Vancouver, BC told me they needed to obtain an FM3 Visa. - It takes 5 business days to obtain an FM3
- They will need your passport, which they keep for those 5 days
- 2 colour pictures (no eyeglasses), 3.5cm X 4.5cm
- 3 months of bank statements showing that you receive $1000 USD every month
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The Vancouver consulate advised me they required a letter from the police, a letter from our doctor, our marriage certificate....plus all the things you've noted. They also told me that the whole process would take maximum 3 days. (This was a factor for us, since we live in the Okanagan, 300 miles away.) And in addition to all that, they impose a consular fee of maybe $150 for each FM3 application.
I found they were not very helpful at all. They never once answered any of the 4 or 5 e-mails I sent them. Based on all the info I had found that said one MUST apply for their FM3 outside Mexico, I was pretty discouraged....until I learned that it was faster, cheaper and much less of a hassle to apply for your FM3 from the Mexican Immigration office in the town where you expect to reside. No police letter, no doctor's letter....