Merida Mexico July 18th - 30th

[Tomcal]

I am going there in July(not the best time, hot, humid and frequent afternoon showers!)but I getting my permanent residency Visa! If you are 60 or older, and meet Mecico's financial requirements for monthly income and savings you can skip the 4 year TEMPORARY VISA And go right to permanent status. As a side benefit my Brazilian boyfriend is joining me there!

[msclelovr]

I assume that Congratulations are in order @Tomcal

Just two small questions: does this mean you will spend much more time there in future? And will you have to file and pay Mexican taxes on income and gains etc?

[Tomcal]

Thanks Msclelovr ! I plan on spending 2 weeks every other month there( more or less), I don't have to pay taxes on my income that is earned outside of Mexico, which is All of it. The only taxes I pay each year are my property taxes which are extremely low in Mexico.

I am not getting citizenship, just permanent residency, that allows me to open checking/savings bank accounts, go thru the Mexican citizen line at customs in the airport, apply for their hospitalization plan If wanted, etc., And most importantly I can stay in Mexico 1 day or 1 year or longer with no limit on my stay(s). 

Edited June 8, 2019 by tomcal

[Riobard]

Inquiring minds want to know: how did you convince MX you are 60 or older?

[Tomcal]

2 hours ago, Riobard said:

Inquiring minds want to know: how did you convince MX you are 60 or older?

It is easy to get fake docs in Mexico and I have quite a few friends in the local Gov't there now! LOL!

[mark123]

On ‎6‎/‎7‎/‎2019 at 4:19 PM, Tomcal said:

 As a side benefit my Brazilian boyfriend is joining me there!

LOL for anyone who has followed your well-documented sexcapades on this site over the years you would certainly appear to give a whole new meaning to the word 'boyfriend.' 

[Tomcal]

25 minutes ago, mark123 said:

LOL for anyone who has followed your well-documented sexcapades on this site over the years you would certainly appear to give a whole new meaning to the word 'boyfriend.' 

I have slowed down this past year, and I do have someone special! Thats all I am saying right now in case I slip up and fall back into old habits!  LOL

[caeron]

Hoping things work out for you two Tomcal!

 

[floridarob]

On 6/8/2019 at 2:57 PM, Tomcal said:

 I plan on spending 2 weeks every other month there( more or less)

I'll believe that when I see it.

On 6/8/2019 at 2:57 PM, Tomcal said:

I am not getting citizenship, just permanent residency

Plus you  don't have to pay the 23-26 usd tourism tax on every ticket.

 

On 6/8/2019 at 10:55 PM, Tomcal said:

I have slowed down this past year,

So how was the 19 yr old Latino in LAX the other night??

 

On 6/8/2019 at 7:36 PM, Tomcal said:

I have quite a few friends in the local Gov't there now!

You mean you've done a few that work for the government, lol

[msclelovr]

I sense that @floridarob may be a modern version of Edith Wharton with a clear-eyed vision of @Tomcal‘s progress through Mexican society

[Tomcal]

3 hours ago, msclelovr said:

I sense that @floridarob may be a modern version of Edith Wharton with a clear-eyed vision of @Tomcal‘s progress through Mexican society

FloridaRob I met in Rio in 2002, and against all odds became my best friend, and is the one who talked me into checking out Merida!  I went to visit him, and literally met a guy 10 minutes after arriving while we were walking to  bar owned by a friend ours there.  He does know me best...but has a propensity to exaggerate! A lot!  LOL

[Riobard]

[Tomcal]

that is the park i met the hustler 10 minutes  after arriving my first trip almost 3 years ago!

[Riobard]

Well ...  if I wanted it exclusively about stained glass and not stained panties I should have started a new topic.

[SolaceSoul]

On 6/7/2019 at 3:19 PM, Tomcal said:

I getting my permanent residency Visa! If you are 60 or older, and meet Mecico's financial requirements for monthly income and savings you can skip the 4 year TEMPORARY VISA And go right to permanent status. As a side benefit my Brazilian boyfriend is joining me there!

Congrats for you are in order.

I recently looked into planning on doing this in Brazil, as it had a retirement / pension visa. The monthly income requirements or any kind of annuity or pension were (for me) very low — only $6000R a month! — and the minimum age requirement had been lowered from 60 to 50. And like the one in Mexico, it had perks that you can’t get from a tourist visa — ability to work legally, federal healthcare, permanent residency, come and go as you please and stay as long as you wish, banking options, etc. So, I was planning to do it in a year or so. However, I learned from the Brazilian Consulate that as of Jan. 1, 2018, the Brazilian legislature inexplicably suspended the pension visa.

[Riobard]

Many of the Instagram hunks in my feed this week are using some neck-up aging app to look like baby boomers.

Empathy with solidarity, or a send-up? It seems to be done with humourous intent. 

Maybe something like that would help sneak in the back door.