It is very important to renew your residence card, if you let it expire you will be fine by immigration and depending on the timeyou let pass, you could lose your residence and you ´ll have to start the process all over again.

You can start one month prior to the expiration day shown in your card. Remember in Mexico the position of the days, month, year are diferent from other countries,. Here are in this order DD/MM/YYYY. Day, Month Year, so dont get confuse and stick to the expiration date in your card according to this order.

You need to go to the nearest immigration office with your passport,residence card, proof of address and paperwork and submit the renewal in time. You can make a one, two or three year renewal.It will take from 1 week up to a month, depending on the immigration office, to get the renewal done and have the new card.