Mexico country guide
Real-estate investment or ownership · Last checked 2026-08-07
Visa de residente temporal por bienes inmuebles
Personal ownership of Mexican real estate above the current consular threshold
Mexico’s property-owner route is a temporary-resident visa for an applicant who personally owns Mexican real estate above the current consular threshold.
- Country
- Mexico
- Applicant basis
- Personal ownership of Mexican real estate above the current consular threshold
- Responsible authority
- Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores through the competent Mexican consulate
- Official route status
- Current official route
- Information available
- Detailed guide
- Last checked
- 2026-08-07
Supported requirements
What the current source supports
- Show personal ownership of Mexican real estate with a value exceeding 91,710 daily UMA under current 2026 consular instructions. No currency conversion is presented because UMA changes.
- Provide the public deed or other title evidence required by the competent consulate; current official examples require a recently issued deed copy and may impose consulate-specific freshness rules.
- Provide the visa application, valid passport, photograph, and proof of lawful presence where the applicant is not a national of the country of filing.
- Book through the current consular appointment channel and attend the interview and biometric steps in person.
- After entry, complete the separate Instituto Nacional de Migración resident-card exchange within the applicable deadline.
Applicant scope
Who this route generally serves
- Generally designed for
- Applicants able to document title to qualifying Mexican property and apply through the competent Mexican consulate.
- Legal basis named by the authority
- Migration Law and current SRE temporary-resident service and consular property-owner instructions.
Route lifecycle
What to confirm from application onward
- Financial basis
- Mexican real estate valued above 91,710 daily UMA under consistent current consular guidance. The generic federal page retains legacy minimum-wage wording, so this guide uses the current UMA unit and no converted amount.
- Government service fees
- The federal service lists a US$56 application fee for 2026. The fee is nonrefundable and can change; confirm the competent consulate’s live payment instructions.
- Initial status
- A temporary-resident visa for a stay longer than 180 days and up to four years, followed by the separate resident-card exchange after entry.
- Renewal
- The cited property guidance does not establish an automatic renewal or a universal initial card duration. Confirm the card term and renewal evidence with INM.
- Dependents
- No automatic dependent entitlement or route-specific financial increment is modeled from the cited property-owner sources.
- Work rights
- Property ownership does not itself establish permission for local remuneration. A separate authorization or visa condition may be required.
- Presence considerations
- No property-route-specific minimum physical-presence rule is stated in the cited sources.
- Permanent residence
- Permanent residence is a separate status under Mexican migration law; property-owner temporary residence does not convert automatically.
- Citizenship relationship
- Naturalization is a separate legal process and is not established by this visa.
Official evidence
Sources for this route
Visa de residente temporalSecretaría de Relaciones Exteriores · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Residencia temporal por bienes inmuebles — San Diego 2026Consulado General de México en San Diego · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Residencia temporal por adquisición de inmuebles — BarcelonaConsulado de México en Barcelona · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07Temporary resident visa by acquisition of property — United KingdomEmbassy of Mexico in the United Kingdom · EN · Last checked 2026-08-07Ley de MigraciónCámara de Diputados · ES · Last checked 2026-08-07
General planning information only—not legal, tax, or investment advice. A listed route does not determine eligibility. Verify current rules with the responsible authority before acting.