Mexico — services for living and doing business
No dedicated nomad visa law - but a workable income-based residence permit that remote employees and freelancers actually use
- Population:
- ≈133m people (UN/INEGI estimate for 2026)
- Capital:
- Mexico City (Ciudad de México)
- Currency:
- Mexican peso (MXN)
- Time zone:
- UTC-5 (South-East zone — the state of Quintana Roo, including Cancún and Playa del Carmen, year-round with no daylight saving); UTC-6 (the main zone, including Mexico City); also UTC-7 (Pacific zone) and UTC-8 (North-West / Baja California)
- Passport by naturalisation:
- from 5 years
- Passport by birth of a child:
- yes (jus soli)
- Languages:
- Spanish (de facto official), 68 recognised indigenous languages (Nahuatl, Maya and others)
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Services in Mexico
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Immigration in Mexico
Temporary resident visa (Visa de Residencia Temporal) · Temporary resident visa on financial means grounds (Solvencia Económica) · Permanent resident visa (Visa de Residencia Permanente)
Business in Mexico
Company and sole-trader registration, liquidation, accounting and tax.
Finance in Mexico
Crypto exchange · Cards issued abroad
Legal services in Mexico
Documents and apostilles, licences, trademarks, legal consultations.
Life and travel in Mexico
Car rental · SIM cards for travel · Health insurance and 3 more
Healthcare in Mexico
Health insurance
Property in Mexico
Buying · Selling · Long-term rental and 1 more
Education in Mexico
School and university admission, student visas and diploma recognition.
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About the country
Mexico is Latin America's second-largest economy, with expat hubs in Mexico City, the Riviera Maya, Mérida and Oaxaca. Foreign residents have been welcome here for a long time. There's no digital nomad visa law of its own: remote workers and freelancers get temporary resident status on financial standing. Without a Mexican employer this is the main working route to legal status.
Worth knowing
- !There's no official digital nomad visa programme - only the general income- or savings-based permit, with a fairly high entry threshold
- !The application is filed only at a Mexican consulate abroad - you can't get this status while already in the country on a tourist visa
- !Serious safety problems persist in a number of states (not in the main tourist and expat areas)
- !Tax residency isn't set by a simple 183-day rule but by where your main home and centre of vital interests are - a less predictable line than in countries with a formal day count
Mexico: scores by area
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Common questions
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