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[Isla Guapa]

[Tretyakovskii]

Well, remember I told you I thought this whole issue of the non existence of the final version of the points system was an internal matter: if the delegate decides to approve my application based on what I submitted, and it appears he has, the question becomes moot.

My application was appealing on the merits, as well as the human element, which I tried to emphasize in my cover letter. I let them know I'd been shaping my life for a long term stay in Mexico since I arrived, in 2009, and I had plenty of evidence to support that assertion.

I still have to make it through an interview in which my mastery of Spanish will be the main issue.

[Tretyakovskii]

Turns out they had already approved my application and there was nothing further to do, aside from fingerprinting and submitting photos and proof of payment. They told me the card will be ready in about two-three weeks.

Cost was 1,000 pesos paid with the application, and another 3,815 paid after the application had been approved.

I've enjoyed the challenge of dealing with them over the last three years, but not to have the expense and time it took each year will be nice.

[Tretyakovskii]

The wait proved to be more like six, rather than the two to three weeks that had been predicted but today I received my Residente Permanente, based on the new point system.

I�ll be celebrating my freedom, starting tonight!

[Isla Guapa]

[Tretyakovskii]

[Isla Guapa]

I see - thanks for the explanation.

When I went to INM on Tuesday, I was given a copy of the form entitled "Cambio de condici�n de estancia de residente temporal a residente permanente". Here's what it had to say about the point system:
"En caso de sistema de puntos, deber� presentar los documentos que acrediten los indicadores y puntaje m�nimo requeridos conforme al acuerdo que al efecto se publique en el Diario Oficial de la Federaci�n.

I guess that you presented information about the"indicadores" but skipped the part about the "puntaje m�nimo", right?

[Tretyakovskii]

Nay, Guapa, I considered that, too. Here's what I wrote about it on this thread on Dec 16.

[Prof.Gringo]

As long Mexico keeps the hassle free 180 day tourist card upon arrival, that's all I care about

[Isla Guapa]

[Tretyakovskii]

My reading of it is that you notify them when you've made a change in your employment, whether adding or subtracting employers; and, when making changes to the type of work you are doing, adding new catgories of work or dropping old. Starting a business would certainly qualify as a change in your remunerative activities, and require notice.

When self employed, a change in the clients you serve without a change in the nature of the service provided would not qualify as a change in which they would be interested, as I see it.

As to when and how to do it, you have 90 days in which to submit a tramite which can be found on the INM website.

[Isla Guapa]

[j_nmi_rutledge]

hi everyone. i'm new here, and really trying to find my answers through previous posts. but there is just so much info here. every time i read a new thread, i have 11'venty more questions. so, in an attempt not to be a newbie pain in the neck, maybe i should try this...

what are some good resources for finding information regarding the new laws on my own? and what are the best ways to maneuver within those resources?

i have this link
http://dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5190774&fecha=25/05/2011

and have found good info there. but i can't find answers for some things, like who is defined as and eligible for concubina status? how is that measured/proven?

Tretsyakovski's situation makes me wonder about what types of work i could do legally depending on my status (was hoping to hustle up work in addition to teaching EFL if need be).

these are just 2 areas in which i am now more confused than before. i have read so much over the last few days that i think i am making things more difficult than necessary

any help is greatly appreciated!

[Tretyakovskii]

Keeping in mind that there are different pathways to achieving a migratory status in Mexico, and each has its own requirements, will help avoid confusion.

For example, though you have to get an offer and apply for a visa abroad in order to come here to work, as a general rule, this doesn't require that you have any money at all- just a solid job offer and an employer willing to sponsor the visa.

If your permission to enter visa free, and change to resident status based on family ties to a Mexican Citizen once you were in the country, then "means testing" comes into play, but in a much looser sense of general financial ability of the couple to make it here; however, if your permission to remain in country were to be based on a relationship with another foreigner then the high dollar means testing you spoke of would come into play. Either way, once you have gone from visa free entry to residence status by any route, you can then ask for a change of activities, to include work, if you have a solid job offer here. (Readers will notice a two step approach involved in this, more expensive and time consuming but necessary, in my opinion, if one does not want to have to leave the country to apply for a visa but ultimately aims to work.)

Hope some of this helps. The later route does stake a lot on the relationship, however.

[j_nmi_rutledge]