Your move plan

Plan your move to Mexico, one step at a time.

Answer three quick questions and see what to do first. Free to start, no card.

Two ways in

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  • Your setup saved: city, second city, target date, household and pets
  • The Stage 1 starter checklist
  • Your basic tool results, kept with their date
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The full plan

$399 · one payment · 12 months · plus tax

  • A dated plan generated from your move date, with reminders at 30, 7 and 1 days once you confirm a date
  • Your deadline tracker, with the 30-day canje clock
  • Your document packet, built from your route, consulate and household
  • Your landing budget, line by line
  • The ten guides, inside the plan
  • One Planning Session with Paul, included and bookable after day 16
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What you enter stays yours, including after the year ends.

The route

Eight stages, from deciding to settled

01DecideFree account
  • Destination chosen, or a shortlist of two
  • Budget tested in the Cost of Living Calculator
  • City Match Quiz taken
02QualifyFull plan
  • Residency route chosen
  • Eligibility tested against the current thresholds
  • Residency Quick Start completed
03PrepareFull plan
  • Document packet assembled
  • Consulate chosen, its requirements checked
  • Appointment requested
04ApplyFull plan
  • Consulate appointment attended
  • Visa issued
  • Entry date known
05Enter and exchangeFull plan
  • Entered Mexico
  • Canje started inside its 30-day clock
  • Residency card in hand
06LandFull plan
  • First nights secured
  • CURP obtained
  • Bank account opened
07Set upFull plan
  • Lease signed, or purchase closed
  • IMSS enrollment done, or private cover in place
  • Money plumbing working: CLABE, transfers, bills
08SettleFull plan
  • Residency renewal dates on the calendar
  • First tax-year records kept
  • Plan marked complete

Free tools

Six tools that do the planning

See how the tools fit together

“I packed two suitcases and flew to Guanajuato in 2018. The bank took three attempts.”

Paul Green · Guanajuato, Mexico · About Paul

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