2026 requirements
Do you qualify for Mexico residency?
Mexico raised its numbers for 2026, and what you personally need shifts again for every person you bring with you. Most of what you've read online is probably wrong for your situation, so we'll give you the full picture in less than 60 seconds.
- ✓The exact 2026 income and savings figures you need
- ✓Adjusted for your spouse and kids
- ✓Whether you qualify for Temporary or Permanent
- ✓A full step by step plan for your own consulate, covering every document, the booking process and your timeline
- ✓8 questions, 60 seconds
Built from the published 2026 requirements of all 56 Mexican consulates in the US and Canada.
No account, no cost, nothing to install.
Question 1 of 8
Where do you live right now?
This decides which consulate handles your application.
Question 2 of 8
Which province do you live in?
Your province decides where you'll get your documents apostilled.
Question 3 of 8
Which Mexican consulate is closest to you?
We've picked the one that usually covers your area, so change it if another is easier to get to.
Question 4 of 8
Who's applying with you?
Every person you bring raises the amount you have to show.
Question 5 of 8
Are you retired, or close to it?
Money is only half of what decides Permanent Residency. Your stage of life is the other half, so this changes which one you should actually be applying for.
Question 6 of 8
How would you prove you can support yourself?
Mexico takes either regular income or a savings balance, and you only need one of them.
Question 7 of 8
Roughly how much is that?
Pick the range you're in. Nobody sees this but you, and we only use it to work out your answer.
One last question
One last question
Question 8 of 8
When would you like to have your card?
Consulate wait times swing a lot, so this changes what we'd tell you to do first.