28Aug
Mexican Immigration Crackdowns. What you need to know? Let’s talk about it!
Recently I posted a video about living in Mexico permently on what I call tourist visa, also known as an FMM. This is what is known in the expat community as the perpetual tourist. Just shortly after my video was posted Mexican Immigration started a major operation to crack down on illegal immigration. There have been reports on the internet of Immigration checks at roadway checkpoints and people being randomly asked for their immigration documents. There have also been reports of Americans being deported for overstaying their tourist FMM. I personally experienced this when I recently took a flight from Cancun to Monterrey. I was randomly selected at the Cancun airport to show my residency card and they scanned it with a phopne app in order to verify it’s authenticity.

Unfortunately this has the expat community worried and confused that somehow this operation is targeting the expat community. Today, in this video I am going to address what is actually happening and hopefully dispel some misconceptions. Also, although I will be covering what is currently going on, my advice will still be valid for the future whether there is an immigration enforcement effort or not in the future.