Money & Taxes
Mexico’s Annual Tax Return for Individuals: Who Files and How
The declaración anual is due every April. Who is required to file, who can skip it, the personal deductions and their cap, and how to file on the SAT portal.
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Money & Taxes
Sending Money to Mexico: SPEI, CLABE, Fees and Exchange Rates
How domestic transfers work, what you need to receive money from the US or elsewhere, where to compare fees and exchange rates, and the reporting rules.
Money & Taxes
Aguinaldo in Mexico: How the Christmas Bonus Works and Is Taxed
Every employee in Mexico, including part-year and domestic workers, is owed a year-end bonus. The math, the tax-free slice for 2026 and what to do if it does not arrive.
Residency & Visas
Lost Mexican Resident Card: How to Replace It With INM
Losing the card does not cancel your residency, but you need INM's reposición before life gets complicated at banks, notaries and airports.
How to Get Temporary Residency in Mexico: Income, Savings, Steps
The visa comes from a Mexican consulate outside Mexico, the card from INM after you land. The money test is set in UMA, and each consulate prints its own figures.
Earthquake Preparedness in Mexico City: Alerts, Drills and Kits
The city has a public earthquake alarm, regular drills and street loudspeakers. How the warning works, what to do in the seconds you get and how to prepare your home.
Mexican Tax Residency for Foreigners: When SAT Taxes Your Income
Tax residency in Mexico depends on where your home and your center of vital interests are, not on your visa or a day count. What changes once you qualify.
Mexico City Metro Fare and the Integrated Mobility Card
One rechargeable card covers Metro, Metrobús, Tren Ligero, Trolebús, Cablebús and Ecobici. What it costs, where to load it and when you can just tap a bank card.
Does Medicare Work in Mexico? Coverage Rules for US Retirees
What Medicare pays for south of the border, what Medigap and Medicare Advantage add, and the penalty math behind keeping or dropping Part B while you live in Mexico City.
Día de Muertos in Mexico City: Parade, Ofrendas and Mixquic
From the alebrijes parade in mid-October to La Alumbrada in Mixquic on November 2, the capital's Day of the Dead season, recapped from 2026 with dates for next year.