Filing Criteria for Business Person Category (FMM)

The immigration authority shall file a foreign national with a non-immigrant status,  
under the visitor characteristics and the business person category, when one of the
following situations is present:

Non-paid or non-profitable activities with stay no longer than 180 days.

  • Foreign national who seeks to carry out real estate business exchange or
    rendering services.
  • Foreign national who establishes, develops or manage a foreign capital
    investment.
  • Foreign national who renders specialized services previously agreed or
    contained in a technology transfer agreement, patents and brands, machinery
    purchase and sale, and personnel technical training equipment or any other
    production process of a company settled in Mexico.
  • Foreign national who performs professional activities under the terms of the Free
    Trade Agreements signed by Mexico.
  • Foreign national who attends meetings or sessions of the board of directors of
    companies legally established in Mexico.
  • Foreign national who performs management, executive activities, or activities that
    imply specialized knowledge in a company or in a subsidiary or affiliated located
    in Mexico.

If the business person visitor wants to extend his/her stay in Mexico and the entry
circumstances have remained unchanged, he/she may request an FM3 as visiting
business person non-immigrant with non-profitable activities.
Results in shorter
processing times.
FMM - Multiple Immigration Form
Short-term Immigration document under the Non-Immigrant (Status)
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