Embajada de México en Noruega

TEMPORARY RESIDENT VISA

Applicable to foreign nationals who intend to enter Mexico with a temporary resident status in order to remain for longer than 180 days and less than 4 years. The visa can be renew in Mexico.

The application process consists of two stages. First, the applicant should send all required documents by email in one single email to Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.

Upon reception and verification, the Embassy will provide the applicant with a link to schedule an appointment for an interview in person at the Embassy.

All visas for travel, temporary or permanent permits require the physical presence of the applicant in person at the Embassy.

If the visa application is successful, the visa will be stamped in the passport or travel document the same day of the interview in most cases.

In case of a visa for a child, both parents or legal guardians should be present as well in the interview or alternatively must grant their permission for the visa to be obtained through a power of attorney.

REQUIREMENTS

1. Application form (available here)
2. Valid passport

• Residency status: Resident card or documents proving legal stay in Norway (for applicants who are not Norwegian citizens)

1. Financial Solvency: Official documents proving your financial solvency. Any of the following:

• Pay slips of the last 6 months proving a net monthly income or pension equivalent to 300 hundred days of the 2025 minimum wage in Mexico City ($83,640.00 Mexican pesos, approximately 46,918 NOK*after tax), or
• Monthly bank statements of the last 12 months proving that you have investments or a bank account balance with a monthly average equivalent to 5,000 days of the 2025 minimum wage in Mexico City ($1,394,000.00 Mexican pesos, approximately 781,959.95 NOK*)

Temporary residence permits may also be requested based on other particular circumstances, including the following, for which additional documentation may be presented:

1. For temporary resident student:
   1. Letter of acceptance from the academic institution;
   2. Financial solvency to cover expenses (scholarship, grants or private funds)
2. For family reunification (parents, under 18 years children, spouses, domestic partners) to a Mexican or a foreign person who holds a temporary, student, or permanent resident visa.
3. By invitation from an organization or a public or private institution to participate in a non-remunerated activity.
4. Under an international legal instrument for the mobility of persons
5. To conduct scientific research in Mexican territorial waters.
6. By notarial deed stating ownership of real estate in the National territory of Mexico with a value equivalent to forty 40,000 days of the 2025 minimum wage in Mexico City ($11,152,000.00 Mexican pesos, approximately 6,255,679.59 NOK*) for economic or business purposes.
7. For investment, any of the following:

• -Legal proof of participation of capital in a Mexican company with a value equivalent to 20,000 days of the 2025 minimum wage in Mexico City ($5,576,000.00 Mexican pesos, approximately 3,127,839.79 NOK*); or
• Document proving the ownership of personal property by a foreign corporation, with a value equivalent to 20,000 days of the 2025 minimum wage in Mexico City ($5,576,000.00 Mexican pesos, approximately 3,127,839.79 NOK*) for economic or business purposes; or
• -Proof of economic activities in Mexico

*This amount is subject to changes according to the latest currency exchange rates.

On the day of the appointment, the applicant must present all documents previously sent by email in original form (printed application, passport, residency card, pay slips or bank statements as well as any other documents if indicated by the consular officers). Also, applicant must bring one passport size photograph (recent, color photo measuring 3.0 x 3.5 cm, front view, with white background, without glasses and/or piercing). Homemade photos will NOT be accepted.

There is a consular fee that must be paid on the day of the interview for the visa application to be processed. The fee is 54 USD to be paid in NOK directly at the Embassy on the day of the appointment, according to the current exchange rate. In January 2025, the amount in NOK is 614 NOK. Please note that the Embassy can only take payment in Norwegian debit cards.

Some other immigration fees may apply depending on the case and will be informed accordingly.  

IMPORTANT NOTES

• In all cases, the visa stamped on the passport must be exchanged for a residence card upon arrival to Mexico within the first 30 calendar days after entering the country. The residence card is issued by the Mexican Immigration Institute (INM) and is proof of legal stay and allows the person to remain in the country. To apply for an appointment and consider related expenses for the resident card please visit the INM website (https://www.gob.mx/inm).
• Note- If you will have a job offer and will receive your wage in Mexico to perform lucrative activities (work permit), the employer in Mexico must request the work permit at the National Migration Institute in Mexico: https://www.gob.mx/inm and obtain a “NUT” (Número Único de Trámitein Spanish) before applying for a visa at the Embassy. 
• Holding a visa allows you to travel to a port of entry and request permission to enter the country. The official from the Immigration Institute of Mexico (INM) at the point of entry has the ultimate decision on admission of travellers. Holding a visa does not guarantee entry to Mexico.

In addition to a valid passport or travel document and visa (if applicable), immigration officials may ask for documents proving the length and purpose of your trip, for example:

• Return airplane tickets and accommodation bookings
• Travel itinerary in Mexico or purpose of the trip
• Financial means to cover travel expenses during the stay in Mexico