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3 years ago

Entering as a Tourist Before Using Your Resident Visa?

3 years ago
When I received my residencia permanente visa at my consulate, I asked if I could enter as a tourist for a week or so, to apartment hunt, before using my resident visa. My consulate assured me that this would be fine, and that if the immigration agent at the airport asked about the RP visa in my passport--if they even saw it--to explain what I was doing, tell them I didn't have enough time on this trip to start the canje process, and that all would be well.

Reading some comments on another expat blog, I came across a post by another fellow who wanted to do the same thing. His consulate, in another state, told him that no, he couldn't do that, and that the next time he entered Mexico he had to do it on the resident visa.

One of those consulates is wrong.

While I appreciate that each consulate does things a wee bit differently, this sort of thing isn't one I would think there would be a difference of opinion on. Either INM will let you do this or they won't. I don't think they much care which consulate you worked through.

Has anyone here done this sort of thing? If so, what was the result? I can't be the only one who has had, or will have, the same question.

Thanks in advance...

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