Becoming a resident gets a lot harder after NY's

FYI, then I am locking this thread:

The most common minimum annual income required to sponsor a spouse for a marriage-based green card is $21,137. This assumes that the sponsoring spouse — the U.S. citizen or current green card holder — is not in active military duty and that the couple has no children.

The income requirements increase based on family size. The amounts will also be higher for residents of Alaska and Hawaii than for residents of the 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.

If you applied the same standards to the US, an applicant for permanent status would need income of $29,000 a month or savings of $1,160,000. That's a tough hurdle.

Not sure what all this has to do with rving in Mexico or South America but I'll bite. I wonder what the requirements are for other south american countries? Costa Rica in particular has some merit. Visited there a couple of times. Looks like it might be an option.

navegator wrote:
To help you guys calculate the minimum daily wage, this is from the Diario Oficial de la Nación, the oficial publication and is for the year of 2020 these are Mexican pesos not Dollars.

Salario minimo general DIARIO en México 2020..... $123.22
Minimum daily wage

Salario minimo general MENSUAL en México 2020.... $3,700.00
Minimum monthly wage

Incremento porcental total del salario minimo general en México (respecto a

$102.68 en 2019).....20%
This how much the minimum wage will increase for 2020 in persentage


navegator

Minimum daily wages in Mexico are only about $6.50 US? And the information I saw was that is based on a 9 hour day making it less than 75 cents per hour.. I was making more than that as a busboy in the early 70s while in high school.

To help you guys calculate the minimum daily wage, this is from the Diario Oficial de la Nación, the oficial publication and is for the year of 2020 these are Mexican pesos not Dollars.

Salario minimo general DIARIO en México 2020..... $123.22
Minimum daily wage

Salario minimo general MENSUAL en México 2020.... $3,700.00
Minimum monthly wage

Incremento porcental total del salario minimo general en México (respecto a

$102.68 en 2019).....20%
This how much the minimum wage will increase for 2020 in persentage


navegator

bighatnohorse wrote:

qtla9111 wrote:
"If you intend to apply for permanent residency you will need to demonstrate an income per month over the past six months of at least 500 days’ worth of minimum wage or have savings equivalent amounting to 20,000 days’ worth of minimum wage (approximately US$108,000*) over the past 12 months."

With all due respect, could you provide a link to the source for this information.
If I quote it, I prefer to have named source other than "on the internet".
Thanks in advance. . .

I never name a sourse as "on the internet". Here is the official INM website and the information in Spanish and English.

Documentos necesarios (Necessary Documents)

En el caso de pensionados o jubilados deberán presentar:

a) Comprobante de inversiones o cuentas bancarias con saldo promedio mensual equivalente a veinticinco mil días de salario mínimo general vigente en la Ciudad de México durante los últimos doce meses.

b) Documentos que demuestren que cuenta con ingresos o pensión mensual libre de gravámenes equivalente a quinientos días de salario mínimo general vigente en la Ciudad de México, durante los últimos seis meses

In the case of pensioners or retirees, they must present:

a) Proof of investments or bank accounts with an average monthly balance equivalent to twenty-five thousand days of minimum wage in force in Mexico City during the last twelve months.

b) Documents proving that you have a tax-free monthly income or pension equivalent to five hundred days of the minimum wage in force in Mexico City, during the last six months

Every consulate has their own "interpretation" of the law regarding residency. I got my permanente approval in my 50's at the consulate in SD. I used a savings account.

It pays to shop around.

qtla9111 wrote:
"If you intend to apply for permanent residency you will need to demonstrate an income per month over the past six months of at least 500 days’ worth of minimum wage or have savings equivalent amounting to 20,000 days’ worth of minimum wage (approximately US$108,000*) over the past 12 months."

With all due respect, could you provide a link to the source for this information.
If I quote it, I prefer to have named source other than "on the internet".
Thanks in advance. . .

When we got ours, it was based on our income, retirement or not, just what we could show was coming in.

Again, don't forget the net worth way.

My wife's pension is a lot larger than mine (university tenure) but she just retired this month so could not go for permanente as it is based on retirement income. I may see if its worth letting our temporal expire then reapply for permanente as a couple if we qualify. That would save one renewal. I could also plan to withdraw a monthly amount from my RRSP (401K) for 6 months to jack up my income.