I am a US citizenship and want to get dual citizenship with Mexico to inherit and own property later..?

Question

How would I go about it?

Answer 1

I'm an American and live in Mexico (along with thousands of other Americans) To get citizenship you have to LIVE in Mexico and be able to prove it, get an FM3 (type of visa), keep it for 5 years, then get an FM2 (type of visa), keep it for 5 years then you can become a citizen if you petition for it. And NO, you do not lose your American citizenship. The only way you lose your American citizenship is if YOU renounce it or are convicted of treason. You can OWN property that is near a border or the shore with a 50 year bank trust renewable for 50 more years. Or, if away from the border (on the mainland) you get clear title. Or, with a business corporation, you can own with title, the building the business is in that is near a border or the ocean.

Answer 2

If you are born an American citizen you can't have dual citizenship. If you choose, as an American, to pick-up another citizenship in another country you will be forced by the American government to forfeit your American citizenship. The only reason people of dual citizenship with America because they were not born American citizens but rather immigrated to America and passed the citizenship test. Their home country will let them keep their citizenship in their home country. But I don't understand why you would need citizenship in Mexico to inherit property. People own property in 2 or more countries without being citizens of that particular country.

Answer 3

If you are a U.S. citizen with no ancestors having been born in Mexico, you are not a candidate for dual citizenship. Should be you able to prove you are a descendant of Mexican parents, grandparents, or great grandparents, you may be able to qualify for dual citizenship in the U.S. and Mexico.

I suggest you contact Mexican Embassy, 1911 Pennsylvania Av., NW, Washington, D.C.

Answer 4

Go to Mexico and get an atty.

Sadly, the Mexicans remember the Alamo too -- and therefore have a deep distrust of immigrants, especially Gringos. In some places the government is barred -- in the Constitution!! -- from employing people who have even one parent, or even one grandparent, who was not born in Mexico!

Worse yet, the Mexican real estate laws are pretty complex.

If you figure out how to own property in Mexico, let me know, because I want to retire in southern Mexico.