Just Get The Residency: The Practical Guide For People Who Actually Want To Live In Mexico

When we started looking into Mexican Temporary Residency we expected to find clear, practical guidance written by people who had actually been through it. What we found instead was conflicting information, outdated government websites, and guides written by people who had clearly never sat in an INM waiting room in their lives.We are Ceri and Dwayne, two British nomads who have spent six years living and travelling full time across multiple continents. We currently live in Baja California Sur, Mexico, in a converted school bus named Skyla, with our two chihuahuas Tank and Queso.In 2025 we applied for Mexican Temporary Residency through the Vancouver consulate, finalised our paperwork at the INM office in Cabo San Lucas, and came out the other side with residency cards and a very clear picture of everything we wished someone had told us before we started.This guide is that conversation. It covers the complete process from your first consulate appointment to the moment you collect your residency card. It includes the real costs at every stage, the documents you actually need, what to do if you're self employed or a contractor, how the family unit route works for couples who aren't married, and an honest breakdown of why acting sooner rather than later matters more every year.We are not immigration lawyers. We are not government officials. We are two people who did this themselves and wrote down everything that would have made it easier. That's the only qualification this guide claims and we think it's the most useful one. Read more