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@Demcrod I am being honest here... you in 10 million other people. Also there is no digital nomad residency in mexico. So unless you have stacks of cash to qualify for temp residency you cant come here legally. Yes you can come on a vacation ... Read More

We bought new Nissan 3 years ago. You need your Curp paperwork, and your RFC paperwork. Do not buy a used car unless the local police have checked it out. Here in Jalisco they have a branch just for this because alot of problems can come with a ... Read More

You are really making me happy that we went to Lake Chapala from the start.... great fruits and veg everywhere here and its all in great shape. Read More

Must be a saltillo thing... here in lake chapala.. I buy fresh never frozen fresh beef from my butcher filet... 5usd a pound.... liter buckets of fruit raspberries, blackberries, strawberries for a couple usd. I get a tripple smash burger with ... Read More

@jazzpaz Its very worth it to get a Mexico number and easy. 20 ish usd a month gets you a good plan. Read More

We moved down and packed our car with the basics. That was it. However, it was easy to pare down, as we had been living in an RV for the last few years of our work life and during our first three years of retirement. Read More

@jazzpaz You can't find them on Amazon Mexico? And Mercado Libre is also one of our go-to places. We have been able to find most things we want at either, if not available locally. Read More

Do you understand you need to show 5784 Canadian dollars a month in retirement income to get a temp residency in Mexico. Or 96,400 Canadian dollars a in retirement investment account. That is the most important thing. You dont have that no reason ... Read More

@Big Picture GalSuper easy. Locals are very easy going and fun to talk too..... now a group of the expats are very rude and insulting... and always look unhappy. Read More

Or just put the money you would have spent on the house in a CD at 10% and rent the same level of house for 30% of your yearly profit and make 70% every year for not buying a house... its the smart money solution. Read More

Live in Lake Chapala here. Only time humidity gets over 50% is summer monsoon season and then its hardly ever over 60%. And Lake Chapala is the 2nd best weather in the world per the weather watchers. And it is true. Dry all year you get 1 or 2 ... Read More

@coastyray If by any chance you are looking for a city that's both beatiful and safe, Mérida, Yucatán would be a great choice. Part of the process of moving to México will probably involve acquiring a home ♥ If you are ... Read More

Yes. Jalisco is working on capping the max rent so all rents will go down. Waiting to see what they cap at. But Puerta Vallarta its 4k a month for a cheap condo! There are much cheaper places in the lake area. But we like the mountain side ... Read More

we only pay 30k peso a month for a 3 story up high on the mountain in a gated community with there own water wells. Read More

Biggest thing... Do you meet the monthly income requirement for residency? Temp residence is in the 4k a month of certified retirement income. Perm residence is almost 7k a month of certified retirement income. After that then you can start the ... Read More

WOW SMA must be horrible. Lake Chapala area we don't have shootings and barbwire everywhere. thefts are rare but of course, do happen. And bombs... never heard of that either. The state south of us has alot of cartel stuff but here and Guad are ... Read More

Im just saying what a guy who lived there for over 3 years told me before he moved here. I just looked at the rentals online for SMA.... you must have gotten very lucky to find that place. How far out of town are you? Read More

SMA, being a desert, does have the life I like around me. I was chatting with an SMA to Lake Chapala expat one day at a local restaurant. He said it took him a year to figure out what seemed wrong at SMA, and then he took a trip to Lake Chapala. ... Read More

What was your first impression when you arrived?From our first night stay in saltillo, we were in love. We stayed at an airbnb in a nice neighborhood people were super friendly. Went to a local restaruant fast food style order and pick up at ... Read More

@jazzpaz I did all the work on the Denver side myself. It was easy. We got to Lake Chapala and tried to do the part down here ourselves. Let's just say the attitude we received from the immigration staff when we tried ourselves was horrible. We got ... Read More

Don't worry about it. If you meet the monetary requirements, it's super easy to get your residency. We did it almost 4 years ago in Denver. They even called my wife into my interview to get us both done at one time. Just be honest and it all goes ... Read More

Over 3 years in Lake chapala area. Locals have been great haven't noticed anything stranger other than..... Lake chapala society has been attacking one side of the political spectrum so much that a worker at the LCS attacked a man with a MAGA hat ... Read More

Yes we came down with what fit in the car. Just dont buy furniture in gringolandia.... They will rip you off. We live in the lake chapala area and went to guad for big items. Saved at least 40% over the local shops trying to rip us off. Read More

@Sam7iam I just went to Multiva today and yes cedes 6 month is still over 10% return. Not sure where your getting your info. Heck I get 5% in my HSBC premier savings account! Read More

Ohh forgot. PV is a very hot and wet place most of the year. And the infrastructure is starting to be stressed by the huge growth in the area. They have a modern water system where you get water pressure in town all the time which is not common ... Read More

Opioid painkillers are very much controlled down here. And state insurance is not what you would like. If you get sent to the hospital you will need someone to take care of you. Its the medical stuff and that is it in state-run facilities. And ... Read More

@Robby V why is this post under review..... nothing bad was said nothing insulting. Just say trump supporter. So is this website going the fascist liberal route and getting rid of anything positive about trump? I used this website alot 3 years ago ... Read More

@bobbalubaAlways first question. Have you checked if you meet the high monthly income standard to get resident status? Read More

@Kyexpatfoodtruckthey dont count equity in a house for this. You have to show the amount of money in a bank or investment account for 1 year with proof from the bank or investment firm. You would have to sell your house and then put the money into ... Read More

First thing you need to do is check and see how you are going to meet residency requirements. If you cant be approved for temp or perm residency than no reason to waste the time on the rest. You need 5k+ USD a month for a family with temp ... Read More

@lanigmaMultiva and HSBC I know for sure. And 5% savings account at hsbc Read More

@lanigmaIt is better to rent and put the money you would have bought the house with into a cedes which pays 11.55% and .5% mexican taxes. Rent to hone prices in ex pat areas are way out if wack for every 1k usd rent should be 100k USD to buy the ... Read More

@1happykamperI dont know where you lived in Mexico that is even close to the cost of USA. A 1 bedroom apt in western CO not in the mountains cost more then the 3 bed 2.5 bath house with 360 views of lake and mountains in lake chapala. It cost ... Read More

Doesn't sound like you meet residency requirements. You are required to have a curp which you only get thru residents status to have a legal lease. You understand that Mexico has started to not give 6 months vacation visa over and over. To stop ... Read More

@dab51555woot do it sooner than later. They keep upping the minimum wage in Mexico so the income to get visa keeps going up. Its soooo worth it to move here. We did Mexico on training wheels in lake chapala. Great weather all year so many great ... Read More

@dab51555A permanent resident with my wife as of 2021. It is not legal to live in Mexico as a tourist. And they are starting to get serious about it. Just giving you the proper warning. Nothing worse than to spend you reserves moving down here ... Read More

@dab51555If his location is in mexico you will need to meet the resident income requirements Read More

Now you need a RFC number to open a bank account, buy a car. Just examples. And they are not giving 180 day auto anymore if they see you in the new computer system as trying to live perm with a tourist visa. All kinds of people posting how they were ... Read More

@dennissira Lake Chapala lacks the culture, the activities the food and the amazing beauty of SMA -@goodman12Lol ok the 2 chef schools here put out great chefs and some of the best food I ever ate. Lived in 3 countries and 12 states in the ... Read More

@Mimi C76 serious sources you mean the bank press who will lie all day to protect the failing banks? Fed rates have been rising but interest rates payed to the customers has not. Add in all the delays to let people have access to their deposits. ... Read More

@Mimi C76 lol usa banks are tanking 1 at a time. They pay crap interest rates. If you live full time in Mexico you spend peso so your are effected by peso going up and down anyway. Might as well have a savings account with 5% interest and a 3 month ... Read More

@Mimi C76 my bank just requested my RFC for my account because the govt sat now wants them on every account straight from the manager. I am a premier member at hsbc mexico. When it opened the account it was before the law change. Now per sat we ... Read More

ohh yes 2 years ago the SAT (Mexico IRS) changed the rules and all citizens 18 or older needed a RFC and they put the rules for banks, houses, cars yada yada needed a RFC. Its pretty much resident or you are very restricted now. Read More

I am not a mexican citizen but I am a permanent Resident so I have a CURP and I went and got my RFC number. you need these to open bank accounts, buy a car, buy a house. Unlike the USA Mexico doesn't let just anyone do these things in Mexico only ... Read More

You have a RFC and curp number you should need them. Read More

If your retired slow is awesome. Love the pace I Mexico. After working 60 hour weeks 24/7 call no weekends or holidays off ever. That was my life. Now I'm on Mexico time. Read More

Lake chapala. For inexpensive go to Chapala or jocotepec for housing. Local tons of great medical. And guad is the medical capital of mexico every specialist you will ever need. Read More

@mexicogc There are many Usbased companies that will hire you and you do not need a Mexican work visa for a us company. For a remote job that means only $7 an hour plus commmission for a 40 hour week. Paid directly to your PayPal, Venmo, Zelle etc. ... Read More

I do not see why it's anyone's business what someone wants to pay for housing. Most people prefer not living paycheck to paycheck and live well below their means so they can enjoy retirement. As stated, before there would not be any income ... Read More

@Chilangolite you are 100% right. I retired young but we met the perm resident requirements so we were ready for it. Read More

Thanks, that was the last bit of info I needed. It pays to buy new for convince and warranty Read More

Used Uber in Guadalajara multiple times now all went great. When I get my car worked on at the dealership I Uber to a nearby mall to waste some time. Read More

@Cheryl Wow. It was 2021 and me and my wife had just finished at the embassy in Denver 2 days earlier. The car was packed to the gills with what we had choosen to take with us from our old home our class a rv that we had been living in for the last ... Read More

Try and live on a vacation visa at your own risk. Read More

If your coming and staying it would be safe to say get a temp or perm residential. Even quara has people talking about this. And latest I read is that inm is cracking down on digital nomads esp in Mexico city. But if you want to roll the dice try to ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlife the changes break my heart honestly. I have loads of clients that have been planning and planning and now they’re out priced because they live on SSI. Hoping with a new administration there might be a shift and the ... Read More

@Special GuestI do not need a lecture from uppity sanctimonious people like like you.My 180 day FMM visa allows me stay legally in Mexico for that period of timeMy status here is completely legal so just mind your own business and go back to the ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlife Pretty much! There are a select few offices I've seen permanent come out of (two to be exact) for someone under 62, but I think they were total flukes with a new agent or an agent in a really good mood -@drgresidencyOnly makes me ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlifeI don't see any evidence from you that supports youraccusation that one of our members worked illegallyin Mexico for a year. For all you know, the memberhad obtained a legal work visa.Then the 'chutzpah' to put the onus on him ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlife That all changed in mid-last year and January of this year (2023). All of the consulates that used to give permanent based on income have now tightened up. I had many clients getting permanent based on finances last year no age or ... Read More

Wow so much wrong with this post. 1) FMM Vacation visa is not meant to be used to live in Mexico. Take the hint if you can't get a temp or full the Mexican govt do not want you living in Mexico. 2) putting fake plates on your vehicle is illegal down ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlife Once you are approved for temp, after one year you renew for 3 years and you do not need to show financials, you only need to apply for the renewal. Some offices will ask for bank statements, but they are not looking for a specific ... Read More

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@NewBrazilI had three clients use the consulate in Rio, one was approved on economic solvency, the others came through on family unity. Permanent residency at most consulates is reserved for retirees or folks of retirement age. If you meet that and ... Read More

@Pepe Pitbull you dont need any permission in mexico to sell things in the street.. viva mexico! -@SkogenbosqueBut to become a resident which you would need to do to live here last time I checked was 2800 USD a month of income outside of a job for ... Read More

Prior to a health injury, I used to sell my handmade jewelry in shows and galleries. I still have my tools and supplies and would like to return to my hobby business with pieces inspired by Mexico.With a temporary or permanent residency visa, would ... Read More

I wish more would have been like you. But well they were not. And with me and my wife both joining the military during a war to only be told later in life we didn't have any tights or say in our choices was the final straw. I personally gave up a ... Read More

You say it's their right to wear masks and then you ridicule them. Why do you care what other people do? Typical of your kind which are rampant in Lake Chapala. I visited there in 2017 and saw right away that it wasn't for ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlife Degrading,Discousure - I lived im Guad for 6 years in the mid to late 80s and my apartment was located among the locals - not a gringo conclavge. I also worked side by side with some Mexican friends-in some business ventures- ... Read More

@Johnny Earl Let's see. The wages I pay for my cleaners is the same a engineering worker makes here in Mexico. And cost are much cheaper to live here. If they made $15usd a hour here that is like $60usd in the USA. Your comment is just plain ... Read More

Here in the lake chapala area things are back to normal. None of the restaurants or stores I visit use masks. The only masks I see are on x pats who wear them in a car with just themselves in it. Or the few xpats who wear a mask on a beautiful day ... Read More

Well just under 2 years in Mexico so I caught the start of USA inflation..... What little is happening here doesn't bother me esp with the prices now after I left the USA. My mother paid almost $20 for "so so" hamburguesas in the USA last week...... ... Read More

My husband is self employed, works from home on a computer. We want to visit Mexico on an extended visit with my 20 year old son and our dog with a view to settling there. What are the visa requirements for ourselves and the restrictions for our dog ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlife  You are so full of yourself.  You just don't get it do you. What I am doing every 6 months is perfectly legal. I am NOT on vacation. I have a house here. I LIVE here for 6 months every year. I pay my taxes just ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlife  Listen Dude. If you can't be more civil then you need to stay off this forum. The way I live here in Mexico ( 180 days Mex / 180 days US ) is perfectly legal, so with ex-pats like you, you're the one who needs to go back ... Read More

Its much easier to fly to usa and back if driving makes you feel wierd.And I guess you don't read all the x pat boards... a lot of people who were doing the I vacation permantly in Mexico have been stopped at the boarder by Mexican immigration and ... Read More

I live here in Mexico as a full time resident. I have had issues with appointments not being on time but was warned about that before I moved here so no big deal. But the work I have paid for has been super. Cleaning, moving, add on to my house ... Read More

Never had my own company but i found the Mexican workforce to be unreliable. Could never expect my workers to show up on time and unless I watched them constantly they would mess up rather than admit they didn't know something and come ask me how to ... Read More

Wow so much wrong with this post. 1) FMM Vacation visa is not meant to be used to live in Mexico. Take the hint if you can't get a temp or full the Mexican govt do not want you living in Mexico. 2) putting fake plates on your vehicle is illegal ... Read More

Have not been but researched Ajijic. Not sure what you mean by "grounded" but if you mean redneck/ultra-conservative, a couple I've known for years, who I would describe as the most redneck imaginable, loved and felt completely at home in Ajijic. ... Read More

I lived in Guadalajara for 6 years way back in the 80s. Will be relocating back to Mexico in the next several months. I speak a conversational Spanish.Standard Gringo Question (with some qualifiers) Can any one give a down and dirty rental ... Read More

SMA: VibrantAjijic 💤 -@CasaNaranjaYes and that is why I live in Ajijic. Its not hip and noisy with so many night clubs they had to close a street off because the rich who went to those clubs had there drivers sitting out on the packed ... Read More

@04niftiertoadies Just ignore the pro Vax types. I moved to mexico where these types have no power over my life. Look the deaths have started from the Vax and they will continue. Let's them scream all the way to a early grave. History will show this ... Read More

Wow I can tell you have spent time in Ajijic. Yes at 49 and retired me and my wife feel like unicorns because we are so rare. And yes some of the local old retirees have to us to our face we don't belong here.... Lol. Also there are non liberals who ... Read More

@1faithrose I have a alarm on my electric trike. A GPS tracker hidden on it. And we use a 1/4" braided cord to lock it up. Use it all the time and had it for over 9 months no problems. I see some look... they see me turn on the alarm chrip chirp ... Read More

@bkiser Me and my wife moved to mexico last year. We never been to mexico but just went and got our full time residents cards and moved to the lake chapala area. Best choice we ever made. The weather here is the best we have ever lived in. The ... Read More

@Christina Joseph Just to give you the info we know. We move last year and we are in our 40s too.  We came down last year.  The rules for us as Full time residents was $4200 a month in secure income like va, ss, pension and showing 6 ... Read More

@brumyk2021  I have not seen anywhere in Mexico where people are required to reveal their vaccine statusBeen here since late 2020 - @aliceahPer Mexican law it is illegal to ask about a persons vaccination status!  I know a ton of gringos ... Read More

@MexicoAfterlife The brand is not a big issue because the country in question (not the USA, by the way) will accept any vaccine approved by the WHO. My question was more aiming at "Can I get a vaccination privately with a certificate in English." I ... Read More

I don't live in Mexico, just a tourist, but need a Covid jab (booster) to get back into my country of residence without having to do quarantine. Any chance I can get one legally in CDMX without having any residence in the country? The certificate ... Read More

@brumyk2021  I have not seen anywhere in Mexico where people are required to reveal their vaccine statusBeen here since late 2020 - @aliceahPer Mexican law it is illegal to ask about a persons vaccination status!  I know a ton of gringos ... Read More

Went to Denver and full time resident was $4200/month of permanent income  Read More

@jedicat I would tell you to check the north west side of the lake.  San juan cosala, chantepec and jocotepec area.  Prices are cheaper so getting some land with space for chickens and room to grow food would be easier.  Now alot ... Read More

@amyotp2 If your not vacinated you can come to mexico.  We came last year in Oct and neither myself or my wife is vacinated. The mexico government doesn't care.  Come on down its great. Read More

@alleycat1 Masks have been medically proven to be next to worthless unless it's a n95 worn properly which requires training. And baby boomers are the only people who act hateful in this whole town.  And they freak out about ... Read More

@gfdcanada So baby boomers can spread hate because of others moving in? So they hold the key to who can move in and when?  The mexican consulate welcomed me and my wife when we were approved for full time status in denver...... ... Read More

@travellight Lol I tried multiple  times to get along.  But when they see even half of your nose is out they jump on you.  They have no manners. Heck had them treat me bad because "you don't belong here" yes ... Read More