A student visa is not necessary before your trip to the University of Guanajuato. Nevertheless, you should receive the original letter of acceptance from the University of Guanajuato previous to your trip to Mexico.

• You should show your original letter of acceptance to the immigration agent when you arrive to the airport and/or point of entry
• You must request to the immigration officer to check the option STUDENT and then VISITOR NONPROFIT ACTIVITY-OTHERS
• In case of requesting an extension of your studies in Mexico for longer than 180 days in total, consider that you must abandon the country to obtain a student visa in any consulate or embassy of Mexico in any foreign country.

In the airline you travel or in the point of entry you will be provided with a Customs Declaration from travelers arriving from abroad in which you specify the goods you bring with you, in case of:

• More than 10,000 dollars or its equivalent in national or foreign currency in cash or checks or a combination of both. This declaration DOES NOT produce any tax.
• Animals, plants or
• Merchandise different from your luggage

The declaration is delivered to the authorized personnel in customs, in the previous exit from the airport. Besides you may be submitted to a reviewing process, which is RANDOM, and works with an automated selection mechanism or traffic light:

Green light: No review
Deliver the customs declaration form to the personnel in charge. You may exit the premises.

Red light: Review
The process is simple, just deliver your customs declaration form and the personnel will proceed with the physical inspection of your luggage. In case there is no inconsistency they will indicate you can close your luggage and exit.

We will schedule a date with the personnel from the legal department from the University of Guanajuato to review the immigration documents and orient you if necessary. It is probable that you do not have to make any additional requests if the present documents are in order.

In case you require to extend your residence in Mexico, you must begin the extension request thirty days before your FMM expiration date. For that, you must assist to the INM’s regional delegation with the immigration form for Residence Documents duly filled, marking the option “Extend the residence”, and in the field “Specify”: the option “Issuing of Residence Card by Renewal”. Besides, you must fulfill with the other requirements established by INM.

As long as you are in the country you can request a work permit, as long as such activity is related with your studies, get the authorization from the University of Guanajuato, make the corresponding payment and request permission before the INM. Check the requirements in the page:

http://www.inm.gob.mx/static/Tramites_LM/Estancia_LM/Permiso_de_trabajo/Permiso_de_Trabajo.pdf

In case you lose your FMM, report it to the Public Ministry and then present at the INM’s regional delegation with the Migration Form for residence documents, marking the option “Canjear o reponer documento migratorio” and in the field “Especifique”(Specify) the option “Reposición de document migratorio por pérdida, robo o deterioro”, accompanied by the established requirements.

• Take care of your documents
• Always carry the original of your Temporal Student Residence Card
• Have a copy of your passport and your Temporal Student Residence Card in your e-mail
• If you travel on holidays to another country, check if you require a visa for that country
• Keep an additional physical or electronic copy of your passport and FMM for any eventuality.

Remember that the FMM is the document that proofs your regular residence in Mexico.

When you exit temporarily, the immigration federal agent SHOULD NOT withhold your FMM. You must keep it and present it again when you return to Mexico. It is important that when coming back to the country does not require a new FMM.

If you are going out temporarily from the country in the time you are requesting a documents from INM, and this organism withholds your documents, you should request a permit for DEPARTURE and RETURN.

If you are outside the country when the immigration document expires and fifty-five days have not passed, you can return to Mexico and should request the corresponding renewal of your document in a time no longer that five working days after your entry.

When you leave the country definitively, the immigration authority will review your valid passport, as well as your FMM.

In every moment, you will have immigration assistance from personnel from the University of Guanajuato.

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