Buying A House In Mexico With a Temporary or Resident Visa and Travelling Outside of Mexico
Important advice about exiting Mexico when you have a Temporary or Resident Visa.
8/11/20231 min read
When you are buying a house in Mexico, you can buy it with a basic tourist visa which everyone gets when they enter the country. You can also get a Temporary or Resident Visa and buy a house with it.
IMPORTANT!
If you have chosen to get a Temporary or Resident Visa, note: once you have a Temporary or Permanent Resident visa by law you are to complete a FMM each time you leave Mexico.
In box 8 you enter your TR or PR visa card number from the back of your visa. At the top write "temporary resident" or "permanent resident".
At no time should it be checked "tourist" or you will need to start over proving financials at a consulate.
Keep half of the FMM and turn it in when returning to Mexico.
And please never have a color copy of your visa, driver's license or any other Mexican government issued ID as that is considered fraud with serious consequences.
Thank you to S. Diaz for permission to print this information. We would be happy to refer you to her to help you with your visa paperwork.