Permanent Residence Visa (procedure7)

Procedure 7	Permanent Residence Visa
Case in which it occurs:	Applicable to foreigners who intend to enter in the condition of permanent resident stay.
Legal basis:	Articles 1, 3, sections I, VI, XI, XVI, XIX, XXIII and XXXI; 16, fractions II and III; 21, fractions I and IV; 35, 37, fraction II; 39, fraction II, 40, fraction VI; 41, 43, 52, fraction IX; 126, 127, 129 and 130 of the Law and articles 1, 2, 102, 109, 111 and 112 of the Regulations.
Presentation:	Visa application form at the consular office.
Place where it is presented:	Consular offices of Mexico.

Amount of fees:	The one provided for in Article 22 of the Federal Law on Rights for the issuance of the visa. The consular offices will collect the fees in the currency of the country authorized by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit.
Maximum period to resolve the procedure:	10 working days.
Maximum validity of the visa:	180 days.
Tickets allowed:	A.
Exceptions to Article 15-A of the Federal Law of Administrative Procedure:	Those indicated in sections I, III and IV, sections a and b of the requirements section.
Requirements: I. Passport or identity and travel document that is valid in accordance with current international law, in original and copy; II. A photograph with the face visible and without glasses, in color, passport size, whose measurements must be at least 32.0 millimeters x 26.0 millimeters and a maximum of 39.0 millimeters x 31.0 millimeters, with a white background and front; III. Original and copy of the document that proves their legal stay, if the foreign person is not a national of the country where the visa is requested, and

IV. Present the documents that prove any of the following assumptions:

to. Retirees or pensioners:

1. Original and copy of proof of investments or bank accounts with an average monthly balance equivalent to twenty thousand days of the general minimum wage in force in the Federal District, during the last twelve months, or

2. Original and copy of the documents that show that you have a pension with monthly income free of encumbrances greater than the equivalent of five hundred days of the general minimum wage in force in the Federal District, during the last six months.

b. Family unit:

1. Link with Mexican:

i. If the applicant has a Mexican child, Mexican birth certificate of the Mexican child, in original and copy; or

If the applicant has a Mexican father or mother, as long as he is a girl, boy or adolescent and does not have the right to Mexican nationality and has not contracted marriage or is in a state of interdiction and is under their legal representation, the applicant's birth certificate , in original and copy; or

If the applicant is the child of the spouse, concubine or concubine of a Mexican, as long as it is a girl, boy or adolescent and has not contracted marriage or is in a state of interdiction and is under their legal representation:

- Birth certificate of the applicant, in original and copy; and

- Marriage certificate or document that proves the concubinage or equivalent figure with the Mexican, in accordance with the applicable legislation of the country where the legal act was celebrated, in original and copy; or

If the applicant is the brother of a Mexican, birth certificate of the applicant and his brother, in original and copy; and

ii. Document proving Mexican nationality, in accordance with article 3 of the Nationality Law, in original and copy.

2. Link with a foreigner with a permanent resident visa:

i. If the applicant has a foreign child with a permanent resident visa, the child's birth certificate, in original and a copy; or

If the applicant has a foreign father or mother who holds a permanent resident visa, as long as it is a girl, boy or adolescent and has not contracted marriage or is in a state of interdiction and is under their legal representation, the applicant's birth certificate, in original and copy; or

If the applicant is the child of the spouse, concubine, common-law or equivalent figure of a foreigner holding a permanent resident visa:

- Birth certificate of the applicant, in original and copy; and

- Marriage certificate or document that proves the cohabitation or equivalent figure with the foreign person holding a permanent resident visa, in accordance with the applicable legislation of the country where the legal act was celebrated, in original and copy; or

If the applicant is the brother of a foreigner with a permanent resident visa, as long as he is a girl, boy or adolescent and has not been married or is in a state of interdiction and is under his legal representation, he must present the applicant's birth certificate and of his brother, in original and copy;

ii. Permanent resident visa, valid and in force in original and copy, and

iii. Prove economic solvency for the maintenance of each of your relatives during their stay in the country, with:

- Original and copy of proof of investments or bank accounts with an average monthly balance equivalent to one hundred days of general minimum wage in force in the Federal District, during the last twelve months, or

- Original and copy of the documents that show that you have a job or pension with monthly income free of encumbrances greater than the equivalent of one hundred days of the general minimum wage in force in the Federal District, during the last six months.

3. Link with a foreigner who has the status of permanent resident stay:

i. If the applicant has a foreign child with a permanent resident status, the child's birth certificate, in original and a copy; or

If the applicant has a foreign father or mother with the status of a permanent resident, as long as he or she is a girl, boy or adolescent and has not contracted marriage or is in a state of interdiction and is under their legal representation, the applicant's birth certificate , in original and copy; or

If the applicant is the child of the spouse, concubine or common-law or equivalent figure of a foreigner with the status of permanent resident stay:

- Birth certificate of the applicant, in original and copy; and

- Marriage certificate or document that proves the cohabitation or equivalent figure with the foreign person with the condition of stay of permanent resident, in accordance with the applicable legislation of the country where the legal act was celebrated, in original and copy; or

If the applicant is the brother of a foreigner who has the status of permanent resident stay, as long as he is a girl, boy or adolescent and has not contracted marriage or is in a state of interdiction and is under his legal representation, he must present a certificate of birth of the applicant and his brother, in original and copy, and

ii. Permanent resident card, valid and current in original and copy.

c. System of points:

1. The requirements established for this purpose in the corresponding agreement that will be published in the Official Gazette of the Federation.

V. Payment of rights for the issuance of a visa in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Law on Rights.

Issuance criteria:

- The issuance of the visa is subject to the result of the consular interview.

- The application by family unit in a consular office only applies, when the foreign person who is temporary or permanent resident or the Mexican is outside the country and accompanies his / her family member at the time of submitting the corresponding application.

- A figure equivalent to concubinage is understood as the relationship between a man and a woman free of marriage who live in common, constantly and permanently for the term established by the legislation of the corresponding country. It will not be necessary for the coexistence in common to comply with that term, when they have procreated children.

- In no case, the petitioner may request a visa for more than one spouse; Concubine, concubine or equivalent figure even if the legislation of another country allows it. The foregoing unless it proves, where appropriate, with documentaries issued before the competent authority, the dissolution or termination of the prior bond accredited before the consular office.

- The visa application procedures for foreigners who fall under the assumptions of Article 43 of the Law will be denied.

Important information for the user:

- In places destined for the international transit of people by land, sea and air, the foreign person must present the passport or identity and travel document that is valid in accordance with international law and in force with a visa, and deliver the FMM to the immigration authority properly filled out.

- Foreigners are obliged to provide the information and personal data that are requested by the competent authority within the scope of its powers.

- The visa may be used exclusively during the period of validity, which begins with the date of issue and for a single entry.

- The foreign person must process within the next 30 calendar days from their entry into the national territory, the residence card that proves their legal stay and allows them to remain in the national territory.

- In the case of foreigners documented by family reunification due to the derivation of refugee status, they are exempt from paying fees for migratory services and for granting or replacing the documents established in Chapter I of the Ministry of the Interior, First Section Migratory Services, of the Federal Law of Rights. The above, with legal basis in article 16 of the aforementioned Law.

- The foreign person, spouse, common-law or common-law partner of a Mexican or of a foreign person with a permanent resident status, in no case may be documented with the permanent resident visa. In this case, the temporary resident visa corresponds in accordance with Procedure 5. Once in Mexico, you must process the temporary resident card with the Institute, a condition that you must maintain for two years, after which you can request the status of permanent resident stay, as long as the marriage bond or concubinage subsists.

: Creado: 27 Agosto 2020; Última actualización: 31 Agosto 2020