Permanent Resident Visa – Retirees or pensioners
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Visa de residencia permanente – Jubilados o pensionados as of 2026-08-04[2][6] Lineamientos Trámite 7, requisito III inciso a); stay condition 'Residente Permanente' |
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| Official name (English) | Permanent Resident Visa – Retirees or pensioners as of 2026-08-04[1][2] Translation; no official English name is published |
| Legal basis | Ley de Migración art. 54 fr. III; Reglamento art. 139 fr. III y art. 141 fr. VI b); Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas (DOF 25-07-2025), Trámite 7, requisito III, inciso a) as of 2026-01-15[4][6] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | Not applicable No supranational free-movement bloc applies |
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Permit terms
| Initial duration | Not applicable Permanent condition: adult card has indefinite validity (Reglamento art. 157); minors' cards renew annually until age 3, then every 4 years until majority |
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| Renewable | Not applicable Indefinite for adults; no renewal cycle |
| Work rights | full as of 2026-01-15[4][7] Residente permanente 'con permiso para trabajar a cambio de una remuneración' (Ley art. 52 fr. IX); adult card implies work permission (Reglamento art. 157) |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not applicable The route grants permanent residency directly |
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Requirements
| Minimum income | 1,140 × Measure and Update Unit (UMA), daily value (a daily figure), assessed monthly measured over 6 months as of 2026-08-04[1][2][6] Pension with monthly tax-free income exceeding 1,140 UMA-days, shown over the last 6 months (Lineamientos Trámite 7, III a.2). Ley art. 54 fr. III: pension from a foreign government, international organization, or private company for services rendered abroad |
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| Qualifying income types | pension as of 2026-08-04[4][6] Income option is pension-specific ('jubilados o pensionados'); the savings option has no income-type condition |
| Savings alternative | 45,850 × Measure and Update Unit (UMA), daily value one-off measured over 12 months as of 2026-08-04[2][6] Investments or bank accounts with average monthly balance equivalent to 45,850 UMA-days over the last 12 months (Trámite 7, III a.1) |
| Work prohibited | No as of 2026-01-15[4][7] Residente permanente carries work permission (Ley art. 52 fr. IX) |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2025-07-25[6][7] Consular visa (Lineamientos Trámite 7); additionally, a residente temporal already in Mexico who is a retiree/pensioner with sufficient foreign income may change to residente permanente in-country (Reglamento art. 141 fr. VI b) |
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| Statutory processing time | 10 days as of 2026-08-04[2][6] '10 días hábiles' (working days), consular stage; visa valid 180 days, one entry; card from INM within 30 days of entry |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-01-15[4][6] |
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| Eligible relations | parent, spouse, unmarried partner, minor child, sibling as of 2026-01-15[4][6] Ley art. 55: parents; spouse and concubine/equivalent (who receive residente temporal for 2 years, then permanente while the bond subsists); minor children (incl. of spouse/partner) and children under guardianship; 'sibling' = minor siblings under the resident's legal representation (fr. V) |
| Family may apply at the same time | Yes as of 2026-01-15[4][6] 'podrán ingresar con o solicitar posteriormente el ingreso' |
| Family members' work rights | none as of 2026-01-15[4] Spouse/partner holds residente temporal for the first 2 years (work permit subject to job offer); other family admitted as residente permanente obtain work permission per Ley art. 54 |
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Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 7 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 6 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2025-07-25 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-04 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Visa de Residente Temporal 2026 — montos en USD
Consulado de México en Las Vegas (SRE) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-04 - [2] Visas — requisitos por tipo (residente temporal y permanente)
Consulado de México en Yuma (SRE) · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-04 · Archived copy - [3] Mexico: Immigration Fee Increases and New Reduction Mechanism Forthcoming
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP · law firm · Tier 2 · Published 2025-11-12 · Accessed 2026-08-04 - [4] Ley de Migración (texto vigente, última reforma DOF 15-01-2026)
Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2026-01-15 · Accessed 2026-08-04 · Archived copy - [5] Ley Federal de Derechos, arts. 8 y 22 (cuotas migratorias y consulares; última reforma DOF 07-11-2025)
Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Published 2025-11-07 · Accessed 2026-08-04 · Archived copy - [6] Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas que emiten las secretarías de Gobernación y de Relaciones Exteriores (DOF 25-07-2025)
Diario Oficial de la Federación (SEGOB/SRE) · gazette · Tier 1 · Published 2025-07-25 · Accessed 2026-08-04 · Archived copy · Amended by mx-dof-reforma-lineamientos-2026 - [7] Reglamento de la Ley de Migración (última reforma DOF 23-05-2014)
Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2014-05-23 · Accessed 2026-08-04 · Archived copy