Originally posted by gnukid
Its the old, chicken before the egg.
A poster asked, "do you have papers?", but an american choosing to work in mexico would be required to get their papers for FM-3 accionista as opposed
to tourista or rentista through their mexican employer. You can't have a valid FM-3 which authorizes you to work prior to having a working
relationship with a valid employer, since the FM-3 is based on a letter from the employer and a valid RFC #, though, a prospective employee could
prepare an FM-3 in advance and all documentation of skills, with translated verisions, bank statements and photos, but these could not be registered
or valid with the office of immigration or the hacienda until the employer provided the RFC number and the letters of employment, ensuring that taxes
will be paid.
If you go to the effort in advance to prepare the papers, you find yourself in a catch-22 in that they can not be completed until you have the job, so
you will have incomplete in process papers that you will have to pay a fee to be updated when it's complete and they are not valid until complete.
Comlicating this more, one can not have two visas in process, for example you can't have a valid tourist visa and a FM-3 valid. Basically it will cost
nearly double to try to prepare in advance, which is why they say, "go slowly in mexico."
If an employer wants to hire an employee, the employee can theoretically begin to train while papers are in process with the office and often these
things can be handled in only a few days if you are in a city with an office such as La Paz, but if there isn't an office there, you have some
reasonable excuse as to why things would take longer. |
