MikeGB
Canadian expat in Mexico
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About me
Canadian
Lives in San Miguel de Allende, Guanaju
Speaks English and a subset of Spanish
Registration: 28 August 2012
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Mexico income tax on Canadian pension payments by Captnflex
Hola, i am in the planning stage and looking at moving to the Lake Chapala or Colima/Manzanillo area. My questions are about having to file an income tax in Mexico on pension payments from a Canadian source if i establish my permanent residence in ...
@Blackwatch If they say that hospital stays are not covered, that is not a good thing. What about an operation (say heart surgery) in a hospital? That could get quite expensive."Interesting that you say the medical coverage is useless?" Who are you ... Read More
Mexico income tax on Canadian pension payments by Captnflex
Hola, i am in the planning stage and looking at moving to the Lake Chapala or Colima/Manzanillo area. My questions are about having to file an income tax in Mexico on pension payments from a Canadian source if i establish my permanent residence in ...
Also you can apply all of your medical expenses to your tax return which can amount to a significant amount of money they will refund you. Read More
Anything to share about Zihuatanejo? by Daniel Fox
Hi ... I'm not sure if this is the correct thread ... But I am considering moving to Zihuatanejo in June, and I would like to know if anyone has experience with this real estate agency <a href="yoyaproperties.com"> ...
A family member just recently bought a condo from that group. They expect to have construction completed this month I believe. This family member has been going to that location on a number of occasions over the past 2 years and they love it. There ... Read More
Is San Miguel the place for me? by haskellbob
Hello! I am intrigued by the possibility of moving to San Miguel de Allende, and would like to communicate with you all about that. Here's a short brief about me: I'm from California. Have a BA in Humanistic Psychology from UC Santa Cruz and a ...
I have lived here in San Miguel for 3 years now and as far as I am concerned the air quality is fine. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you Alvpackman. Read More
Is San Miguel the place for me? by haskellbob
Hello! I am intrigued by the possibility of moving to San Miguel de Allende, and would like to communicate with you all about that. Here's a short brief about me: I'm from California. Have a BA in Humanistic Psychology from UC Santa Cruz and a ...
A recent bit of information:. The city is building an extension to UNAM here in SMA. UNAM is the largest university in Mexico. Don't know when it will be complete nor what faculties they will have. Might be worth looking into especially since ... Read More
Housing market in San Miguel May 2019 by KLOremus
Just came home from a 10 day trip to San Miguel. My trip was mostly to educate myself on what's available for housing costs, best location for my money, price range options etc. to determine if San Miguel could be a do-able option moving ...
The only problem with Celaya is that it is not a very nice town. It is bigger than San Miguel and not so long ago there was a problem with bad guys holding up people coming from Costco. But those incidents were very limited. If I was choosing ... Read More
Housing market in San Miguel May 2019 by KLOremus
Just came home from a 10 day trip to San Miguel. My trip was mostly to educate myself on what's available for housing costs, best location for my money, price range options etc. to determine if San Miguel could be a do-able option moving ...
It is rich in horses, sheep, cows and green fields as far as the eyes can see.And no doubt lots of flies. Wherever there are lots of animals of this type there are lots of flies. I like horses but would never want to live where they do. Not my ... Read More
Housing market in San Miguel May 2019 by KLOremus
Just came home from a 10 day trip to San Miguel. My trip was mostly to educate myself on what's available for housing costs, best location for my money, price range options etc. to determine if San Miguel could be a do-able option moving ...
Chris and Venera: "Natives are actually charging $300 to $500 a month for 1 to 3 bedroom apartments" I would agree. There are some very good rents to be had if you look around. I pay $8500 pesos a month for a very nice one bedroom ... Read More
Seguro Popular - Important Information by Melanie_In_Mexico
Seguro Popular is one of Mexico’s public health plans. Article 4 of the Mexican constitution guarantees access to public health care to all temporary & permanent residents of Mexico (expats with residency visa). As of May, 2019; many ...
Alleycat1:. That probably took a bit of time to put these posts together, and I thank you very much for the effort. Very interesting and have a great day!! Read More
Housing market in San Miguel May 2019 by KLOremus
Just came home from a 10 day trip to San Miguel. My trip was mostly to educate myself on what's available for housing costs, best location for my money, price range options etc. to determine if San Miguel could be a do-able option moving ...
Wouldn’t it be an advantage to remodel an existing structure to limit the overall scope of the project? In doing so wouldn’t the dependence on timeliness and overall project length be reduced?It might be an advantage to do remodel. But ... Read More
Housing market in San Miguel May 2019 by KLOremus
Just came home from a 10 day trip to San Miguel. My trip was mostly to educate myself on what's available for housing costs, best location for my money, price range options etc. to determine if San Miguel could be a do-able option moving ...
Mexicans aren’t lazy, far from it, they just have a different point of view on life/work balance.You are right, they are not lazy. But they can be terribly disorganized. For example, the architect we have, when given plan changes he does not ... Read More
Seguro Popular - Important Information by Melanie_In_Mexico
Seguro Popular is one of Mexico’s public health plans. Article 4 of the Mexican constitution guarantees access to public health care to all temporary & permanent residents of Mexico (expats with residency visa). As of May, 2019; many ...
to MexicoGC. Unfortunately, if what they are saying at the Seguro Popular is true, you will not be able to renew with IMSS when your 3 year registration expires. I was told that I could not register with either, and that temporal and permanente ... Read More
Seguro Popular - Important Information by Melanie_In_Mexico
Seguro Popular is one of Mexico’s public health plans. Article 4 of the Mexican constitution guarantees access to public health care to all temporary & permanent residents of Mexico (expats with residency visa). As of May, 2019; many ...
The Morena Party of AMLO are in some states and are a bunch of crooked politicians with no regard for the constitution or current laws or people if it suits their agenda to turn Mexico into a one party country. It is a power grab but the Supreme ... Read More
Seguro Popular - Important Information by Melanie_In_Mexico
Seguro Popular is one of Mexico’s public health plans. Article 4 of the Mexican constitution guarantees access to public health care to all temporary & permanent residents of Mexico (expats with residency visa). As of May, 2019; many ...
The Morena Party of AMLO are in some states and are a bunch of crooked politicians with no regard for the constitution or current laws or people if it suits their agenda to turn Mexico into a one party country. It is a power grab but the Supreme ... Read More
Housing market in San Miguel May 2019 by KLOremus
Just came home from a 10 day trip to San Miguel. My trip was mostly to educate myself on what's available for housing costs, best location for my money, price range options etc. to determine if San Miguel could be a do-able option moving ...
SteveandMarty: We are dealing with an architect. He takes care of hiring, overseeing the project and purchasing materials. He has been very flexible in making changes. But he has been very slack in hiring enough workers. Usually only two. There ... Read More