HOW MANY YEARS TO WAIT TO BE PERMANENT RESIDENT HERE IN MEXICO!

matt28 wrote:

I have my permanent residency having married a Mexican
Once the government changed last year so did the rules.
You can get your residency for just under 5000 pesos.

The new immigration law was done by the previous president and was started Nov. 11th 2012. Pena took office in Dec. 2012.

You obviously had a FM2 or FM3 before applying for a Residente Permanente under the new law with the "Vincuko Familiar" part of the new law.

First timers applying under the "Vinculo Familiar" law married to a Mexican National, without children have to get a 2 year Residente Temporal visa/card first before getting a Residente Permanente card.

If you applied before March 15th 2013 you might have gotten a Residente Temporal card for up to 4 years for first timers not married to a Mexican National but after March 15th they were only getting a 1 year Residente Temporal.

The actual "Viniculo Familiar" law states the spouse of a Mexican National with no children from the marriage, can get a Residente Permanente card first but in practice first timers could only get a 2 year Residente temporal first then a Residente Permanente.

All the other posterŽs experiences are correct and your experience is unique from their experiences.

If you showed proof of financial solvency and did not use the "Vinculo Familiar" law to get a Residente Permanente visa without showing financial solvency and you are a first timer that is a different situation.

The OP is a first timer.