PERMANENT RESIDENT VISA - Through pension or retirement (>64 years old)

1. Financial Solvency: You must choose options a) or b):
   1. Investment or bank accounts with a monthly ending balance of at least 20,000 days of the current general minimum wage in Mexico City (approx. $292,941.17 USD). To prove this, you need to provide:
      1. The printouts of your electronic bank statements certified (signed and/or stamped) by the bank, of each of the previous 12 months. OR
      2. The printouts of your electronic bank statements PLUS a letter from your financial institution indicating your full name (no omissions), the details about your account, and the ending balance of each of the previous 12 months. The letter must be signed by hand.
   2. Pension that yields a monthly income of at least 500 days of the current general minimum wage in Mexico City (approx. $7,323.52 USD) after taxes, during each of the previous 6 months. To prove this, you need to provide:
      1. The original or most recent letter from the Social Security or Pension issuer indicating the monthly amount that you receive and
      2. Monthly certified financial statements in which that amount is reflected or the pension receipts for each of the last 6 months.

General Requirements

2. Application Form (click here)

3. Passport, original and copy of the page with your personal details, photograph, & signature.
4. One passport size photograph (front, no glasses, color, white background and must be recent).
   • Measurements: No more than 39 millimeters x 31 millimeters

5. Proof of legal status in the U.S. (this only applies for non-U.S. citizens) original and copy of your US Visa, entry stamp, E.S.T.A. (Electronic System Travel Authorization) Permanent Resident card, EAD cards, approved I-797A Forms, Advanced Parole Forms (I-512), I-20 or DS-2019.

If Marriage licenses or Birth certificates are needed for visa application and they are issued in another country other than the United States or Mexico, they must have the Apostille or Legalization Seal.

For all documents in a foreign language other than English, a certified translation to spanish must also be submitted. 

Disclaimers:

1. The issuance of this visa is contingent to the Consular Interview.
2. The Visa will only be valid for the time frame indicated on the document, and will only be valid for one entry, in order to finalize the process with Mexican Immigration.
3. The Visa fee (click here) and non-refundable.
4. Please note that in case of refusal of visa, the payment is not refundable. We recommend that before submitting your application, you verify your documentation is complete.