If you are interested in getting a work permit for
Mexico, you should know that the application has usually three phases in which
two of them work simultaneously or in “parallel”.
As a general rule, you should start the process
outside Mexico or in your country of origin, while at the same time your potential
employer goes trough another process in Mexico at the INM (Instituto Nacional
de Migracion). Finally, you should attend a consular interview.
The steps usually go as follows:
•
You must go to the Mexican Representation abroad (Mexican Consulate) with
the following information and documentation needed for the visa application:
a. Application (you can find
it in the consulate or in the website http://www.inm.gob.mx/index.php/page/Solicitud_de_Autorizacion_Visas)
b. Passport or international
valid identity document and travel ticket
c. Original job offer on letterhead with the following
information: job position, temporality, place of work and salary
d. Copy of the Employer
Enrollment Certification Letter to the INM
•
At the same time, your potential employer must go to the INM and present
the following documentation for your visa procedure:
a.
Application for a work permit authorization
b.
Job offer containing your name and nationality, job position,
temporality, place of work and salary
c.
Employer Enrollment Certification Letter to the INM. In order to obtain it,
the employer must present:
I. Application
II. Articles of Association of
the company
III. Identity document of the legal
representative (If needed)
IV. Proof of address of the
company
V. Proof of registration at the
Federal Taxpayer Registry and last tax return
VI. List of employees and their
nationality
The INM will review that the criteria established by law is fulfilled
together with a background check of you and your potential employer.
At this stage the visa might be denied if you or your potential employer
would not fit the conditions foreseen in article 43 of the migration law,
otherwise the INM will inform the employer and the consular office that you can
make an appointment for a consular interview. (In case you do not meet
all the requisites for the visa, the consular authority will inform it to you
so the missing requisites can be fulfilled. If these are not fulfilled then,
the application will be rejected.)
•Consular Interview:
The interview will take place within the next 12
working days after the application is made.
During the consular interview, the authority
will analyze the information and paperwork that you submitted. After covering
the fee, you will get the visa in the next 10 working days after the
interview.
The visa will be then granted for 180. This means that after you get the
visa, you have 180 days to come to Mexico but once you are in Mexico, you will
have only 30 days to exchange this visa for a residency card at the Instituto
Nacional de Migración (INM)
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