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Requirements for moving to Mexico

DianaR from USA - Sun May 25 20:42:23 2008

Most countries have stringent requirements you must fulfill before you are allowed to move in permanently. Things like how you make you living, whether or not you have a criminal record, and if you have family and friends in the country already can determine whether or not you can leave for new horizons.

What requirements must one fulfill before being allowed to live in Mexico?

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Comment #1 eyes4 from The Beach - Mon Jun 2 20:26:22 2008

DianaR, a great source of information for these questions can be found on the State Department web site.

Specifically: http://www.state.gov/ p/wha/ci/mx/

But this forum will not allow me to add the whole address, so remove the space between .gov/ and p/wha... to get to the documents specific to Mexico

Mexico is strict - more strict than the U.S.

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Comment #2 George from El Paso, Texas - Tue Jun 3 06:14:36 2008

Just put the link (including the http://) in the "web link" box and the title (or not) in the link title box and then the link will appear with no trouble.

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Comment #3 eyes4 from The Beach - Tue Jun 3 21:09:39 2008

George, thanks. Right there in front of me... I'm a blind goof ball sometimes.

Comment #4 DianaR from USA - Thu Jun 5 12:23:36 2008

So,

What have your real life experiences been with moving to Mexico?

Are there problems that people should be aware of that might not be addressed by a website?

Comment #5 EugenS from Europe - Fri Jun 13 05:50:20 2008

Why is Mexico more strict than the US? I don't get it.

Comment #6 George from El Paso, Texas - Fri Jun 13 06:41:27 2008

You might find that they are more strict not because they want to keep US citizens out... but rather they are looking to keep some from countries just to the South out.

Comment #7 EugenS from Europe - Wed Jun 18 08:23:24 2008

Like what, South American countries? Aren't they going directly into to the US?

Comment #8 George from El Paso, Texas - Thu Jun 19 05:40:26 2008

I said countries to the south... Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador. If they can't get to the USA, Mexico may well be their second choice.

Comment #9 DianaR from USA - Fri Jun 20 13:32:04 2008

I wonder why the USA hasn't tried to get Mexico to loosen its requirements for US citizens only?

After all, a lot of Mexican citizens enter the USA and exercise rights not afforded US citizens who move to Mexico.

Comment #10 EugenS from Europe - Tue Jun 24 08:41:15 2008

I don't think it's fair to have fewer restrictions just for US citizens. Why would they...

Comment #11 DianaR from USA - Mon Jun 30 12:18:30 2008

Reciprocity is one of the building blocks of relationships between nations. If Mexico isn't ready to loosen their requirements for U.S. citizens, then we should tighten ours in response.

Comment #12 Simplyme from Simply-Where-I-Am - Wed Jul 9 07:56:15 2008

Not a bad idea. I think for sure there should be equal opportunities. I would like to have some of the same opportunities if I were to move there for sure.

Comment #13 DianaR from USA - Tue Jul 15 16:36:52 2008

I imagine things will change as more US citizens retire to Mexico. I can't imagine Mexico risking this stream of income, knowing that the baby boomers are entering retirement.

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