Mexico's grande loophole of residency based on "regularization" suspended

[Jingthing]

I know that many Americans and Canadians (yes, Virginia, they are different nations and will remain that way) who are living in or interested in Thailand are also interested in Mexico.

Those people will likely already know that the normal paths towards residency (either temporary or permanent) involve surprisingly high financial requirements which are raised annually for either the income or show money methods.

That said, for retirees, most Americans and Canadians would probably have enough savings (retirement account balances can be included) to qualify for their temporary residency which is a five year path towards permanent.

However, there HAS been in the wake of Covid where many expats were stuck in Mexico a sounds too good to be true but WAS true option -- regularization.

Through that program people could and did qualify for temporary residency without the need to show even one peso of income or savings.

No point in explaining how that worked because it's been abruptly cancelled.

There's a credible theory that it's related to the trade war started by Mr. Trump and expats can expect crackdowns in other normal aspects of immigration enforcement, but at this point for the regularization program the reasons don't really matter. Kiss it adios.

[NickyLouie]

Have you ever lived in Mexico ?

 

Very homophobic macho culture there , let alone the massive police corruption (worse than TH) and street crime ...

 

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, NickyLouie said:

Have you ever lived in Mexico ?

 

Very homophobic macho culture there , let alone the massive police corruption (worse than TH) and street crime ...

 

I spent a few months in Puerto Vallarta and several trips in various parts of the country. It was fabulous.

Mexico it the top destination for expats from both Canada and Mexico and it isn't even close.

You just choose your locations carefully, that's all. 

[NickyLouie]

5 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I spent a few months in Puerto Vallarta and several trips in various parts of the country. It was fabulous.

Mexico it the top destination for expats from both Canada and Mexico and it isn't even close.

You just choose your locations carefully, that's all. 

 

So when ya leaving ?

 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, NickyLouie said:

 

So when ya leaving ?

 

No such plans.

I just like to stay up to date on Plan B options as retirement extensions in Thailand give no residency security (the weakest part of Thailand's program).

[Yolando]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Mexico it the top destination for expats from both Canada and Mexico and it isn't even close.

I think many Americans chooses Mexico just because it's nearby the US and they haven't seen enough of the world find anywhere better.  The average America retiring in Mexico probably hasn't been to more than 10 countries in their whole life--a couple of cruises to Mexico and the Caribbean and a week or two in Europe. 

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, Yolando said:

I think many Americans chooses Mexico just because it's nearby the US and they haven't seen enough of the world find anywhere better.  The average America retiring in Mexico probably hasn't been to more than 10 countries in their whole life--a couple of cruises to Mexico and the Caribbean and a week or two in Europe. 

That's part of it for sure.

Also a large part of the massive numbers of north of border citizens living in Mexico have Mexican roots.

Also many people value being closer to home though I reckon that appeal is going to lessen in these dark political times.

But whatever the factors, Mexico is an incredibly interesting and distinctive destination regardless.

[spidermike007]

I absolutely love Mexico, it's people, it's culture, it's food, it's history and so much more. However I do find the security issue to be a concern, I don't like living anywhere where I have to be looking over my shoulders. I don't like the cartels at all. And I much prefer the Thai police over the Mexican police as the Thai cops pretty much leave me alone and if I need to I can just buy them. That's a bit more difficult in Mexico, or should I say it cost a lot more.

 

In general the cost of living in Mexico is quite a bit higher than here, and in general I prefer Thai women over Mexican women on a lot of levels, so I'll stick with Thailand. I really love it here. 

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, spidermike007 said:

I absolutely love Mexico, it's people, it's culture, it's food, it's history and so much more. However I do find the security issue to be a concern, I don't like living anywhere where I have to be looking over my shoulders. I don't like the cartels at all. And I much prefer the Thai police over the Mexican police as the Thai cops pretty much leave me alone and if I need to I can just buy them. That's a bit more difficult in Mexico, or should I say it cost a lot more.

 

In general the cost of living in Mexico is quite a bit higher than here, and in general I prefer Thai women over Mexican women on a lot of levels, so I'll stick with Thailand. I really love it here. 

Yeah of course but there are destination choices that are much safer and also choices that are comparably cheap as Thailand.

Examples for safer -- Merida, Queretaro, Puerto Vallarta (they protect the tourist industry)

Cheaper and not too unsafe -- Xalapa, Aguascalientes