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Last updated: September 10, 2026

# Mexican consulate visa requirements, post by post

Since July 2025 there is one national rule and fifty local conversions of it. Knowing which is which is the difference between preparing correctly and preparing to a number somebody stopped updating.

Quick answer

Every Mexican consulate now applies **one national formula** set in UMA by the Lineamientos of **25 July 2025**, so posts no longer set their own income requirements. What still differs is the **local currency conversion**, how recently the post updated it, the **appointment wait** and small document rules. Apply at the post with **jurisdiction over where you live**, and prepare to the higher of its figure and the national one.

Written by Hassan Yassine

Founder of GetMexicoVisa. Legal review by a licensed Mexican immigration lawyer is being added. Until then every regulatory figure on this page cites its primary source directly, listed at the foot of the page.

## One national rule since July 2025

This used to be a genuinely hard problem. Before 2025 each consulate set its own minimum income and published it in local currency, and the same applicant could qualify at one post and not at the next. Advice from that era, which is still most of what is online, is organised around that difference.

The **Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas**, published in the Diario Oficial on 25 July 2025, replaced it with one formula expressed in UMA and applied nationally. For 2026 the UMA is MXN 117.31 a day, which makes the temporary income threshold **MXN 79,771 a month** and the savings threshold **MXN 1,344,373**.

What that means for you is simple. If a page tells you to shop around for a consulate with a lower income requirement, it is describing a system that no longer exists.

## Which post is yours, and why it is not the nearest

There are around fifty Mexican consulates in the United States and a smaller network in Canada, and each has a defined jurisdiction over named states, provinces or counties. **You apply to the one that covers your address.**

This catches people constantly, because the consulate nearest on a map is frequently in a neighbouring state that a different post covers. Turning up outside your district is a routine reason to be turned away before the interview, after months of waiting.

Check the post's own jurisdiction page

Every consulate publishes the states or counties it serves. Find yours on the SRE directory and read that page before you book, because the appointment system will not stop you booking at the wrong one.

If your own post has no appointments for months, the answer is usually to wait rather than to travel. Some posts will consider an out of district applicant in particular circumstances, and that is a question to put to them directly rather than an assumption to buy a flight on.

## What genuinely still varies

| Fixed nationally | Varies by post |
| --- | --- |
| The UMA multiples for every route | The local currency figure and its exchange rate |
| The peso amount the multiples produce | How recently the post updated that figure |
| The consular fee, MXN 913.15 | Whether it is taken by card, cash or money order |
| The categories of visa | Appointment wait, from about two months upward |
| The requirement for original stamped statements | How joint accounts are read |
| The visa itself, once granted | Photograph handling and small format rules |

The conversion difference is normally a few percent, which only matters if you are close to the line. Where it matters more is when a post has not refreshed its sheet since the January UMA change, at which point its published figure can sit noticeably away from the current national one in either direction.

The rule that follows is short: **prepare to the higher of the two.** It costs nothing and removes the one variable you cannot control on the day.

## Posts we have read, with the date

We publish a consulate's figures only where we have read that post's own page and recorded when. Everything else on this page is the national rule. That is a deliberate limit: a table with a number in every cell would look more useful and would be partly invented, and inventing consulate thresholds is exactly how other sites ended up publishing figures a quarter or more below the truth.

### Leamington, Ontario

Read on 10 September 2026, from the consulate's own requirements page.

| Item | What the post publishes |
| --- | --- |
| Temporary, income | CAD 6,461 a month, last 6 months |
| Temporary, savings | CAD 108,894 average, last 12 months |
| Each dependent | CAD 2,090, on either route |
| Statements | Original, with stamp and signature |
| Appointments | MiConsulado only, typically two months out |
| Payment | Credit or debit card only |
| Photograph | 3.5 by 4.5 cm, under six months old, no glasses, white background |

Look at what that data shows. All three of Leamington's Canadian dollar figures convert to the national UMA multiples at one consistent rate, which is good evidence the national formula is being applied as written rather than reinterpreted locally.

A worked example of a stale sheet

One United States post's 2025 requirements sheet states the savings threshold as **11,400 UMA** where the current text says **11,460**, describes it as an end of month balance where the Lineamientos say monthly average, and computes its dollar figures on the 2025 UMA. None of that makes the post wrong to apply its own sheet. It makes the case for preparing a file that satisfies both readings.

## United States posts

Mexican consulates that United States applicants most often use include **Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, San Francisco, Denver, Seattle, Atlanta, Boston, San Diego, Las Vegas and New Orleans**, alongside many smaller posts.

For all of them the national rule applies: **MXN 79,771 a month** or **MXN 1,344,373** in average savings for temporary residency, and **MXN 133,733** or **MXN 5,378,664** for permanent. Each post converts that into dollars on its own page.

We have not yet read every one of those pages and we will not publish a figure we have not read. The reliable process is the same everywhere: find the post with jurisdiction over your address, open its requirements page, and prepare to the higher of its figure and the national one. Appointment waits are the real difference between them, and Miami has been reported at three to six months.

## Canadian posts

Canadian applicants generally use **Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary or Leamington**. The same national formula applies, converted into Canadian dollars by each post.

Leamington is the one we have read in full, and its figures are above. Montreal publishes a useful page addressed specifically to retirees and to family reunification, which is where a Canadian retiree working out [which visa applies to them](https://getmexicovisa.com/retire-in-mexico-visa) should start.

## Appointments, and the one warning worth repeating

Every post books through **MiConsulado** at citas.sre.gob.mx. It is the only channel and it is free.

Leamington's own guidance is representative and worth quoting for what it tells you about the system: apply at least two months before you intend to travel, appointments are typically booked two months out, the consulate cannot accommodate urgent appointments based on travel plans, and a visa appointment booked under another service such as a passport is cancelled automatically.

Nobody sells appointment slots legitimately

A United States consulate has publicly warned about people reselling MiConsulado slots. Nobody outside the consulate controls that queue. **We do not book, resell or secure appointments**, and anyone charging you for one is selling access they do not have.

## What every post asks for

From the posts we have read and from applicant reports, the core file is the same everywhere.

-   The **visa application form**, completed and signed.
-   **Passport**, original and a copy of the photograph page, plus proof of your own legal status where you are applying if you are not a citizen there.
-   One **photograph**, 3.5 by 4.5 cm, recent, face uncovered, no glasses, white background, no filters.
-   **Original bank or investment statements, issued and stamped by the bank**, covering the full lookback, in your own name as it appears on your passport.
-   For an income application, documents showing **employment or pension income**.
-   The **consular fee**, MXN 913.15, in the local equivalent and by whatever method that post accepts.

The [temporary residency guide](https://getmexicovisa.com/mexico-temporary-resident-visa) covers what the officer is looking for in those documents, and the [calculator](https://getmexicovisa.com/mexico-residency-income-calculator) will tell you where your own figures sit against the national thresholds before you start.

## Frequently asked questions

### Do Mexican consulates still set their own income requirements?

No, not since the Lineamientos published in the Diario Oficial on 25 July 2025 replaced per consulate amounts with one national formula in UMA. What still varies is the conversion: each post publishes the peso requirement in local currency at its own rate and updates it on its own schedule, so published figures differ by a few percent and sometimes by more when a sheet is stale.

### Which Mexican consulate should I apply to?

The one with jurisdiction over where you live, which is often not the nearest. Around fifty Mexican consulates in the United States and several in Canada each cover named states, provinces or counties. Applying outside your district is a routine reason for being turned away, so check the post's own jurisdiction page before booking.

### Can I apply at a different consulate if mine has no appointments?

Generally not. Jurisdiction follows your residence rather than your convenience, and a post that is not yours can decline the application. Some posts will consider an applicant from outside their district in particular circumstances, which is a question to ask that post directly rather than an assumption to travel on.

### How do I book a Mexican consulate appointment?

Through MiConsulado at citas.sre.gob.mx, which is the only channel. Booking is free. The Leamington consulate warns that appointments are typically two months out and that it cannot accommodate urgent requests based on travel plans, and it also warns that a visa appointment booked under another service, such as a passport, is cancelled automatically.

### Why does my consulate's page show a different income figure from other sites?

Three usual reasons. The post converted the peso figure at its own exchange rate. The post has not updated since the January UMA change. Or the other site is quoting a pre-reform per consulate amount, or a dollar figure it set years ago and never revisited. The peso figure derived from the UMA multiple is the one that has not moved.

### What should I prepare to if my consulate's figure differs from the national one?

Whichever is higher. A post applies the sheet in front of the officer, and a stale sheet can be above or below the national calculation. Preparing to the higher of the two costs nothing and removes the only variable you cannot control on the day.

### Do all Mexican consulates require bank statements with a stamp?

Every post we have read requires original statements issued and stamped by the bank rather than printouts from online banking, and Leamington states it explicitly. Treat it as universal and establish early whether your bank can produce them, because online-only banks sometimes cannot.

### Are consulate interviews conducted in English?

At United States and Canadian posts, generally yes, and applicants report interviews of about twenty minutes with predictable questions about where the money comes from and what you will do in Mexico. There is no language requirement for either residency status.

### Can I pay the consular fee in cash?

It depends on the post. Leamington states that payment is by credit or debit card only. Others accept cash or a money order. This is exactly the kind of detail that is only on the post's own page, and turning up with the wrong payment method costs an appointment.

### Is there any way to get a consulate appointment faster?

No, and be careful here. A United States consulate has publicly warned about people reselling appointment slots. Booking is free through MiConsulado and nobody outside the consulate controls the queue. We do not book, resell or secure appointments and no legitimate service does.

## Sources

Primary texts read on September 10, 2026. Where a figure could not be confirmed in a primary source, the page says so in the sentence that uses it.

-   [Consulado de México en Leamington, Temporary Resident Visa](https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/leamington/index.php/non-mexicans/visas/115-temporary-resident-visa) read in full on 10 September 2026: the figures, the stamped-statement rule, the appointment and payment rules quoted on this page.
-   [Lineamientos Generales para la expedición de visas, DOF 25 July 2025](https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5763837&fecha=25/07/2025) the national formula that replaced per consulate amounts.
-   [INEGI, Unidad de Medida y Actualización](https://www.inegi.org.mx/temas/uma/) UMA 2026 of MXN 117.31 a day.
-   [MiConsulado](https://citas.sre.gob.mx) the only appointment channel, for every post.
-   [Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores](https://www.gob.mx/sre) the directory of consulates and their jurisdictions.

## Building the file for your post

Part of what we do is read your consulate's current page and build the file to it rather than to a general checklist, including the small rules that only exist there. Full Service is **USD 599, paid once**, through to the resident card.

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**This page is general information, not legal advice.** It explains Mexican immigration rules as they stood on the date shown, for a general audience. Reading it creates no client relationship with GetMexicoVisa, and nobody here has reviewed your situation. Rules, fees and processing times change without notice and consular practice varies by post, so verify anything you are about to rely on against the official source (the DOF, SRE or INM) or ask us before you act. [Read the terms](https://getmexicovisa.com/terms). Last updated: September 10, 2026.

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