Iteresting comments. Don't know how accurate the information you received is, considering the commentary on the topic elsewhere. This discussion should probably be combined with the already existing one regarding this topic. Best of luck with your process. Do, however, additional homework beyond what the Consulate told you ... so that you'll not be surprised or disappointed if you rely on that information and arrive in Mexico and learn what you've been told wasn't accurate.

 

Longford, I'm still unsure about the whole process based on the info we have gotten over the last few weeks, but the consulate in Atlanta says that if you are in America when you apply it will be actually issued here now, it will no longer be like before and it was like a pre-visa that was issued. She advised me to print and file out the application they have now posted on their website and to bring those required documents with me, she acted like it wouldn't be a problem getting it issued here, and did say that it would be much harder to get in Mexico because they are going to be much stricter with the guidelines... keeping my fingers crossed!!

 

Ok guys I have some great news! As I posted a couple weeks ago, that I had spoke to someone at the Mexico Consulate in Atlanta on the new Visa policy and I was told to check back in a couple of weeks as they were still working on implementing the new changes. I spoke with a woman there today and I explained my situation in detail, that I am engaged to a Mexican citizen and that we have lived together for 2 years and are planning on marrying in Mexico. She says that I can come to the consulate there and be
issued the Residente Temporal visa. She says that I need of course my passport, ID and birth certificate. He will need his birth certificate and his valid Mexican ID. I need 3 years of my back taxes. We need 6 months of bank statements showing a COMBINED income of $1900.

I really hope that things work out for you and your fiance as explained by the Mexican Consulate in Atlanta. I wanted to point out one of your comments because it might confuse a newcomer to this forum. Since you are not a Mexican citizen, you need to show proof of $1900 monthly income to qualify for a Residente Temporal visa. Since your fiance is a Mexican citizen, he doesn't have to prove anything. Thus, the $1900 income pertains only to you.

 

Glad this thread is up Lorij!. Great minds think alike! I was just about to start a thread sharing my experience up to now with The Mexican Consulate in Calgary, Alberta Canada.

We have been dealing with a lady by the name of Karla and she has been extremely easy to work with. A class act all the way!

The first week I called her nothing was clear, but this week it all gelled and she sent us some very easy forms to fill out. We will only be doing that in the spring, but I want to have all our ducks in order at that time, as it will be hectic, what with selling our house and moving I won't have time to get mired in misinformation.

Our chosen option is the now famous/infamous???? so-called, $2400 (actually now 2,534.00\month for 6 months proven in bank statements. BTW they can just be web account printouts and not special ones from the bank. This will start us on the path to a Residente Permanente Targeta.

Here is the gist of an email she sent me:

Permanent Resident Visa Requirements

• Print and completely fill out a visa application form on both sides of one sheet of paper
• Original Passport and a photocopy of the picture page of your passport
• One passport-size photo 3.9 x 3.1 cm(white background, no eyeglasses)
• Original and a photocopy of:
- Original and photocopies of bank statements with a monthly income from pensions of CAD$2,534.00 over the last 6 months, or
- Original and photocopies of bank statements for investment accounts with a monthly average balance of CAD$126,686.00 over the last 12 months
• Consular fee (paid upon interview)

As of November 2012, the consular fee for a visa is CAD$35.90. Please note we do not accept credit or debit cards, or cheques.

You may send us the original application with the passport sized photo, bank statements, and copy of the applicant’s passport via mail or courier. When your application is ready, a Visa Officer will contact you to schedule an appointment at the Consulate of Mexico in Calgary to finalize the process and pay the corresponding consular fee.

Once the visa is obtained at this office, it has to be exchanged for a Non Immigrant Card “Tarjeta de no Inmigrante”, through the INM (National Institute of Immigration). You will have the following 30 natural days from your arrival to Mexico to go to INM for a Non Immigrant Card. Visit the INM website for more information. The procedure of exchanging The Non Immigrant card at the Immigration Office in Mexico will take approximately 3 weeks.

You may also find additional information at the Embassy of Canada website.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.



Apparently the property ownership option of minimum $191,000 only leads to a temporary visa so as I said to her "It's like going to the dentist many times for the same thing, better to go once and get it all done once and for all. So we are going for the permanent visa".

Of course, Mexico is YMMVG-Land ... Your Mileage May Vary Greatly. As Longford astutely cautioned us we don't want to be caught high and dry when we dutifully present our stamped passports to IMF in Mazatlan.

Therefore; I have been emailing and calling the IMF office in Mazatlan for the past few days. My email has not been answered (it's been 5 days) and the gentlemen I spoke to could not really converse with me in English, nor was my lowly Rosetta Stone Level 5 Spanish up to the task, so I said:

Lo siento por mi mal espagnol, puedo hablar con un agente que habla ingles por favor?

He said that there is a gentleman by the name of Oscar who speaks a little French and English + Spanish ... of course. I am fluent in French, so with all 3 languages combined we should be able to hammer out a semblance of a conversation.

I will phone Oscar tomorrow and let you know what, if any answers I can get to my queries.

Oh... I almost forgot to reiterate an important deadline in the Calgary visa process.

Once they have stamped your passport with the visa the clock begins to tick and you have 30 days to physically go to an IMF office and complete the process.

There was no mention of a criminal record check, nor a medical exam at this juncture and my wife, although she is still working, is considered a dependant. She must make her own application, but will be included in my file and receive her own Targeta Permanente. So I am her sponsor, of sorts! She better be nice Ha! Ha!

A small aside for those who have to make many calls to Mexico and don't want to buy a Magic Jack etc. I am now using an internet dialer from LocalPhone. I bought $1.00 worth of time. Phoned Mexico 3 times and my account has only gone down only 10 cents. I still have 90 cents left. No contracts to sign and the quality sounds like a good smart phone. Just don't use the + sign when you dial and it works fine. Runs from 1 cent to 1.7 cents per minute.

Speaking of phones. Anyone living outside Mexico should forget trying to use the IMF Hotline in DF. It only works in Mexico it is a locked 800 number. I wasted a lot of time until it dawned on me. This was confirmed by the Alberta TELUS operator.

Sorry about the long, disjointed, meandering post but my excuses are: it's late, I should be going to bed and I was a teacher for 30 years; so
por favor pick which excuse you prefer.

 

Glad this thread is up Lorij!. Great minds think alike! I was just about to start a thread sharing my experience up to now with The Mexican Consulate in Calgary, Alberta Canada.

We have been dealing with a lady by the name of Karla and she has been extremely easy to work with. A class act all the way!

Our chosen option is the now famous/infamous???? so-called, $2400 (actually now 2,534.00\month for 6 months proven in bank statements. BTW they can just be web account printouts and not special ones from the bank. This will start us on the path to a Residente Permanente Targeta.

Here is the gist of an email she sent me:

Permanent Resident Visa Requirements

• Print and completely fill out a visa application form on both sides of one sheet of paper
• Original Passport and a photocopy of the picture page of your passport
• One passport-size photo 3.9 x 3.1 cm(white background, no eyeglasses)
• Original and a photocopy of:
- Original and photocopies of bank statements with a monthly income from pensions of CAD$2,534.00 over the last 6 months, or
- Original and photocopies of bank statements for investment accounts with a monthly average balance of CAD$126,686.00 over the last 12 months
• Consular fee (paid upon interview)

As of November 2012, the consular fee for a visa is CAD$35.90. Please note we do not accept credit or debit cards, or cheques.

Jolga,

When you contacted the Calgary Consulate, did you initially leave a voice mail or send an e-mail? I tried the Montreal Consulate as I'm New Brunswick and that is our closest location and only received choice of voice mail over the phone. If you didn't speak to an agent right away, how long did it take to get an answer?

So is $2,534 CDN/month for 6 months in bank statements per couple? Same question for the $126,686 CDN in investments. And you say that is for Residente Permanente Targeta, so is there anything required in further years?

The consular fee of $35.90 CDN, is that per couple or per person?

I'm presuming you will need to go to Calgary in person to receive your document at which point, will do they fingerprints?

 

Thanks for the update Tundra. Change change <sigh>

 

I got this from Yuclandia.wordpress.com. I think this is what prompted my original statement. I guess time will tell:

One local Merida report, from an expat residency applicant, says that the local INM offices are NO LONGER doing final approvals or laminating Tarjetas de Residencia any more. Each application is now sent to a central office in DF, where they cross-check the applicant’s information, issue a final approval, and print and laminate the Tarjeta de Residencia (Residency Card).

These extra steps involving some central INM office in DF are reported to extend the whole application and approval process out to a total of 30 days (or more?).


If some central INM office in DF is reviewing all applications, then maybe they will have final say over approving the variations in requirements being reported from different regional INM offices?

Yet more fun things to wait-and-see how they are resolved.

 

Jolga, thank you for the information you posted. Myself and my family are originally from Calgary and will be looking to do our paperwork in the summer when we return for holidays. It will be nice to have the contact information in advance, as my husband and I will need to figure out the paperwork regarding one of our children as, we will have to submit our court documents regarding our guardianship.

 

@Islaverde

I was told specifically by the women I spoke with at the Consulate in Atlanta that if we can provide proof that we are living together, hence the notarized family member statement, then our income may be combined, she said that I may include his income in with mine, if we share a bank account, which we do. However, most months I exceed the income requirement myself, but not all months. Hoping she is correct. I will keep everyone updated!

 

That's great news for you and many others I'm sure:clap2: The next step, IMHO, would be to contact the Immigra office in your target location and confirm with them too. If they are on the same page, then you're gold.

 

I go this information off the Mexico Consulate Atlanta site. I believe this corresponds with the information I have been given by them over the phone. This I believe explains what the lady told me that I can use my fiance's income, because it states he can support me (although i should make the requirement with out it hopefully) I hope I am understanding this correctly.


Marriage or cohabitation with Mexico:
i. Marriage certificate or proof of cohabitation or equivalent figure issued by competent authority, original and copy, and

ii. Exhibit of Mexican nationality under Article 3 of the Nationality Act, in original and copy.

iii. Accreditation of solvency for the support of the family during their stay in the country, with:

- Original and copy of proof of investments or bank accounts with monthly average balance equal to three hundred days of general minimum wage in the Federal District (approx. 1.450 USDLS) during the last six months, or

- Original and copies of documents showing that employment has monthly income or pension unencumbered greater than the equivalent of one hundred days of general minimum wage in the Federal District (approx. 500 USDLS) during the last six months.

 

I understand the part about cohabitation and your plan to marry him in Mexico but have a hard time understanding the financial part. You seem to be saying you both work in the US. You say the INM rules will be good for you when you move to Mexico. Then you state your income from jobs in the US are going to be accepted as proof of financial solvency ONCE you actually get a Temporary Resident visa from Atlanta. What I don´t understand is how they can use the job or jobs you both have as the proof. Won´t you both have to quite those jobs in the US to move to Mexico? Then what will be your or your future husband´s monthly income to support you or himself while here? Alan

 

AlanMexicali- My fiance owns a business in Mexico and has proof of that business and
bank records and tax records from Mexico as well. His sister and brother in law run it for him when he is in the US, but yes he works here as well, ans yes according to the consulate in Atl, this can be used as well as income here in the US. We will see

 

Could it be "tarjeta" which I think means "card"?

 

That is what happened. Jolga posted a comment and wrote "targeta" instead of "tarjeta". Then JohnSoCal added the comment that "targeta" meant "blast". By now it has been made clear that the correct spelling is "tarjeta" and that "targeta" exists only in the confused mind of Google Translate and possibly in Catalan.

 

Is there a translator that exists that does NOT have a confused mind?

 

I'm a translator, and my mind is in great shape!

 

This was one of the questions that I had!

I'm married to a Mexican, and we live in the U.S.. We also have 2 kids together. We're wanting to move back to Mexico in January, but the whole financial solvency issue was bothering me until recently. From what I understand, there is now NO requirement to show financial/economic solvency to get a residencia temporal as the spouse of a Mexican.

Is this correct?

 

As far as I know that is what the new law states. My case is that. They said I can get a Residente Permanente in 2 years, not before then. Alan

 

AlanMexicali, Did you get your Residente Temporal in the US right? And you had to provide no financial proof? That is great news!! :clap2:

 

I got it in Mexico. I had gone to the INM to get a "Permission for a foriegner to marry a Mexican National" and then took the "Acta de matrimonio" back to the INM and filled out another form within 30 days to register the marriage. The total cost was about $5,000 pesos at that time here. Alan

 

Awesome! One less thing to worry about.

If your children are mexican citizens, under 18 and dependent upon you it carries more weight with INM than being married to a Mexican. I do not know what the new law states, but in my case that is the reason I get my renewal every year.

 

Sounds great! Leads me to believe the info we have been given by the Consulate in Atlanta is correct. Don't think we will have a problem getting my visa approved before we leave for Mexico! Will keep everyone posted!