Living in Mexico on a tourist Visa. Legal or Illegal?

[qtla9111]

Interesting.

Living In Mexico On A Tourist Visa

[silversand]

Thanks Chris. That video was very informative.

I'd heard of this "perpetual tourist visa" happening many years ago in Mexico (more than 20 years ago) when I was in Campeche. I asked a friend of mine, who was Minister of Justice for Campeche State about it, but the PRI wasn't interested in pursuing the weakness in the migracion (system) back then.

This same side-stepping of the rules was wide-spread across the Republics down the Isthmus. The tourist visa rules started changing in Republics like Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and El Salvador around 2000 / 2001, making it difficult for tourist visa "border hopping" to renew their 90 days back and forth to occur, thereby chasing out a certain cohort of "tourist". I think that Panama was more strict in "those days" about border hopping, if I recall.

[qtla9111]

I posted it because it helps to clarify some misconceptions many people have about Mexico and how rules can easily be circumvented.

Things are changing, more than I would like with the current government, but some of the changes are for the better.

[Talleyho69]

He sure took a long time to not say much.

It was interesting though.