Employer's offer with INM authorisation; no labour-market test
Work in Mexico on an RF passport: an offer from an employer with Constancia de Inscripción de Empleador, INM authorization (NUT), a consular temporary-resident visa by job offer, then card canje at INM within 30 days. No labour-market test. Temporal up to 4 years total, then permanente. Citizenship usually after 5 years. No renunciation of the RF passport was found as a naturalisation condition.
Path — Mexico · updated 2026-08-30
Timing depends on an external condition — not predictable in advance
The INM job-offer visa fee — MXN 247.96, paid by the employer
Timing depends on an external condition — not predictable in advance
The 'Visas for foreign nationals' line of the 2026 consular tariff — paid in dollars, not pesos
The 1-yr resident card — MXN 11,140.74; a 50% discount may apply on the offer
Timing depends on an external condition — not predictable in advance
The PR card — MXN 13,578.96
Acceptance letter and the SRE funds threshold; PR only via a status switch
Study in Mexico on an RF passport: a Carta de aceptación from a Sistema Educativo Nacional institution, a consular temporary-resident student visa, then card canje at INM within 30 days. SRE 2026 funds rule: income >100× minimum wage over 3 months OR average balance 1,000× over 3 months (≈ MXN 31,504/mo or ≈ MXN 315,040). Student status alone does not lead to PR/naturalisation — a switch to ordinary temporal is required. Work is possible with separate INM authorization.
Path — Mexico · updated 2026-08-30
Timing depends on an external condition — not predictable in advance
Timing depends on an external condition — not predictable in advance
The 'Visas for foreign nationals' line of the 2026 consular tariff — paid in dollars, not pesos
The student resident card is exempt from the fee — art. 11, fraction I of the Ley Federal de Derechos
Timing depends on an external condition — not predictable in advance