Temporary Resident Visa (Remote Worker)

1. Visa12 months
2. Renewup to 48 months
3. Permanent residencyafter 4 years
4. Citizenshipafter 5 years

• Leads to residency 4 years
• Leads to citizenship 5 years

Country

Mexico

Visa name

Temporary Resident Visa (Remote Worker)

Local name

Visa de Residente Temporal

Program type

Remote worker permit

Status

Active

Initial duration

12 months

Max duration

48 months

Income requirement

$4,404/month ($52,849/year)

Application fee

$56

Tax status

Standard

Application method

embassy

Processing time

1–10 days

Can apply in-country

No

Multiple entry

Yes

Can open bank account

Yes

Renewable

Yes

Mexico has no visa named for digital nomads. Remote workers who want to stay more than 180 days use the temporary resident visa on economic solvency. Trámite 5 of the visa guidelines published on 25 July 2025 requires one of two tests: employment or pension income, free of tax, greater than 680 days of the UMA in each of the last six months, or an average monthly balance of 11,460 days of the UMA over the last twelve months. The 2026 daily UMA is MXN 117.31, so those floors are more than MXN 79,770.80 a month and MXN 1,344,372.60 in savings. The annual figure is twelve times the monthly floor. Consulates score each month, not the annual total, and they publish their own dollar conversions. The visa sticker is one entry and lasts 180 days. Within 30 calendar days of entry the holder must exchange it at the National Migration Institute for a resident card. The institute's 2026 fee sheet prices cards of one, two, three or four years. The temporary resident condition cannot exceed four years. After four uninterrupted years the holder can request permanent residence. Naturalization is separate and generally takes five years of residence. Pay from a Mexican source needs a job-offer authorization and is not included. Consulates state that work is allowed when the salary is paid from abroad. The guidelines name employment or pension. The consulate in Las Vegas also accepts self-employed applicants who show a business license or client income records. A spouse or partner, a minor child, or a parent can be included, and only one spouse or partner. For each family member the sponsor shows a further 220 days of UMA: more than MXN 25,808.20 a month, or an average balance of that amount. The consular visa fee on the 2026 Washington, Las Vegas and Bucharest sheets is USD 56 per applicant. Atlanta and Presidio still show USD 54. The institute's 2026 fee sheet prices the temporary resident card at MXN 11,141 for one year, MXN 16,693 for two years, MXN 21,143 for three years or MXN 25,058 for four years. Family unity, a Mexican job offer or an unpaid invitation can cut that card fee in half. The same sheet prices a change-of-status study at MXN 1,847. That study fee is not confirmed as the charge for exchanging the consular visa. Dollar conversions of the peso tests use the Banxico FIX of MXN 18.1128 per US dollar, determined on 8 October 2026. There is no nomad tax rate. Tax residence is not a 183-day count. A person whose home is in Mexico is a tax resident, and someone with a home in Mexico and abroad is resident only if their center of vital interests is in Mexico. Residents are taxed on worldwide income; foreign income is not taxed merely because this visa was issued. The same visa can also be granted for Mexican real estate worth more than 91,710 days of UMA (MXN 10,758,500.10), for an investment above 45,850 days of UMA, or for family, an unpaid invitation or scientific research. Those are not this income test. A visitor admission, including the 180 days many nationalities receive without a visa, does not authorize paid activity, and a visitor generally cannot switch to this residence inside Mexico.

• Permanent Resident Visa (Retired)retirement
• Temporary Resident Visa (Economic Solvency)passive income

1. Oct 10, 2026
   • Program type tourist_tolerance remote_worker_permit
   • Official page https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/ https://www.diariooficial.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5763837&fecha=25/07/2025
   • Income monthly (USD) 4400 4404
   • Income annual (USD) 52800 52849
   • Savings requirement (USD) 74000 74222
   • Application fee (USD) 50 56
   • Income monthly (local currency) 46924 79770.8
   • Income annual (local currency) 563088 957249.6

   tax residence day count removed. Article 9 of the Federal Fiscal Code does not use 183 days. Classified as a remote-worker permit rather than tourist tolerance, because the temporary resident condition allows foreign-paid work and is not a visitor stay (http://omawww.sat.gob.mx/english/Paginas/English/residents_in_mexico.aspx).