Remote work in Mexico

Working remotely on visitor status

Law does not say clearly for remote work

Visitor status (up to 180 days) gives no permission for activities subject to remuneration in the country. The law does not say whether remote work paid from abroad counts. The consulate says temporary residents may work only if paid from abroad.

• Ley de Migración, Art. 52 fr. I (Chamber of Deputies; text seen only via search extract, page unreachable)
• SRE consulate Houston: visa categories and work with foreign-paid salary

The route for remote workers

Residente temporal (temporary resident) by economic solvency; no dedicated nomad visa found

More than 180 days, under 4 years. Washington consulate 2025 sheet: 12-month balance of MXN 1,394,000 or MXN 83,640 monthly income for 6 months. Amounts vary by consulate.

• Mexican consulate Washington, Residente Temporal 2025 requirements sheet
• SRE consulate Houston visa page

Social security

EU/EEA coordination (A1)

No

US totalization agreement

No

Not among the 31 US agreements in force on SSA's POMS list. Without an agreement dual coverage is possible, since agreements exist to prevent paying into both systems. Mexican contribution duty for short stays not verified.

• SSA POMS GN 01701.005, agreements in force

How these arrangements work in general is on the guide page.

What we could not verify

• Could not open the Ley de Migración text directly; Art. 52 wording seen only in a search excerpt of Chamber of Deputies material.
• No official statement found on remote work for a foreign employer by a visitor.
• INM site and several consulate pages blocked by bot checks; solvency amounts differ by consulate.
• Mexico-US agreement said to be signed 2004 but not in force; the source was an SSA appendix that could not be opened.