You won’t need to renew your permanent residence once you’ve received it.

Latin American countries include most of Central and South America. Countries on the Iberian Peninsula include Spain and Portugal.

You’ll need to have lived for 1 year in Mexico as either a temporary or permanent resident.

You can fill in the form on the computer or print it out and answer the questions by hand with black ink. Download the form here: http://sre. gob. mx/images/stories/docnatnacio/dnn3. pdf and bring 2 copies of it to your appointment.

There’s a possibility that the government will keep your original forms for their records, so make an extra third copy of each document as well. Leave it at home when you go to complete your application. Make copies of every page of your passport.

You’ll need the original document and 2 copies of this as well.

You’ll turn in the original form along with 2 copies.

Extra required forms could include a marriage certificate, parents’ birth certificates, or a birth certificate from a Latin American or Iberian country.

Call ahead to see if you should set up an appointment or if you can just drop the forms off. Once you turn in your forms, the government might take a year or more to review them.

The process can take a year or longer, so try to be patient! You can call to check on the status of your application at any time.