Consulado de Carrera de México en Douglas

Procedure 6

Temporary Resident Student Visa

Case in which it occurs:

Applicable to foreigners who intend to enter Mexico under the status of temporary resident student.

Legal basis:

Articles 1, 3, sections I, VI, XI, XIV, XIX, XXIII and XXXI; 16, fractions II and III; 21, fractions I, III and IV; 35, 37, fraction II; 39, 40, fraction V; 41, 43, 52, fraction VIII; 126, 127, 129 and 130 of the Law and articles 1, 2, 102, 108, 111 and 112 of the Regulation.

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 subsection a, numeral 2 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. Studies:    

1. Original letter of acceptance from an institution belonging to the National Educational System in which you intend to study, specifying:    

i. Full name of the applicant;     

ii. Level, degree and area of ​​study that the applicant intends to carry out;     

iii. Name of the course in which you have been accepted;    

iv. Course start and end date;    

v. Cost of tuition for the course, and     

saw. Identification data of the educational institution.    

2. Financial solvency to cover the amount of tuition, accommodation and living expenses during your stay in national territory, accredited by:    

i. Original and copy of the documents that demonstrate that you have a job, pension or scholarship 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 three months, or     

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

       Solvency may be accredited by the applicant, by their parents or by whoever exercises parental authority or guardianship, provided they are not older than twenty-five years, or with a letter from the educational institution that proves that they have been the beneficiary of a scholarship or document. from a banking or financial institution that proves that it has the financing.

b. Under the protection of an international legal instrument for the mobility of persons.    

1. Free deed by which the applicant presents his candidacy before the Consular Office, in which he must indicate under which instrument he is requesting a visa, in original.    

2. Comply with each of the requirements set forth in the corresponding international legal mobility instrument, established by the immigration authorities, based on current regulations, and    

V. Payment of rights for the issuance of visa when appropriate, 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.      

       Scholarship students from the Mexican government do not need to prove financial solvency. The consular office must issue the corresponding visa prior to the approval of the competent areas and instruction from the SRE.

- 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 applicant may request a visa for more than one spouse, concubine or common-law partner even if the legislation of another country allows it. The foregoing, unless it proves to the consular office, where appropriate, with documentaries issued before the competent authority, the dissolution or termination of the previous bond.      

- For the issuance of a visa under an international legal instrument for the mobility of persons, the Consular Office must observe that the applicant certifies the requirements stipulated in the instrument itself, verify that it is in force, be of the nationality of the country or countries with which said instrument is signed and that the number of authorized visas has not been exhausted.      

- 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 holding a temporary resident student visa must process within the following 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.      

- The request for authorization for temporary resident students to carry out paid activity in the national territory must be presented directly to the Institute.      

- The foreign person whose sole purpose is to study in Mexico must have this visa, since in the national territory they will not be able to make a change to obtain the status of Temporary Resident Student.      

- The Temporary Resident Student has the right to the Family Unit in accordance with article 112 of the Regulations of the Immigration Law, so that their relatives may request the Temporary Resident visa in accordance with procedure 5 of these Guidelines.