johnny b gone Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Received my Residente Permanente yesterday. It was 4 days shy of 5 months in the making, and 3 weeks and 1 day after fingerprinting. Some people are lucky and get it a lot sooner, and others have to wait. I do not know why. Maybe they get lost between here, there and yon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside101 Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 i've been fingerprinted in less than 3 months time, but still waiting card - after at least 3 weeks. wonder why such different results. seems do it yourselfers fair better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Took 5 months for mine too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*babs Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I was told yesterday by a gringo that I could apply at the \Mexican consulate here in Ajijic for a permanent residency; that \I no longer have to back NOB to do this. Does anyone know about this and where the consulate is. \many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I think you mean immigration, not a consulate and immigration is in Chapala. If you don't currently have a resident visa you need to start the process at a consulate in your home country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Saltos Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 If you have a "Residente Temporal" card you CAN apply for "Permanente" at the INM office in Chapala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*babs Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 We have a {180 DAY} Temporary visa. That won't work \I take it. Thanks for the information. Could \I get the residente temporal here in \mexico| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Saltos Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 You have a Tourist Visa. No you cannot apply in Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicrose Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Applied for permanente (prorroga 4) on July 29th, fingerprinted August 30th, card was ready for pickup on September 23rd. Did it ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*babs Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 \i'm not sure \I understand. Can \I get a residente temporal here in \mexico ? thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*babs Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 and how\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Neither Temporal or Permanente ...... what's with the \\\\\\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Tourists, with an FMM tourist permit, must leave Mexico within the 180 day period and can only apply for a residence visa, either temporal or permanente, at a Mexican consulate in their home country. It cannot be done in Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside101 Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Applied for permanente (prorroga 4) on July 29th, fingerprinted August 30th, card was ready for pickup on September 23rd. Did it ourselves. beats me w/ facilitator... applied early than you, fingerprinterd in September and still no card - over 1 month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intercasa Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 There are many factors 3 groups, one who have a 3 or 4 and don't need financials, others who need financials and others who submitted to Guadalajara. Guadalajara was giving people a hard time at the beginning of the year and then later started approving people and doing it in a few weeks not months as Chapala got busy. It is a roll of the dice as Chapala is still behind and Guadalajara is lagging as well as placing some strange conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowyco Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 \i'm not sure \I understand. Can \I get a residente temporal here in \mexico ? thanks again Yes, but you have to either be officially married to a Mexican citizen, or have a family member who is either a Resident or Citizen of Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floradude Posted October 17, 2013 Report Share Posted October 17, 2013 Applied for permanente (prorroga 4) on July 29th, fingerprinted August 30th, card was ready for pickup on September 23rd. Did it ourselves. Not fair! I applied for permanente on July 11. I was fingerprinted on Sept. 23rd. and am still waiting for pickup. I also did it myself with no financials involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepez Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 Floradude, go to the INM office in Chapala and check to see if they have your card. No notice of mine being there appeared on the INM website, but since I was in Chapala on Wednesday, I stopped by and, sure enough they had it. When the clerk brought out a list of cards that were ready, it appeared that only about 50% of them had been picked up. So yours might be there, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkshawn Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 My application for a permanent visa was not accepted today at the Embassy of Mexico in Canada. I was prepared with all documentation: Passport, Visa Residente Temporal, Application, Financials & Photographs. I was politely & surprisingly informed that if my existing visa had not yet expired, that my application was only acceptable in Mexico. No other explanation was offered. Over the course of the last 4 weeks I have spoken on 4 occasions on the telephone with Immigration Services within the Embassy of Mexico in Ottawa, Canada.In each conversation, I related that I held a Visa Residente Temporal, that due to the very long & unpredictable wait times with-in our part of Mexico for a Visa Residente Permenante, that I wished to make application from Canada with my 12 months Financial Statements as a retiree. At no point in any conversation was I informed that my application could not proceed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 The information you received is correct. As a Residente Temporal, you are expected to be in Mexico and to apply at the appropriate time, at your nearest INM office, when you have completed four years as Temporal and are within 30 days of expiration. You will then be eligible to apply for Residente Permanente without the need to prove financials, etc. Only those without visas may apply in their home country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio del Sol Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 I was in Spencer's office yesterday, talking to Denise. She said for some reason it is taking longer here to process permanente. She didn't know why. I suspect it might be because there is such a concentration of foreigners here who need to be "processed." Seems like a catch-22 situation since it appears you have to prove residence in the state where you live and apply in that state. Otherwise, we could go to another and it would be over more quickly. What a concept! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmorado Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Wow, what a minefield. I received my temporal visa in my passport today at the Mexican Consulate here in Albuquerque. It was not as hard as I expected but I realize that is only the first step. Would it be easier to go to the INM office in Guadalajara or in Chapala - I will probably be settling in the Chapala area but I just wondered, since both are in Jalisco, which is likely to be less of a hassle? I know that in either case, this has to be done within 30 days of my entry to Mexico on Nov. 21. Does anyone know? Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonia Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 44 minutes ago, Margo Morado said: Wow, what a minefield. I received my temporal visa in my passport today at the Mexican Consulate here in Albuquerque. It was not as hard as I expected but I realize that is only the first step. Would it be easier to go to the INM office in Guadalajara or in Chapala - I will probably be settling in the Chapala area but I just wondered, since both are in Jalisco, which is likely to be less of a hassle? I know that in either case, this has to be done within 30 days of my entry to Mexico on Nov. 21. Does anyone know? Many thanks! You are responding to a thread 4 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted November 9, 2017 Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Chapala will be fine, if not required. MANY have done it there and without facilitators. That office has many Temporals 'under their belt'. If, as a newbie, you aren't comfortable doing it yourself you can get Spencer McMullen (the lawyer to whom you have been referred) to help for a fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margo Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Thanks SO MUCH. I Will attempt to do it myself and if it gets too complicated will definitely contact Spencer. I don’t have his contact information but I am Magent it’s easy to get once I get to Chapala. Really appreciate your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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