Permanent resident
Residente Permanente
Available directly on higher financial thresholds or a qualifying pension, through family ties, or by converting after four years of temporary residence. Carries the right to work without further permission.
Who it is for. Retirees with a qualifying pension, people meeting the higher solvency thresholds, close family of Mexicans, and temporary residents completing four years.
Worth knowing. Direct permanent residence thresholds vary by consulate and by the applicant’s basis. Converting after four years of temporary residence avoids the financial test altogether and is the more common path.
- Income required
- US$7,200
- Savings required
- Not stated
- Investment required
- None
- Application fee
- Not stated
- Processing time
- 15–90 days
- Permission lasts
- —
- Permanent residence
- Not via this route
- Citizenship
- After 5 years
a month
Not renewable
Sources
Worth knowing. Direct permanent residence thresholds vary by consulate and by the applicant’s basis. Converting after four years of temporary residence avoids the financial test altogether and is the more common path.
Check this against
- Consular visa requirements and the residence visa interview (opens in a new tab)Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores · Foreign ministry
- INM — temporary and permanent resident cards and in-country procedures (opens in a new tab)Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) · National immigration authority