Mexico has no digital nomad visa — here's what people use instead

No — not a dedicated one. Mexico has no digital-nomad-specific visa; remote workers use the Visa de Residente Temporal (Temporary Resident visa) — not a dedicated digital nomad visa instead, which has its own rules. Mexico has no dedicated digital nomad visa. Remote workers use the ordinary Temporary Resident visa; its published thresholds derive from a UMA-based rule and the USD figures vary by consulate. Mexico has NO dedicated digital nomad or remote-worker visa. Remote workers use the ordinary Temporary Resident visa on the economic-solvency ground. Amounts above are exactly as published by the Saint Paul consulate; other consulates publish different USD figures for the same UMA-based rule, so readers must check their own consulate. A nationwide SRE/INM page could not be reached (gob.mx and most consulmex mirrors block automated access). Tax treatment is left null: nothing on the page read addresses taxation of remote income, and Mexican tax residence turns on separate SAT rules not verified here.. Checked 18 August 2026.

$4,410 a month — Published by the Consulate General of Mexico in Saint Paul as the economic-solvency route: 'Últimos seis meses de recibos de sueldo, pensión o SSA con un ingreso mensual neto de $4,410 usd'. Alternative route: 'Comprobante de cuentas bancarias personales o de inversiones con un saldo promedio de $69,450 USD durante el último año'. Other routes listed: property in Mexico worth '$10,000,000 de pesos mexicanos' (stated as approx. '$588,235 USD'), or organisational sponsorship with '$14,705 usd' monthly minimum balance. The underlying INM thresholds are expressed in UMA/minimum-wage multiples and each consulate publishes its own USD conversion, so figures differ by consulate and change without notice.. That is the figure as published; check the official page for the current amount before you apply.

48 months on the initial permission; the consulate states the temporary resident visa covers stays 'mayor a 180 días y menor a 4 años'. the visa itself is issued as '6 meses para una única entrada a méxico'; after entering, the holder must attend inm to be issued the temporary resident card. card renewal terms are set by inm and were not verifiable on an official page.. Stretch counts the days either way and tells you the date you must be out.

A visa and tax residency are different things: the visa lets you stay, the tax rules follow the days you actually spend. Check Mexico's tax authority for the day test that applies to you.

Log the day you land and Stretch counts the days against the permission you are on, shows the date you must be out, and reminds you at 14, 7, 3 and 1 days. It also tallies the days that count towards tax residency, so the 183-day question answers itself. The counting and the alerts are free, forever.