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[BadBeagleBad]

There is a retirement visa, but I don´t know if that gives you the right to work. You could always work online, if you only need supplemental income. There are tons of small towns that you would probably like, but in a lot of them, maybe most of them, there won´t be much work, or if there is, it won´t be well paid. I was offered a job at a private school in the next town over, making 50 pesos an hour, which they considered a generous offer. I am asked to do tutoring, or give private class and the pay that is usually mentioned is 35 pesos an hour, that is what teachers here charge for tutoring. Granted, it does go a long way here, but still, not going to do it. What might work for you would be to be out the outskirts of a town where it will have more of a rural, small town feel, but you will still be able to go to town for shopping, doctors, etc. I live in a town of about 12,000 and lots of things are limited in terms of shopping. We have a decent community hospital, but for anything major it´s either Torreon, Durango or Fresnillo, all of which are 2 plus hours away. Lots of things to consider. I do love living here, though, and the trade off is worth it and it sounds like it would be for you too.

[Guy Courchesne]

[BadBeagleBad]

[Tretyakovskii]

[Landon]

Good info. So do you understand that is possible for someone like my wife and I to gain a residency which allows work, through work qualifications, financial means, etc?

[notamiss]

A person with temporary resident status can work – can get a visa with authorization to work – if they have a job offer from a Mexican employer who is authorized to employ foreigners. If this is your case, financial requirements aren’t relevant for evaluating your application to immigrate to Mexico as a temporary resident.

Or you can work without restrictions if you have permanent residency. There are two paths to permanent residency. One is to meet higher financial requirements (25% higher) when you first immigrate to Mexico. The other is that after 4 years living in Mexico with temporary resident status, you have to* apply for permanent resident status.

There are other different options if you are married to a Mexican; I gather this isn’t your case.
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*Or leave Mexico, or cancel your temporary residency and apply again from scratch – I’m just mentioning these other two options for completeness; neither one leads to work permission.

[Guy Courchesne]

[BadBeagleBad]