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Residencia Temporal to Residencia Permanente Conversion in Mexico
Document Checklist
pasaporte o documento de identidad y viaje
Valid passport or identity and travel document
Where to get: Issuing authority of the applicant's country of nationality or, for stateless applicants, the Mexican authority that issued the identity and travel document
Required: Original plus a copy; presented at the in-person filing
Cost: Set by the issuing country
Must be valid through the filing date; INM verifies the original at the regional office counter.
Tarjeta de Residente Temporal · Forma Migratoria Múltiple (FMM)
Current Tarjeta de Residente Temporal or Forma Migratoria Múltiple
Where to get: INM (Tarjeta de Residente Temporal) or the point of entry (FMM for visitors qualifying via family unity)
Required: Original; must be valid at the date the conversion file is opened
Cost: Carried over from the prior trámite
An expired Tarjeta de Residente Temporal invalidates the conversion filing. Plan the filing inside the thirty-day window before the Tarjeta expires.
Formato Básico
Completed INM application form
Where to get: Generated through the INM trámites micrositio at inm.gob.mx/tramites/publico/estancia.html
Required: Printed and signed; biometric capture (photograph, signature, and fingerprints) takes place at the regional office during filing
Cost: Free
The form selector at the micrositio is cambio de condición de estancia a residente permanente; the completed form prints together with a Hoja de Ayuda payment-reference sheet for the first fee.
Hoja de Ayuda
Payment instruction sheet
Where to get: Generated alongside the Formato Básico on the INM micrositio
Required: Original; carries the payment reference the bank window or INM Pin Pad terminal uses to identify the trámite
Cost: Free
Without the Hoja de Ayuda, the bank window cannot identify the payment and INM cannot match the receipt to the file.
tres fotografías tipo infantil
Three passport-style photographs
Where to get: Photography studio specifying fotografía tipo infantil in 2.5 cm × 3 cm format
Required: Three originals — two front-facing and one in profile
Cost: Studio fee, set by the provider
Specification per the INM canje FAQ; carries across cambio de condición de estancia trámites.
comprobante de pago de derechos por estudio de trámite
Payment receipt for the application study fee
Where to get: Participating bank window after paying with the Hoja de Ayuda, or INM Pin Pad terminal at the regional office (Visa and Mastercard accepted)
Required: Original receipt plus a copy
Cost: Set on the Tarifas de Derechos Migratorios schedule; see the Costs section
comprobante de pago de derechos por expedición del documento migratorio
Payment receipt for issuance of the resident card
Where to get: Paid after a positive INM resolution at a participating bank window or INM Pin Pad terminal, using the Hoja de Ayuda generated post-resolution
Required: Original receipt presented at the regional office to collect the Tarjeta de Residente Permanente
Cost: Set on the Tarifas de Derechos Migratorios schedule; full rate or fifty-percent reduced rate
Documentation supporting the fifty-percent reduction must accompany this payment; the reduction is not automatic.
identificación oficial del patrocinador y comprobante de vínculo familiar
Sponsor identity document and proof of family relationship
Where to get: Sponsor's issuing authority (passport, INE voter card, or Tarjeta de Residente Permanente); civil registry for marriage and birth certificates
Required for: Family-unity route
Required: Originals plus copies; foreign-issued civil-registry documents must be apostilled or legalised and accompanied by a perito traductor translation
Where the sponsor is a Mexican national by birth, the foreign spouse converts directly. Where the sponsor is a foreign permanent resident, the foreign spouse must first hold residente temporal for two years under Article 55 before converting.
comprobantes de ingreso mensual libre de gravamen
Evidence of monthly income from pension, annuity, or foreign source
Where to get: Pension fund, regulated bank, or annuity issuer
Required for: Retirement / pension route
Required: Originals covering the last six months; foreign-bank documents apostilled and translated; the income must be free of liens
The threshold is monthly income equivalent to at least five hundred days of UMA, sustained over the last six months; see the Costs section for the current UMA daily value and the resulting peso threshold.
estados de cuenta bancarios o documentos de inversión
Bank statements or qualifying-investment documents
Where to get: Regulated bank, public-registry property record, or company-participation register
Required for: Investment route
Required: Bank statements covering the last twelve months showing the qualifying average balance, or property deeds, or company-participation documents per the Reglamento de la Ley de Migración
COMAR recognition, SRE asylum determination, or INM statelessness determination
Where to get: Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados (COMAR), Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE), or INM as applicable
Required for: Refugee / humanitarian route
Required: Original determination document issued by the corresponding authority
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