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hiddenninja · Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 96

My Spanish isnt great....could someone explain what Ill need to get an FM3 for the first time in Guadalajara?

Heres what I have:

Photos
a copy of my passport photo page
Carta de empleo from my school
Application downloaded from INM website
Formato Basico
Copies of my degree and Celta, and translations.

As I understand, I need to pay the fee in the bank, so I will still need:

A bank receipt for payment of the INM fee.

Problems

1. What about proof of address? What will this involve? I can ask my landlord if he has something.
2. I dont have any proof of income yet, only a carta de empleo
3. I dont have a bank account

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Make sure to make two copies of the bank receipt for having paid the fee.

Proof of address doesn't need your name on it...only the address on a bill, such as water or Telmex that matches the address you are using for the application.

First FM3? Then you couldn't possibly have a bank account, so no need to show it. Nor would you have income/taxes, so no need for them there either.

Dragonlady · Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 3:06 am Post subject:

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

MotherF · Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 2:43 pm Post subject:

I was talking with a friend this morning about proof of address in Mexico. She's American and of course worried that she didn't have anything linking her to that address so she was worried that it wouldn't be accepted.

I told her not to worry. They are not seeking to prove that you live at X address--they are seeking to prove that you are providing them with a VALID address. That the address actually exsists. This is why they won't take the address listed on a driver's license or voter ID card, but only a utility bill, because the utility company had to go to that place to install the service.

Oh and to the OP--for a first time FM3 you usually need a copy of every single page of your passport, not just the photo page.

Phil_K · Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 2041 Location: A World of my Own

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 4:20 pm Post subject:

hiddenninja · Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 96

Ive been told to present myself at the INM Office....do I need anything else I havent mentioned in my earlier posts? Ie. Any extra forms etc?

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Isla Guapa · Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 9:34 pm Post subject:

hiddenninja · Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 96

Unfortunately Im not so lucky they wanted me to come in to hand them a piece of paper saying I wanted to change my status. It took two hours.

Right now my status says:

29/05/2012 Registro de alcance Delegaci�n Regional en Jalisco

Im supposed to go back in two days I think. Also, I dont know why they haven't taken my photos or the full payment.....I only paid 550 pesos once

Isla Guapa · Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:46 pm Post subject:

swoodman · Joined: 15 Oct 2010 Posts: 8

Thanks - people in the Mexico I salute you, much friendlier than the Korean forum

Isla Guapa · Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 1:30 am Post subject:

hiddenninja · Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Posts: 96

Hi, right now theyre asking me this....

04/06/2012 Presentarse en una oficina del INM Delegaci�n Regional en Jalisco
04/06/2012 Registre los datos para la expedici�n de su forma migratoria Delegaci�n Regional en Jalisco

when I click the link: 'Para la expedici�n de su Forma Migratoria, registre o actualice sus datos aqu�.' it just takes me back to my data, and saving it just logs me out. Do you think I need anything else before going back to the INM (again!)