If your existing Mexico residency card is expired, you might be able to renew the card—depending on the circumstances. Our associates can provide assistance with the application.
If your existing Mexico residency card is expired, our associates may be able to help you renew the card: in Mexico through a regular renewal process; or by restarting your residency application inside Mexico; or by restarting your residency application at a Mexican consulate abroad—depending on the circumstances.
How you deal with a expired residency card depends on:
- Whether you are physically inside Mexico or outside of Mexico when the card expires; and
- How many calendar days have passed since the card expired; and
- If you were outside of Mexico when it expired, how many days have passed since your return date to Mexico.
Renewing your Mexico residency when your residency card has expired
Our associates can provide consultation and practical assistance in the event that you have let your residency card expire. Their support and facilitation depends on your circumstances:
If you’re currently outside of Mexico and less than 55 days have passed since the card expired, our associates can help with a regular renewal of your existing residency card.
If you’ve recently arrived back in Mexico with an expired card, and less than 5 days have passed since your arrival date, our associates can help with a regular renewal of your existing residency card.
If you’re currently inside Mexico, and less than 55 days have passed since the card has expired, our associates can help you re-apply for residency at an immigration office in Mexico, and you can use the form on this page to make a service request. Note that you will be required to re-prove your income and all your key documents including bank/account statements will need to be notarized/apostilled and translated into Spanish.
If more than 55 days have passed since your card expired, or you arrived back in Mexico and did not attend an immigration office to file for a renewal within 5 days of your arrival date, you must restart your residency application at a Mexican consulate abroad, unless you have certain family connections in Mexico, in which case you can re-apply for residency inside Mexico using Family Unit rules.
How the Tele-Assistance facilitation service works
The tele-assistance support service offered by our associates saves you time and helps avoid common mistakes made by applicants dealing with their expired residency cards in Mexico. You can use tele-assistance regardless of what location you plan to move to (or are currently situated) in Mexico.
The service facilitates your application if less than 55 days have passed since your residency card expired and you want to apply for a renewal or re-apply for residency at an immigration office in Mexico.
- An initial consultation by phone/videocall/email/chat to understand your situation and plan a workable approach for renewing your residency or re-applying for residency in Mexico.
- Confirmation of the required procedures for dealing with your expired residency card, depending on your circumstances.
- Review of your supporting documentation for accuracy and completeness.
- Correct completion of the forms and covering letter you will need to file to file for a renewal or re-application.
- Customized checklist of documents you’ll need to carry and present when you attend the immigration office in Mexico.
- Detailed instructions/guidance about where to go and what to do when you arrive at the immigration office to file for the exchange.
Get support through every stage of the application
The table below describes the support offered through the expired residency card renewal or re-application process.
| Stage | Dealing with expired residency cards |
| Initial consultation | The service begins with a personal consultation. Our associate will consult with you to understand your situation, describe the relevant qualification criteria and application procedures, and plan how to deal with your expired residency card. |
| Preparatory work and documents review | To prepare for your procedure, our associate will send you a customized checklist of the documents you need to gather for your card renewal or re-application procedure, based on your individual situation.
Our associate also provides a review of your supporting documentation to cross check them for accuracy and completeness. |
| Forms and letters | You will file for your renewal or re-apply for residency at an immigration office in Mexico.
Our associate will correctly complete all the application forms and write the covering letters (in Spanish) that you will need to submit when you file for your residency renewal or re-application at the immigration office. |
| Scheduling | Our associate works with you to coordinate dates for your renewal or re-application filing that are mutually convenient, and which meet the stipulated deadlines for the renewal or re-application procedure.
Our associate will coordinate your intended arrival date in Mexico (or the intended filing date if you’re already in Mexico), book an appointment for you at the Immigration Office in Mexico using the INM’s online appointment system, and confirm the date/time that has been booked for you. They’ll also provide you with details of the address and opening hours of the immigration office you intend to file at in Mexico. |
| Preparing to file your application in Mexico | Our associate will brief and assist you according to your individual situation to help you fully prepare in advance of your intended filing date to renew your temporary card, or re-apply for legal residency at an immigration office in Mexico.
Our associate will email the files of the forms and letter for you to print out, sign, and take with you to the immigration office in Mexico. They’ll also send you a customized checklist of required accompanying documents you need to carry with you when you file your application. |
| Filing the application in Mexico | Our associate will give you detailed instructions and guidance about filing your intended procedure at the immigration office.
They’ll email you a document with detailed guidance about what to do at the immigration office in Mexico when you arrive to file at your intended location. When your turn is called, you hand over the docket of papers our associate prepared and wait for the immigration official to review and process the application. When it’s approved, your photograph and fingerprints will be taken digitally. Your residency card might be issued that same day; otherwise, you will be given a file number and be invited to return another day to pick-up your residency card. |
| Ongoing contact and assistance | Our associate will provide you with a contact number/email in case you have questions or concerns at any time, or need to troubleshoot any issues as you work your own way through the procedures and file your application. |
| Leaving the immigration office | When you have completed filing your procedure, you can advise our associate about the outcome. They may ask you to send them a copy of your card/papers for review and ensure everything is in good order. |
This is not a line-hopping service
Our associate assists and guides you through the procedures in good time, but cannot obtain preferential treatment for any applicant, and they cannot guarantee appointment date availability or ‘fast-track’ appointments or processing time scales at the immigration office.
Dealing with Expired Residency Cards Tele-Assistance Fees
Our associate’s expired residency card assistance packages offer facilitation that is transparent and affordable, with fixed-fee pricing and no hidden charges. All consulting and assistance fees exclude the government fees applicants must pay to apply for residency in Mexico.
| Dealing with Expired residency cards | Fees |
Currently outside of Mexico
If you are currently outside of Mexico—see important notes above—you can file for a regular renewal of your card. |
US$219 Principal applicant.+US$99 each additional applicant in the same family. |
Currently inside of Mexico
If you are currently inside Mexico and less than 55 days have passed since your residency card expired, you can re-apply for residency inside Mexico—see the notes above about the requirements to reprove your income and presenting notarized/apostilled documents translated into Spanish. |
US$349 Per applicant. |
Accompanied Option: The Expired Residency Card assistance service plan is also available as an Accompanied Assistance option at selected cities in Mexico. Accompaniment is not available at Mexican consulates abroad. See this page for details and fees.
Questions before you request the service?
If you have a question or need guidance about how the immigration assistance service works before you make a service request, please contact us.
Make a service request for assistance with dealing with expired residency cards.
To hire our associate to assist you with the facilitation of your renewal of or re-application for residency when your residency card is expired, please complete the request form below.
What happens next?
- After you complete the form, Mexperience will send you an email that confirms your request and introduces you to the associate who will assist you.
- The immigration assistance associate will respond to you directly and request payment for their service. When you’ve paid, they’ll schedule-in your initial consultation and the service will begin.
