If you flew to Mexico to give birth, and upon entry your passport was stamped with a short permitted period of stay, do not be upset. The only thing that threatens the parents of the future newborn Mexican by exceeding this period is — they will have to spend several hundred dollars extra when applying for permanent residence in Mexico.
When going through passport control upon arrival in Mexico, you may be allowed to stay in the country for 14 days, 30, 90, or 180 days. This may be any other figure within 180 days. The decision is made by the migration officer at his own discretion, and his decision depends less on your stomach and more on — from the date on your return ticket and an explanation of why you came to Mexico. There is no way to extend the permitted period of stay, no matter what anyone tells you.
We usually advise you to come to Mexico a month before the expected date of birth and stay here for 2 months after giving birth in order to get everything done without haste and regardless of force majeure. But even if upon entry you were given only 14 days, you can safely remain in the country after this period.
Firstly, no one is being deported from Mexico to Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. And not just because of the war. But because deportation can only be done to the country of citizenship, and technically this is impossible now. There are no direct flights to these countries from Mexico. And even if they were, the deportation takes place at the expense of the Mexican budget. But Mexico barely has enough money to deport illegal immigrants to neighboring Latin American countries.
Secondly, even if you are detained by the migration service until you give birth, no one will dare to place the pregnant and expectant mother of a Mexican citizen in a migration station (this is the equivalent of a prison for illegal immigrants). At most, you will be asked to sign an undertaking to leave Mexico on your own within 20 days. You can sign, but then ignore your own obligation, since after the birth of the baby, the likelihood that you will be detained again, forced to leave Mexico, or put some kind of obstacle in the wheel when receiving Mexican papers is zero.
On-site migration checks are spontaneous; for this reason, if you are careful, the chance of getting such a check is quite low. Most often, everyone flies to Cancun or Mexico City for the birth. Checks are carried out in places where the most active movements of foreigners take place. If you do not plan to leave these cities by bus or plane, you will not be subject to immigration checks.
Thirdly, after the birth of a child, they no longer have the right to deport you, nor do they have the right to refuse a permanent residence permit in Mexico. This applies to both mother and father. When you come to the migration service office to apply for permanent residence for a child, and the migration service officer finds out that you have violated the permitted period of stay, you will not see any negative attitude. Because you are not the first, and you are not the last. But you will be asked to first regulate the migration situation and pay a fine for violating the permitted period of stay, and only then will you be issued a Mexican permanent resident card. The fine will range from MXN 2,170 to MXN 4,350 (2024), at the discretion of the migration officer. There is no way you can avoid paying this fine.
How can you be sure that you will not be treated differently? Because Mexico protects the rights of its citizens, and especially children. We have been assisting with the organization of births in Mexico since 2019, so we know what we are talking about. In our practice, there were conflict situations with the authorities, but there was not a single case where the future parents of a Mexican did not leave the country of their own free will or did not receive Mexican permanent resident cards after the birth of the child.
If you need services to prepare and conduct your birth in Mexico, contact us.