When you need personalized advice and practical support to apply for residency in Mexico, our associates can help.
If you’re planning to relocate to Mexico, full-time or part-time, our associate offers flexible assistance options with no hidden charges. Communicate by email, telephone, or text chat and get detailed advice and practical assistance with your Mexico residency application and other immigration procedures.
The Mexico Immigration Assistance Service gives you a direct line to an experienced, English-speaking immigration specialist with over a decade of experience helping foreigners to relocate to Mexico.
Benefits of this service
Our associate provides a personal consultation to help you plan the residency application based on your individual circumstances, and also provides practical tele-support as you make your way through the procedures.
- Personal consultation to help you plan your residency application based on your individual circumstances.
- Identify a consulate that is close or best suited for you to apply at.
- Help you to find consulate appointments, and help identifying alternative consulates if the one closest to you has limited availability.
- Save time and avoid mistakes in your application by ensuring that your documentation and forms are in good order.
- Practical tele-support including writing customized letters (in Spanish) and completion of all the forms you need to file with your application.
- Ad-hoc advice and troubleshooting as you make your way through the application process.
How the assistance service works
The immigration assistance service provides tele assistance and support throughout your residency application or other immigration procedure.
- When you make a service request, our associate will contact you by email to request payment for the service.
- When you have paid, our associate will email you to confirm your service, and schedule your initial consultation.
- During the initial personal consultation our associate will:
- discuss your intended residency application or immigration procedure;
- answer any specific questions you have; and
- help to plan a route forward based on your individual circumstances.
After the initial consultation, the service works to provide practical tele assistance and support as you make your own way through the stages related to the immigration application or procedure you want to complete
Personal consultation and practical assistance
Your service begins with a personal consultation to talk about your situation, help you plan your application strategy, answer any questions you have, and identify the best route for residency given your individual circumstances.
The service continues to support you in practical ways as you begin the application process and work your way through the application stages:
Consulate appointments
If your application begins at a Mexican consulate abroad, our associate will help you to identify your nearest (or most appropriate) consulate and help you with scheduling the residency interview appointment there in accordance with the policy and process in place at the consulate you apply at.
Application forms and letters
Our associate will assist with the relevant application forms and write the necessary letter(s) in Spanish where these are required to support your application.
Document checklist and revision
Our associate will provide you with a checklist of all the documentation you need to gather in support of your residency application, based on your individual circumstances. The associate will also cross-check the documentation for accuracy and completeness.
Assistance with your visa exchange
The residency visa that gets issued to you at a Mexican consulate abroad needs to be exchanged for a residency card when you arrive in Mexico. Our associate will assist with this procedure by providing you with a list of documents you’ll need for this stage of the application, complete the online forms, write the letter requesting the exchange—and emailing these to you for your meeting at the immigration office.
Visa exchange support only
If you already have the residency visa(s) sticker(s) in your passport(s) and only need assistance with the visa-to-residency card exchange process in Mexico, our associate offers a fixed-fee service to assist with this—see this page for details.
Family Unit applications
If you intend to apply for residency in Mexico based on ‘Family Unit’ —for example, if you are married to a Mexican national or an existing legal foreign resident— our associate can provide advice and assist you with the special processes involved in these types of applications.
Temporary residency card renewals
If you already have your residency card(s) and need assistance with the residency card renewal, our associate can support you through this process for a fixed fee.
Change from Temporary to Permanent residency
If after 4 consecutive years of temporary residency you need assistance with the change to permanent residency, our associate can support you through this process for a fixed fee.
Practical tele-assistance included
The service assists you practically with specific tele-support work as you make your own way through the various stages of the procedure, including:
- Providing advice and guidance about a residency application within the context of your personal circumstances and situation.
- Helping you to find your nearest or suitable Mexican consulate to apply at.
- Assistance with the scheduling of your residency application appointment at the Mexican consulate and help to prepare for your visit to the immigration office in Mexico.1
- Providing you with a checklist of all the documentation you’ll need to gather as part of your residency application or immigration procedure.
- Answering specific questions and concerns you may have about the application process, or other immigration procedures.
- Review of your key documentation for accuracy and completeness.
- Completion of the various online application forms (in Spanish) and writing the necessary letters (in Spanish) to accompany your application forms.
- The completed files are emailed to you for printing and signing locally so that you can attend fully prepared for your interview/procedure.
- The service also provides ad-hoc advice and troubleshooting (if needed), as you move through the application or other immigration procedures.
1The procedure for booking appointments at Mexican consulates abroad varies by location and our associate will assist you with appointment scheduling in accordance with the policy and process in place at the consulate you apply at. For appointments at immigration offices in Mexico, applicants need to attend the office in person to ask for an appointment date, or a service token.
This is not a line-hopping or guarantee service
Our associate helps you to work through the procedures but cannot obtain preferential treatment for any applicant, and they cannot guarantee appointment date availability or ‘fast-track’ appointments or processing timescales.
This service does not guarantee that your application and/or any related documentation will be accepted for processing or granted by the Mexican consulate abroad or the immigration officers in Mexico.
Consulting and assistance fees for 2023
Our associate offers service fee options designed to flex with your individual situation.
| 3-hour package This package of 3 hours of advice and support for US$299 is ideal for assistance throughout the residency application process.
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3 Hours for US$299 |
| 2-hour package This package of 2 hours of advice and support for US$219 offers best value for more complex consultations and/or procedures that typically take around two hours of consulting/support to complete. (See next section for typical times.) |
2 Hours for US$219 |
| Per-hour consultation and support Per-hour consultation and support is charged at US$119 per hour with a one-hour minimum fee. Per-hour billing is ideal when
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Per-hour billing: US$119/hr One hour minimum. |
| Additional time Any additional time you may need for consultancy and support is charged at US$119 per-hour with additional time billed precisely as used. |
Additional time: US$119/hr Additional time is billed precisely as used. |
| Visa exchange only If you already have your residency visa sticker(s) in your passport(s) and only need assistance with the visa-to-card exchange, our associate can support you through this process for a fixed fee. |
First Applicant US$129 +US$99 per additional applicant |
| Temporary residency card renewal If you already have your residency card(s) and need assistance with the residency card renewal, our associate can support you through this process for a fixed fee. |
First Applicant US$219 +US$99 per additional applicant |
| Change from Temporary to Permanent residency If after 4 consecutive years of temporary residency you need assistance with the change to permanent residency, our associate can support you through this process for a fixed fee. |
First Applicant US$219 +US$99 per additional applicant |
Your consulting and assistance time is valid for a full calendar year
Your residency application ought to begin in plenty of time before your move to allow for the timescales associated with making appointments and waiting for residency applications to be processed.
Your consultation package/time is valid for a year from the date you begin the consultation; you don’t have to use your consultation time all at once.
Typical support times required for common procedures
This table summarizes typical support times required for common procedures
| Immigration procedure | Typical time needed |
| First time residency applications Tele-assistance when you apply for Temporary or Permanent legal residency in Mexico. Includes assistance throughout the entire process, from the consulate application to exchanging your visa for a residency card in Mexico. |
Single Applicant: 3 Hours
+1 hour for each additional applicant |
| Family Unit residency applications Applying for residency in Mexico under the Family Unit rules |
2 Hours Per Applicant |
| Consulate appointment only When you only need assistance with making an appointment at a Mexican consulate (may also include identifying an appropriate consulate). Our associate can only book dates that are publicly available; they cannot obtain preferential treatment or ‘fast-track’ appointments. |
1 Hour |
| Visa to residency card exchange If you already have your residency visa, get help with your visa exchange |
Fixed fee–see fees table |
| Temporary residency card renewal When you want to renew an existing temporary residency card |
Fixed fee–see fees table |
| Change from Temporary to Permanent residency Applying for permanent residency after 4 years of temporary |
Fixed fee–see fees table |
| Request of exit/re-entry permit If you need to leave Mexico during an immigration process |
1 Hour Per Request |
| Lost residency card replacement If you lose your residency card while in Mexico, or outside of Mexico |
If you’re in Mexico: 2 Hours If you’re Abroad: 3 Hours Per Applicant |
Questions before you request the service?
If you have a question about how the immigration assistance service works before you make the request, please contact us.
Make a service request
To hire our associate, please complete the request form below.
What happens next?
- After you complete the form, our immigration assistance associates will contact you to request payment for the service.
- When you’ve paid, they’ll get in touch to schedule your initial consultation and begin the assistance service.
- Mexperience will send you an email to confirm these details.