Once you become a legal Mexican citizen get married in a civil union by a Mexican judge in Mexico. This negates any financial criteria for your husband. Good luck…

Applications were suspended shortly after Covid began, so we gather that the two are linked.

Thank you very much for replying! What is the reason for the current suspension of citizenship applications? Covid or other? Again, thank you very much!

Hello Ian,

You yourself need to be legally resident for at least five years, unless you are married to a Mexican National in which case that would be 2 full years.

So you ought to be able to qualify for residency two years after your husband obtains his naturalization certificate; i.e. you don’t have to wait for the five years.

If you are both co-owners on the property’s title deed, then you’d both need to be naturalized to take your property out of the trust and hold it in your own names. If, however, only your husband is cited on the title deed, then you could begin the process to take the property out of the trust without delay. Contact a Notary Public to determine your options and to undertake the changes; see also:
https://www.mexperience.com/finding-a-notary-public-in-mexico/

If you need assistance with your naturalization application, our associates can help — see:
https://www.mexperience.com/lifestyle/living-in-mexico/relocation-consulting-request/

Can’t you just get a new Italian passport? Your Italian citizenship does not depend on you having a valid passport. The passport is merely proof of your Italian citizenship and allows you to travel abroad as an Italian. To give you some perspective, look at the USA: half of Americans do NOT even have a passport, but they all have US citizenship.

Hi Todd,
Under the rules, people 60 and over don’t need to take the exam, but there is an interview in which they expect you have at least a basic conversational capability in Spanish, so you ought to be able to converse at that basic level. You have time to practice as applications are currently suspended. You might find these courses helpful:
https://www.mexperience.com/tag/spanish-language-courses/

Hey Alejandro:
So to answer your question, with each consulate it depends on their way that they do a a process called Registro Civil or Civil Registry. You would not need to live in MX for 2 years if your dad can prove his MX citizenship and if your parents were married before you were born. If your parents were married after you were born, your dad would have to go to the consulate with you. I would check with the nearest MX consulate or embassy to you in either the US or South Korea. Also depending on the MX consulate that you go to you may not need to have your US Birth Certificate apostilled or translated. For me when I did this process, this was the case. Also on the MX consulate that you end up going to, you can look up who does the Registro Civil and send them a email with your situation and they will be more than willing to help you out.

Hi Danilo,

Re exam and date: you have to qualify with time in Mexico before you can apply, and you cannot get an exam date before you apply. If you are 60 or over, you are *exempt* from the exam.

Re other citizenships: this is a fluid issue — our associate could advise (see below).

Re: Exam study: there is a reading list of materials that the SRE provides.

Re: Applications — they are still suspended as of October 2021. We have no information about when they will be reopening appplications.

If you would like assistance with your application, you might consider using our associate’s support service. Details here:
https://www.mexperience.com/lifestyle/living-in-mexico/relocation-consulting-request/

Thanks very much
Danilo