Free tool
Canje Clock
Verified November 2026 · Source: IMSS, INM and Mexican consulate pages
Your entry date to the 30-day canje deadline, counted for you. Inside the full plan the deadline lands in your tracker with reminders at 30, 7 and 1 days, armed only when you confirm the date.
Your entry date starts the clock
Enter Mexico on a residency visa and you have 30 days to start the canje, the exchange of the visa for your residency card, at an INM office. Enter the date you entered, or will enter, and the clock shows your deadline.
Track it in your plan
Inside My Mexico Move, this deadline sits in your tracker with reminders at 30, 7 and 1 days, armed only when you confirm the date. The rule is public knowledge; the tracking is the plan's.
The 30-day window is counted from the entry stamp in your passport. Miss it and the visa can lapse, which is why this single clock is the highest-value deadline in the whole move. The Visa Toolkit walks the canje itself, office by office.
The rule behind the clock
How to read your result
Enter the date on your entry stamp and the clock counts to day 30: that is the deadline to start the canje, the exchange of your visa sticker for your residency card, at an INM office. There is no grace built into the number, and missing the window can let the visa lapse, which is why this single clock is the highest-value deadline in the whole move. Count from the stamp, not from your flight date or the day you reach your city: the stamp is the only start the rule knows.
The rule is public knowledge; the tracking is the plan's. On this page the clock is a calculator. Inside My Mexico Move the same deadline sits in your tracker, and once you confirm the entry date it arms reminders at 30, 7 and 1 days, so the deadline reaches you before it arrives. The Visa Toolkit walks the canje itself, office by office, when the day comes.
Common questions
What does starting the canje mean?
Opening the exchange process at an INM office inside the 30 days, not finishing it. The card follows the process; the window governs the start.
I have not entered Mexico yet. Can I set the clock?
Enter the date you will enter, and the deadline counts from it. Inside the plan, reminders arm only when you confirm the date, so an unconfirmed plan date never reminds you by accident.
Why does one deadline get its own tool?
Because it is the one deadline that can end the move on its own. Every other date in the plan can slip and be recovered; this one runs from a stamp you already have.
The tools work inside a plan
Each of these tools writes into the My Mexico Move plan: the packet lands at Stage 3, the canje deadline in your tracker, your IMSS band at Stage 7. The plan is the dashboard for your move: one year, everything tied together.