🇲🇽 Mexico · Student Visa
Student visa categories, eligibility, required documents, work rights, and application steps.
Mexico’s temporary resident student visa is for foreign nationals whose main purpose is study in institutions belonging to the national education system, normally for stays longer than 180 days.
- The SRE portal lists study, international-mobility instruments and financial solvency or scholarship/financing evidence as key evidence paths.
- Students must process the temporary resident student card within 30 calendar days after entering Mexico.
- Work authorization for student residents requires INM review; do not assume a student visa permits paid work.
Official authorities
- SRE — temporary resident student visa
Official student visa category page.
- INM — migration procedures microsite
Official INM procedure portal for residence and work-permit steps.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.