Retired Life in Mexico NO BULL
20Jan
Financial requirements to obtain Residency in Mexico going up drastically in 2022?

There has been a lot of talk lately about the financial solvency requirements for residency going up drastically in 2022. This along with people facing immigration issues getting 180 day tourist permits, has left people flooding Mexican consulates to apply for residency. People are facing increased issues getting appointments at Mexican Consulates and some even are booked solid for several months. There is also confusion as to what financial requirements they must meet because they sometimes vary from consulate to consulate.

On another note some popular Mexico Blogs have implied that the financial solvency requirements have gone down from past years due to the adoption of a new formula. Actually, I did a previous video explaining this new formula and how it works. This has caused a lot of confusion. So which one is it? Are they going up or are they going down? It all comes down to my famous answer of “It Depends”. Today, I am going to try to sort through this confusion and answer this question as best I can because truth is that there is no black and white answer. I am also going to try to dispel some misconceptions people may have about the financial solvency requirements here in Mexico.
12Jan
Mexican Immigration Trends 2022. What you need to know!

was the first YouTube Channel to cover the emerging immigration situation in several videos since it started almost a year ago. I started by covering the current immigration computer upgrades and plans to curb individuals abusing the Mexican Immigration system by overstaying their visa with little to no recourse and gaining back to back 180 day tourist permits. I know that this met a lot of resistance amongst the YouTube and Facebook community, but I felt it was important to bring this relevant information to the Expat community no matter how unpopular it may have seemed at the time.

Now individuals are facing increased issues when trying to obtain tourist permits when arriving at several airports in Mexico. People are consistently posting their experience of not getting the time they requested or 180 days as expected which a normal practice in the past.

So what can we expect to see from Mexican Immigration in this coming year? In today’s videos I am going to try and break down future immigration trends here in Mexico. I am also going to try to give possible explanations of why this is happening and dispel some myths floating around on social media.
6Dec
BREAKING NEWS…New COVID-19 Travel Restrictions starting Monday December 6, 2021
New rules were just released requiring international air travelers arriving in the United States to obtain a negative COVID-19 test within one day of travel.

This order takes effect on Monday December 6, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time. Under former rules, vaccinated international air travelers could present a negative test result obtained within three days of their day of departure. Unvaccinated travelers were required to get a negative COVID-19 test within one day of departure.
25Nov
Breaking News!!! Official FMM Travel Guide Released by Mexican Immigration on Facebook!

I know that there has been a lot of confusion lately with obtaining a visitors FMM when entering Mexico. Just yesterday INM officially released a travel guide on their Facebook Page outlining the requirements for obtaining a tourist FMM. Although this guide was actually published on the INM website on June 29th 2021, INM just finished publishing it on their official Facebook page.

The guide is in Spanish but In this video, I am going to go over this Official INM guide in detail.

Hopefully this is the beginning of a more consistent policy on the issuances of tourist FMMs.
14Nov
Is this Mexico Immigration Crisis really being blown out of proportion? Let’s talk about it!

Just recently there has been a lot of confusion about what is going on in Mexico concerning immigration.  Are Americans and Canadians getting deported? Yes.  Do I really need to carry my original immigration documents with me? Yes.  Have some people been able to get away with showing copies of their documents? Yes.  Have people been denied entry or given less than 180 days when doing border runs to renew their tourist FMM? Yes.  Have people been able to get another 180-day FMM when doing border runs? Yes.  Have tourist been issued less time than requested when arriving at the airport on their FMM?  Yes.  Have some tourist at the airport gotten the amount of days they requested with no problems? Yes.

Sounds confusing right?  What I just said is full of contradictions wasn’t it.  So, which one is it?  Sounds like you’re blowing this out of proportion.  Well, the answer to all these questions are not black and white and I’m going to try to sift through all this confusion and hopefully this will leave you with some useful information that will help you to be better prepared when you come to México.
25Oct
A little bit of Mexican Culture! Join us as we interview an actual Mexican Opera Soprano Singer!
Today I have the privilege of presenting to you, Samantha Guevara. She is a 19 year old Soprano Opera Singer from Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. Samantha has been singing since the age of 2 and started her formal training at the age of 6. She is now 18 and has a beautiful voice!

I hope you enjoy meeting Samantha as much as I did….
16Oct
Immigration Crisis in Mexico Part 2! United States Embassy Advisory Issued! What you need to know!

I recently did a video on the immigration crisis in Mexico which caused some controversy and raised a lot of questions, today I am going to answer some of your questions and dispel some misconception people may have about the Mexican Law,.

First, I will be presenting a very important advisory issued by the United States Embassy in Mexico through their Emergency Alert Information system on their website. So what does this advisory mean? This guidance has been issued reminding United States Citizens concerning their responsibilities and confirms that Mexico is serious in expecting United States Citizens to comply with immigration ID requirements.

This advisory should clarify some of the questions you may have about carrying your original documents with you at all times.
4Oct
Immigration Crisis in Mexico. What it means for Expats and foreigners living in and visiting Mexico!

I did a previous video about immigration crackdowns and explained why these crackdowns were taking place and what it means for expats and visitors. That was only the start of what has become a full out immigration crisis here in Mexico. I am going to elaborate on this crisis and discuss what this means for foreigner’s here in Mexico. The immigration rules have changed and immigration isn’t budging!

What is going on? Why has immigration become so strict. Why are Americans and Canadians being deported on a daily basis? Why are people only being given 7 days when they run to border for another 180 day FMM or even worse denied entry? Why won’t immigration accept copies of my residency card, passport or FMM anymore?

I hope to answer this question in this video but bottom line, Mexico is experiencing a major immigration crisis that is getting worse by the minute. Unfortunately Expats and tourist are getting caught up in Mexico’s efforts to get the situation under control.
29Sep
It’s not furniture, it’s art!
When we moved to San Miguel de Allende, we were looking for furniture for our house. After searching the local stores we weren’t pleased with the selection. A friend recommended a carpenter that runs a cooperative of artists called Arte Unida. After giving him ideas, he produced not just pieces of furniture, they were pieces of art.

The idea of this cooperative is to give back to the local community of Alcocer by both teaching local artisans this art as well as giving employment to the local community. These types of places exist all over Mexico and produce beautiful pieces of art, not just furniture!!!!!

Join us as we visit this local artist! They not only make pieces of art for the loacal community but they also ship tthroughout Mexico and Internationally!
21Sep
Mexican Immigration Residency financial requirements have gone down! Misconceptions explained!

There has been some confusion lately about the financial requirements for temporary and permanent residency. Several well-known blogs have published articles that the financial requirements for residency have changed and been lowered for 2021. This is partly true but not really. The reason for these articles is because Immigration adopted a new formula for calculating financial requirements. This new formula is called the UMA formula.

This has caused a lot of confusion and misconceptions leading people to believe that they now qualify for residency when in fact they may not. So, what does this mean for those applying for residency? Do I now qualify when I didn’t before? What are the misconceptions?

Well, I’m going to try and answer these questions in this video using temporary residency requirements as an example.