How moving to Mexico CHANGED my life...(NOT what you'd expect) 🇲🇽
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- Опубликовано: 22 июл 2024
- As more and more people are considering making Mexico their new forever home, we decided to finally share the story of how moving to Mexico changed my life. In this episode, we delve into the reasons why I left my home of South Africa permanently and how my journey over the last 9 years of living abroad eventually brought me to my new forever home of Mexico 🇲🇽🙏🇿🇦
Thank you to Milly Arceo from Legally in Mexico for joining us in this episode 🤗
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What to Expect in this Video:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Why I moved to Mexico
04:40 Getting my Mexican Visa
05:56 Returning to South Africa
07:27 Returning to Mexico with a tourist visa
07:38 Getting married in Mexico
09:35 Applying for temporary residency in Mexico
10:04 Renewing Temporary Mexican Residency
10:42 Mexican Immigration Specialist
11:15 How can I move Mexico
11:40 Can I apply for a Mexican residency in Mexico
12:32 How Mexico changed me
19:51 Outro
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CAD $1 = MXN $13
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I am an Iranian who lived in USA for about 40 years. Although, I like US, specially where I live (Laguna Beach) and raised two kids but I am planning to move to Mexico City and retired in the most beautiful city in the world. Why? because of the great Mexican people, nice weather, amazing food and to listen to Jose Jose in a beautiful Mexican cafe.
*Hola amigo* 🙌
That's awesome! Really, this is incredible, we're so happy to hear these thoughts about our country and overall the love you have for it. Jose Jose is an icon of Mexican Music alongside Juan Gabriel, Vicente Fernandez, etc
Thank you for watching and for commenting amigo 🤩😍🫶
I am really happy to hear this. i am Iranian too and am trying to marry my Mexican boyfriend and move to Mexico City. I hope you have a good experience living in Mexico city.
Awesome, Mexico is a lovely place to live, we wish you the best on the process, and sending you all the great vibes so you can find Mexico as you forever home soon 🙏🙌. Saludos 🇲🇽
I love how patriotic Mexicans are and how you preserve your culture as well. Thank you for sharing your story with us. 😊🎉
Hola Kate, yes we Mexicans are very patriotic, and we love sharing our country with people from overseas while sharing our costumes and traditions. Thank you for watching and commenting amiga 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@ForTheRoadTravels Amen. And that is the reason why I keep coming back. I love Mexico and your culture.
Very good to hear lots of positive things about Mexico, otherwise people keep saying negative stuffs...that its unsafe to live in.
*Every country* has its negative stuff, but it does mean that all of it's bad, it's about what we focus on, we attract what it's in our minds. We stay away from the negative as much as we can, but not to the point of being ignorants, and we love sharing all the beauties and wonders of this amazing country!
Thank you Emmanuela for watching and commenting 🙏🤩🥰
@@ForTheRoadTravels you're most welcome.
Another great video, you two!
We LOVE Mexico, too! We fell in love with Mexico about 25 yrs ago. We are from Canada, and come back, yearly, because of the loving, kind Mexican people & the warm weather is a bonus! The Mexican people always seem very happy (& many Mexicans have so much less than Canadians!!). Love their culture, and that Family & Faith is so important. Thanks for sharing this message with us🌎😘
Aw, thank you so much Karen 🫶🙏
That's *amazing* to hear, where was the first place you visited? People here is incredibly and even more in the smaller towns. It's impressive that even they have less than many first world countries they are so greateful and happy. Thank you so much for watching and for leaving such a sweet and lovely comment. Sending you all the great vibes amiga 🥰🤗🥹
I am from Zimbabwe and have been living in Dallas for 30 years or so. I go to Mexico often and love the country . May retire there. Good for you living in Mexico. Not many South Africans living in Mexico .Mexicans are very warm people generally.
Awesome, that’s incredible 30 years wow. Mexico is beautiful, whereabouts in Mexico you visit often? No not many there might be in this region no more than 50 of SA 🇿🇦
Thank you so much for watching and commenting
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I loved learning more about your history, Simone and your journey with Geovanny. A nice personal video ❤❤
Aaah, thank you so much Kendrick 🫶🥰 It was so nostalgic going through all that old footage 🥹 We're so grateful our paths led us to each other, and to Mexico 🇲🇽🫶
I'm seriously considering it. Have been for a long time. I have a fixed income here, I'm in the US. It makes me nervous because I cannot work due to my disability.
Mexico is a wonderful place so is big! We recommend checking with place would suit you and always get the best advice from a expert as Milly 🙏🏼🙏🏼. Thank you for watching and commenting amigo 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Please be blessed
Gracias Juan, *sending* you lots of blessings too 🥰. Saludos amigo 🤗
You are welcome
Loved this short Video. Very informative. I fully appreciate your contributions. Thanks Rob
*Hola Rob* , thank you so much for watching and we're so happy you enjoyed our video, and you find valuable information in them 🙏
Wonderful video. Full of love!
Awwww, thank you so much amiga 🤗🥰
Love your videos! Keep up the great work.
*Hola Karen* 🙌
Thank you so much for your support, we are so blessed to have you as part of our community, thank you for your kind words. Sending you a big hug, and all the great vibes from PDC 🇲🇽 🫶
I think you hit it bang on! That is why I love it there.
*Awwww*, thank you amiga, we really love Mexico in general, and we are so blessed to be living in an amazing place in the country! Thank you for loving Mexico as well 🫶🤗
OMG thanks for naming me the fan of the week. So fun!
🥰🥰🥰 it's our pleasure, thank you for your support 🙏
Thanks guys for another beautiful share. Great seeing the different locations you filmed the video at. It was cool seeing them all again. Takes us back there. It will be good to see your upcoming video with Milly. She is definitely the #1 immigration facilitator in PDC. Big hugs. ❤
Hola Anthony & Michelle 🤗🤗 Ah ya, it must be so nostalgic for you both to see those spots again 🇲🇽Oh ya, Milly is an absolute EXPERT! We hope to work with her for my next round of immigration stuff 🙏 Sending you both a big hug 🤗
this video made my heart so happy. I needed this. thank you for sharing this 🥹❤
You're always so kind 🥰❤️ Thank you so much for following us along on our journey Annastayziaa, we always appreciate your support and are looking forward to the day we finally get to meet irl 🥲🥰🫶
Y’all are beautiful and I love how much you love your spouses culture, so amazing! I’m coming back in 2024 hopefully I can meet my very own Mexican hubby lol! Thanks for sharing!
Hola Jennie,
Thank you so much, the *Mexican* culture is incredible, and I am so blessed that Geo can show me all of his traditions, and all of the cultural aspects of this wonderful country 🫶🙏. You will see if you visualize and manifest, it will happen. Sending you all the great vibes and next thing you know, you will be in Mexico 🤭🤭. Saludos amiga 🥰🤗
Love Mexico and could definitely live there. I am glad to see you so happy with your decision, I Mexico people are very welcoming. Hope to see another great video soon!
*Hola Griselle* 🙌
First and foremost thank you for watching and commenting. Yes, Mexico is a wonderful place, despite what the media portrays is an incredible country. We'd love to see more of Mexico and find the place where we'd build our dream home 🫢. Thank you for your kind words and for being part of this community 🙏🤗
Beautiful video!
Proud to be Mexican. Thanks for the awesome video.
Awwww, thank you so much Pedro! Mexico is an amazing country! 🙌🤩
aw you two are sooo cuuuuuute 🥰
Thank you so much amiga 🫶🥰 We're so grateful to have each other and we tell each other that EVERY single day 🙏🙏🙏
you definetly deserve more subscribers
*Hola Amig@*, thank you so much! We hope the right people find our channel and become part of this beautiful community. Thank you for your kind words 😍🙏
I have lived in SA for one year. Now living in France.
I have decided to move to Mexico.
I will ask for a Mexican permanent residence visa at their embassy in France.
I want to move before any more problems develop here.
Wow, awesome amig@,
Where in SA did you live? That's great news, you can always also get some help from Mily check her details in the video description. Thanks for your kind comment 🙏🫶
Hey Guys, thanks for the valuable information we want to visit Mexico i have to watch all your videos , love from Iran
Awww, thank you so much amigos, we truly appreciate your comment, Mexico is a lovely place with so many places to explore, you will love Mexico for sure. Thanks again for watching.
Sending love back from Mexico too 🇲🇽 🙌
What an incredible story! I loved learning about you and how you transitioned from SA to Mexico. However, I must disagree about not being judged in Mexico for your economic position. Mexico is a very classist country and you're looked down for the way you dress, the house you live in and where your children go to school to. Classism in Mexio is rampant, especially in the central states. However I appreciate your positive outlook and hope more people were like you. Congratulations on your wonderful channel and keep up the good work!
Hey Roger 🤗🤗 Thank you - it really has been quite a journey 😅 Oh I totally get what you're saying, I definitely have noticed classism here 🥲 And specifically in the south of Mexico, classism and racism seem to go hand in hand, which was very saddening for me to discover 🙃😔 However, if I were to directly compare Mexico to South Africa, the level of classism here versus there is nothing. It's completely normal to see the streets filled with luxury cars, and see people living in homes far bigger than anything I've seen in Mexico 🫠 And if you don't have those things in SA, especially by the age of 30, people are going to feel very sorry for you 🤨 Either way, we all get to choose our friends and if someone is going to judge you based on your car/home/clothes, they're not going to make the cut 🙌🙌
I love Millie! She has always assisted me ! Highly recommend!
She is so lovely and so knowledgeable, and she has so many good reviews. We're glad you had her services! Thank you so much amiga!! 🤩🙏
Oh my gosh, yes, she is soooo knowledgeable and a true professional 🫶 I'm glad she was able to help you 🥰
Omg! I was born in Naples where you did your 1st internship but live in ny. Go back and forth often to these places and hoping in the next year or 2 to move to Mexico City for 6 months of the year. Cool story and inspiring 😎 even tho I speak the language 80% I’m still a little scared
Oh my gosh, what are the chances?? 👀🫶 Man, I loved my time there, I can't wait to go back one day 🥹 Wow, life in NY must feel so different to life in Naples 👀 That's awesome - Mexico City is so freaking cool and the food is unreal 🥲🙌 We wish you the best with your move 🫶
Ps the guide is SO GOOD!!
Awww, thank you so much amiga, we really appreciate this 🤩😍🙏
Beautiful video
Thank you so much Lori!! 🫶🙌
Thanks for this video..I love Mexico and I have experienced both Mexico City, Cancun and Playa del Carmen. My stays were always too short as I travel for FAM Trips of Sales Blitz. Now, I want a more authentic Mexican experience and hope to stay for 6weeks to 3 months. My job allows me to work remotely. I hope I can make direct connections with you as I work towards making this stay a possibility.
*Hola amig@* !
Thank YOU for watching 🙌
We totally understand, travelling for work is not the same as going for leisure. Mexico is more than just Cancun and Playa del Carmen, there are tiny towns with so much culture that represent what the real Mexican experience is about 🤗.
I love watching your experiences - you two are adorable :) I fell in love with Mexico the minute my feet touched the ground for the first time in Feb 2023. It is now my goal to relocate and I hope someday to meet you both for a coffee! ❤🤍💚
Ah, thank you so much, we're so happy to know that our videos have been fun for you to watch 🥰🥰 Yessss, what an inspiring goal to have! There really is nothing like the warmth and vibrance of Mexico and it's beautiful people 🙏🇲🇽🫶 We wishing you nothing but success with your big move 🥰🥰
@@ForTheRoadTravels Gracias!
@@manifesto63 De nada amiga, sending you all the great vibes 🤩
good information as always guys.
Awww, thank you very much amigos, we hope you're doing amazing 🤗🤩🫶
@@ForTheRoadTravels We are doing very well. Ready for this contract we are in to be over so when can get back to traveling for ourselves again.
@@meltonsonthemove Awesome, where are you guys planning to travel next?
@@ForTheRoadTravels Our next trip is for the "Woods of Terror" that we are working for. We are going to Universal Studios for Universal Horror Nights. The owner of Woods of Terror was invited for a VIP behind the scenes tour of the place. We are contracted to make videos and take photos of all the things he does for his social media accounts. So, we get to go to, lol. Then finally in October we have our first trip booked that is just for us and the kids. We are meeting to of our British friends and their kid at Disney. They moved back to England when both of our wife's where pregnant. So, we both have a seven-year-old kid that have never met each other but, they know who each other are. They send us things like Manchester United jerseys for our kids and we send them Dallas Cowboy jerseys for their kid. It is going to be nice to see them for the first time in seven years. Then hopefully when our contract is up in November, we are going to get the plane tickets and take that trip to Puerto Vallarta we paid for like two or three years ago, lol. also, sorry for the book to read.
Love this so much. You were definitely fated to meet each other and have been supported all along the way. ❤❤❤
As a fellow South African I love that you are honouring of South Africa too. We do have our issues and it’s also a beautiful country with beautiful people. I have also discovered the joy and truth of Mexico. It’s all as you say it is.
Ja shame our poor SA passport 😂😂😂
Howzit Allyson 🤗🤗 Aaah, its sooo nice to know that there's another Saffa out here living a free life in Mexico 🇿🇦🇲🇽 If only more South Africans realised that the grass isn't only greener in the typical developed countries like NZ, OZ, UK, USA 🤔 And yes, I totally agree - the universe definitely had a hand in placing us together 🫶🥰🙏 We really do come from such a unique and beautiful country and I'm sure you miss it just like I do 🇿🇦❤️ Hahaha, that poor passport 🥲 Are you staying here permanently? Thinking of getting a Mexican passport too? 🇲🇽
@@ForTheRoadTravels I am also a Canadian now and definitely considering staying here. My South African soul shrivels with that weather. Done 10 years of it now. I think God was really happy the day he created Mexico. It’s insanely beautiful to me and it calls to my soul. 🌸💖🌺🥰
I am seriously so happy for you. Mexico is so lucky to have you!
I think my favorite thing about Mexico is also how amazing their culture was.. such strong families, and incredible dishes
Brooklynnn 🤗🤗🥰🥰 We're so happy to see you back on YT - I'm looking forward to checking-out your channel this weekend to see updates with you new little family 🥰🫶 And thank you so much, I'm so grateful to have been guided here - life feels so free 🙏🇲🇽
The strong family thing is honestly EVERYTHING 🥰🥰❤️❤️ I've been blessed with the most gorgeous family, they're all so loving and welcoming 🥲🥹🇲🇽 Oh ya, the food is just on another level 😅🇲🇽🙏🙌🤤 Sending you and your boys a BIG hig ❤️
& so are the cartels as well!!
@@jess97724 Aw… bless your little heart, every country has its issues and corruption. EVERY country. Choose your friends wisely. 💖
Love, love your South African accent!
Aaaah, thank you so much - I'm glad you enjoy it 🫶😅🇿🇦
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Todos son bienvenidos siempre y cuando paguen impuestos
Siii, gracias por tu calidez 🫶🇲🇽 Estamos registrados ante el SAT 👌
saludos des Chihuahua
Hola Azrael, un saludo y fuerte abrazo desde Quintana Roo 🤩🫶
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Mexico, One-of the best countries to live in the world and definitely the best option in Latin America!
We cannot agree enough with you! Mexico is amazing 🇲🇽🙏🥰
how would i go about getting my american wife some kind of citizenship or visa from living in the U.S?
Hola amigo? Great question!
Are you a Mexican Passport holder too? This will make things easier for you guys. We're not immigration experts, nevertheless, you might want to check Milly Arceo´s FB page the immigration specialist showcased in the video, she can give you precise information about this 🙌🙏
facebook.com/people/Legally-in-Mexico/100063537250056/
@@ForTheRoadTravels yes i was born in mexico. And i ended up getting married in the usa.
@@geevee9582 Awesome, if you have a Mexican passport the process can be pretty similar to us, you will need your married certificated translated into Spanish and Apostilled, you could contact Milly, she will be able to give all the information you need. But looking at your case, we believe it'd be pretty similar to ours. 🤩
In Mexico, for us the family is more important, not the materialistic things. If we can get them fine if not is the same. Us Mexicans we being through hell since our country became independent. Mexico had suffered invasions from other nations, pillage not just from other nations but also from corrupted anti patriotic regímenes. Everything started changing since 2018 until now, brand new infraestructure in many cities, railroads, airports, refineries, hospitals, etc. We have work to do specially in security, right now our goal is to reform our judicial system and reform our Supreme Court that is rothen in corruption. After these, Mexico would become a world power.
Definitely, *Mexico* is a great country and rising up. Thanks for watching and commenting ❤️🫶
omg your channel is almost at 10k subscribers 🥹🥹🥹🥳🥳🥳🥳
Siiiii amiga, we're so close to this big milestone 🥰🫶
this must have been such a stressful process for you 🥺🥺🥺
Amigaaaa 🥰🥰 Oooh my goodness, visa stuff is never a walk in the park, no matter which country you're in 🥲 Thank goodness we're almost at the end of the Mexican immigration process - I'd like to never have to visit immigration again 😅😅😅
Tell him to teach you Spanish
We're on it, thanks *amigo* 🫶🤩
Culture Vulture?
Sure 💁♀️
It depends where you grew up in South Africa. South Africa has traditions too. I, too grew up and educated in South Africa but I have to disagree to what your opinions are of South Africa. Maybe it's a generational gap.
Hey Jeanne 🙂 Yep, I totally agree, it completely depends on where you grow up in South African. I think I mentioned in the video that I grew up in Johannesburg and my experience of living there was very Westernised. We're all entitled to our own opinions and we all experience things differently based on our conditioning and home environment, so I can see why you have a completely different view of South African than what I do 🫶
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Muchas gracias por ver nuestro video Luis 🤗🫶🙌
I think it's messed up that Americans can't go nowhere in the world without a big headache. But yet everybody and their mother in the world can come to America for free or nothing whether it's legal or illegal and still stay in the country. America's just very sad right now
As two citizens of developing countries, we feel that your opinion is a bit out of touch 🧐 You may want to check-out a website called passportindex .org - you may find that your US passport is very strong and allows access to plenty countries without restrictions or visa requirements 🫶
@@ForTheRoadTravels you're missing the whole point people, can come here and do whatever they want.. and Americans put up with the BS. See the Americans can't go all over the country and do what they do, here that's just a fact. I'm not worried about no passport for no Visa no s*** like that .I'm being real.