Nov 4, 2018 Update
SRE standards have formally settled into foreigners over age 60 not having to take the history, gastronomy, governance, culture exam. They do however still have to prove Spanish competency, by reading about 4 paragraphs of Spanish text aloud, and then answering 5 test questions on that text. (Note that the Spanish text has multiple, nested, dependent clauses.)
https://sre.gob.mx/naturalizacion-costos-y-tiempos
That part of the Spanish competency exam is followed by looking at 3 pictures, and writing a grammatically correct sentence about each foto.
Finally, at last report, ONLY the Merida SRE office is requiring that applicants be able to recite the Chorus +plus 2 or 3 verses of the National Anthem ~ Hymno (Coro, Estrofas 1 y 2, y possible #10). The Merida SRE Delegado also asks applicants to describe the Escudo & Bandera, and tell the significance of each item on them.
August 21, 2018 Update
Back in April, 2018, we reported updated requirements to the Naturalized Citizenship exams, including a requirement that:
“In Part One, you read a few paragraphs out loud then answer multiple choice questions about what you just read.
In Part Two, you pick a photo at random out of a book of photos, then write 3 grammatically-correct sentences in Spanish about that photo. Any sentences of any length about anything tangentially related to the photo. “
FULL DETAILS AT:
https://yucalandia.com/2018/08/21/update-to-mexicos-naturalized-citizenship-exam-requirements/
Original post
January 12, 2018
Note that while the 2014 SRE Law still applies, SRE’s policies controlling the naturalization process are being changed as of this writing.
Example: The SRE has just changed the requirements, supposedly eliminating the 8 year old “100 question” test, replacing it with what may be a new essay-style question-and-answer test.
SRE’s new 2018 naturalization process is documented here:
https://sre.gob.mx/carta-de-naturalizacion-por-residencia
Our latest updates on the Spanish language proficiency & Mexican History~Culture~Gastronomy tests are reported at:
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In place of the old 100 question study guide, SRE now offers over 1000 pages of material for study. SRE’s Master pdf file:
file:///C:/Users/user1/Downloads/bibliografianaturalizacion.pdf
Notice that the new SRE rules descriptions includes a potential reference to who must take the new test, that has DELETED the old previous references to exempting people over 60:
““Para acreditar lo señalado en la fracción III del artículo 19 de la ley de nacionalidad, a los interesados en obtener la nacionalidad mexicana por naturalización se les aplicará un cuestionario sobre cultura e historia general de México…”
Crude Translation:
“In order to prove what is stated in section III of article 19 of the nationality law, those interested in obtaining Mexican nationality by naturalization will be given a questionnaire on culture and general history of Mexico …“
But SRE Law still continues to show:
CAPÍTULO III DE LA NACIONALIDAD MEXICANA POR NATURALIZACIÓN
ARTÍCULO 15.- Todo extranjero que pretenda naturalizarse mexicano, deberá acreditar que sabe hablar español, que conoce la historia del país y que está integrado a la cultura nacional, para lo cual deberá presentar y aprobar los exámenes de acuerdo con los contenidos aprobados por el Instituto Matías Romero de la Secretaría. En el caso del extranjero al que la Secretaría de Gobernación considere refugiado, así como cuando se trate de menores de edad y personas mayores de sesenta años, será suficiente que acrediten saber hablar español.
That leaves us with the question: WHICH TAKES PRECEDENCE? … What is the current SRE policy on a waiver for age? … We will report details, as they become available.
SRE Study Guide References
1. Historia de México
ESCALANTE Gonzalbo, Pablo, et. al., Nueva historia mínima de México, México, El Colegio de México, 2008.
UNAM – CCH, Historia de México I.
https://portalacademico.cch.unam.mx/alumno/historiademexico1/unidad1/historiademexico/introduccion?_sm_byp=iVVjmFn7TMqJnrH0
Secretaría de Educación Pública, México, nuestro hogar.
2. Civismo, población y geografía de México
Cámara de Diputados, Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
http://www.diputados.gob.mx/LeyesBiblio/pdf/1_150917.pdf
Cámara de Diputados, “Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales”, en Diario Oficial de la Federación del 8 de febrero de 1984.
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=4652786&fecha=08/02/1984&_sm_byp=iVVjmFn7TMqJnrH0
INEGI, México de un vistazo 2014, México, 2014.
3. Tradiciones, cultura y gastronomía mexicana
SECTUR, Atlas Turístico y Cultural de México, 2017.
http://www.atlasmx.com/
SEP/INAH, Atlas de Gastronomía de México, 1988.
Secretaría de Cultura, Composición de los pueblos indígenas en México, 2017.
http://sic.cultura.gob.mx/index.php?table=grupo_etnico
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, “Monografías”.
http://www.bibliotecavirtual.inah.gob.mx/
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, “Red de zonas arqueológicas”.
http://www.inah.gob.mx/images/zonas/lista/pagina.html
Secretaría de Educación Pública, Las tradiciones mexicanas.
http://www.conevyt.org.mx/colaboracion/colabora/objetivos/libros_pdf/mes4_u13lecc1.pdf?_sm_byp=iVVjmFn7TMqJnrH0
4. Idioma
Real Academia de la Lengua Española
http://www.rae.es/?_sm_byp=iVVGgV0SMtqFbtDH
Centro de Enseñanzas para extranjeros
http://www.cepe.unam.mx/
We’ll report more, as details come in,
steve
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Old SRE Test from March 17, 2013
1. Deidad del México antiguo conocida como la “Serpiente Emplumada”:
c) Quetzalcóatl
2. Cultura que se desarrolló en la ciudad de Palenque:
a) Maya
3. Las cabezas colosales son creaciones de la cultura:
c) Olmeca
4. Terreno construido sobre las lagunas del valle de México que sirvió de base al sistema productivo del altiplano central. En la actualidad, puede encontrarse en Xochimilco:
a) Chinampa
5. Manuscrito en papel amate o sobre cuero con representaciones pictóricas que relataba asuntos históricos y religiosos del México antiguo:
d) Códice
6. ¿En dónde se encuentran las pirámides del Sol y la Luna?
c) Teotihuacan
7. Al lugar mítico de donde partieron los mexicas e iniciaron su migración se le conoce como:
a) Aztlán
8. La base alimenticia de los pueblos mesoamericanos fue:
d) El maíz
9. Chichén Itzá fue una poderosa ciudad:
b) Maya
10. Año en que los españoles conquistaron México-Tenochtitlán:
a) 1521
11. Nombre de México durante el periodo colonial:
b) Nueva España
12. Nombre del conquistador que derrotó al Imperio mexica:
a) Hernán Cortés
13. Nombre del último emperador mexica, a quien los conquistadores españoles torturaron quemándole los pies:
b) Cuauhtémoc
14. “La Malinche” fue:
a) Una mujer indígena que sirvió de intérprete a Cortés
15. Nombre de la batalla en la que se afirma que los españoles perdieron hombres, caballos y cañones en 1520. Cortés lloró al llegar a la orilla del lago:
c) De la Noche Triste
16. La máxima autoridad civil en la Nueva España era el:
a) Virrey
17. La “encomienda” y el “visitador” fueron instituciones:
b) Coloniales
18. En México, a partir del virreinato, se denominaba criollos a:
d) Los hijos de españoles nacidos en la Nueva España
19. Acapulco fue durante los siglos XVII y XVIII un importante puerto porque controlaba la navegación en el:
a) Océano Pacífico
20. El principal culto religioso de la sociedad novohispana y que perdura en la actualidad es:
b) La Virgen de Guadalupe
21. El mineral que más se extraía en la Nueva España era:
d) La plata
22. Nombre de la poetisa más importante de la época novohispana:
a) Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
23. Fecha en la que se celebra la Independencia de México:
c) 16 de septiembre
24. La Independencia de México inició en:
a) 1810
25. ¿Cuál fue la importancia del sacerdote Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla en la historia de México?
a) Inició la Guerra de Independencia.
26. ¿A quién se conoce como “El Padre de la Patria”?
c) Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
27. Cadetes militares que defendieron el Castillo de Chapultepec de la invasión norteamericana en 1847:
b) Niños héroes
28. En México el 5 de mayo se celebra:
a) La Batalla de Puebla
29. Presidente mexicano al que se le atribuye la frase “Entre los individuos como entre las naciones, el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz”:
a) Benito Juárez
30. México perdió la mitad de su territorio a mediados del siglo XIX, como consecuencia del enfrentamiento con:
d) Estados Unidos
31. La Guerra de Reforma fue entre:
b) Liberales y conservadores
32. El presidente que duró más de treinta años en el poder en México fue:
b) Porfirio Díaz
33. El Porfiriato se conoce como una época de extensión de:
a) Las vías férreas
34. Fecha en que se celebra el aniversario de la Revolución mexicana:
d) 20 de noviembre
35. Nombre del líder agrario que encabezó la Revolución mexicana en el estado de Morelos:
b) Emiliano Zapata
36. El lema “Sufragio efectivo, no reelección” fue la bandera política de:
a) Francisco I. Madero
37. ¿Quién fue Francisco Villa?
b) Un líder de la Revolución mexicana
38. Las “Adelitas” acompañaron a sus hombres al combate en:
c) La Revolución de 1910
39. Composición musical característica de la época revolucionaria:
a) El corrido
40. El 18 de marzo de 1938 el presidente Lázaro Cárdenas:
a) Expropió el petróleo
41. Señale el orden cronológico correcto de los siguientes acontecimientos históricos:
d) Conquista, Independencia, Revolución mexicana
42. Representante del muralismo mexicano:
a) Diego Rivera
43. Nombre del partido político que gobernó durante siete décadas en el siglo XX:
c) Partido Revolucionario Institucional
44. ¿En qué conflicto bélico internacional participó el “Escuadrón 201”?
d) Segunda Guerra Mundial
45. El Tratado de Tlatelolco, logro de la diplomacia mexicana, atañe a:
c) La no proliferación de las armas nucleares
46. Los símbolos patrios de México son:
a) El Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacional
47. El tema dominante del himno nacional mexicano es:
b) Una exhortación a la guerra defensiva
48. En el himno nacional, la expresión “Mas si osare un extraño enemigo” significa:
c) Pero si se atreviera un enemigo extranjero
49. El águila y la serpiente que aparecen en el escudo nacional mexicano, incluido en la franja blanca de la bandera:
c) Evocan una leyenda prehispánica
50. ¿Cuántos estados tiene la República Mexicana?
b) 31
51. México tiene fronteras con:
a) Estados Unidos, Guatemala y Belice
52. El estado de la República de mayor extensión territorial es:
c) Chihuahua
53. El puerto de Acapulco está en:
d) Guerrero
54. Las ruinas de Monte Albán se localizan en:
d) Oaxaca
55. Las tres ciudades más grandes y pobladas del país son:
a) Ciudad de México, Guadalajara y Monterrey
56. ¿En qué estado de la República se encuentra la ciudad de Guadalajara?
b) Jalisco
57. Tres destinos de playa en México son:
a) Acapulco, Huatulco y Cancún
58. ¿Cuántas penínsulas tiene México?
b) 2
59. ¿En qué estado de la República se encuentran las ruinas de Palenque?
a) Chiapas
60. Capital del estado de Nuevo León:
d) Monterrey
61. Ciudad de la República Mexicana con abundante arquitectura colonial:
a) Puebla
62. ¿En qué estado de la República se encuentra el “Cañón del Sumidero”?
c) Chiapas
63. Nombre del volcán que se ubica entre Morelos, Puebla y el Estado de México:
d) Popocatépetl
64. El mandato presidencial en México dura:
c) Seis años
65. Los tres niveles de gobierno en México son:
b) Federación, Estado y Municipio
66. El organismo encargado de regular la participación de los partidos políticos en las elecciones es:
b) El Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE)
67. “Los Pinos”, en la capital de México, es el nombre de:
c) La residencia oficial del presidente de la República
68. Señale en orden a los más recientes presidentes de México:
a) Felipe Calderón, Vicente Fox, Ernesto Zedillo, Carlos Salinas
69. Señale el nombre oficial de México:
a) Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
70. ¿Cómo se llama la ley fundamental de México?
a) Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
71. ¿Con qué países celebró México el tratado comercial conocido como TLCAN o NAFTA?
a) Estados Unidos y Canadá
72. México es importante exportador de:
c) Aceite crudo de petróleo, autopartes y productos de cobre
73. En el México actual, las lenguas indígenas habladas suman:
d) Más de 60
74. ¿Cuál de las siguientes aseveraciones sobre México es falsa?
a) México es uno de los países con menor desigualdad social en América Latina
75. El verso Hombres necios que acusáis a la mujer sin razón es de:
b) Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
76. El llano en llamas fue escrito por:
a) Juan Rulfo
77. La muerte de Artemio Cruz es una novela de:
b) Carlos Fuentes
78. Nombre del mexicano que recibió el premio Nobel de Literatura:
a) Octavio Paz
79. El pintor José María Velasco es famoso principalmente por sus:
c) Paisajes
80. El teatro de mayor prestigio en la ciudad de México es el:
Palacio de Bellas Artes (Nota: confirmen con alguien del DF).
81. En la ciudad de México, “El Zócalo” alude a:
d) La plaza principal
82. Son famosos los grabados de “calaveras” (esqueletos) de:
b) José Guadalupe Posada
83. Versos festivos que se escriben en noviembre con motivo del “Día de muertos”:
a) Calaveras
84. María Félix y Dolores del Río fueron personajes destacados en el ámbito de:
c) El cine
85. Cómico que representó al mexicano de las clases populares en el cine:
d) Cantinflas
86. Figura del cine nacional que encarnó al charro mexicano:
a) Jorge Negrete
87. Comida tradicional mexicana:
d) Mole
88. ¿Cuáles de las siguientes opciones corresponde a productos originarios de México?
a) Chocolate, aguacate, tomate y pavo
89. Bebida originaria de México, que se obtiene del agave:
c) Tequila
90. Las “posadas” son fiestas privadas o vecinales que se realizan:
d) Los días previos a la Navidad
91. El arpa tiene un lugar privilegiado en la música de:
c) Veracruz
92. Es costumbre cantar “Las golondrinas” para:
a) Despedir a alguien
93. En los cumpleaños se suele cantar en homenaje al festejado:
d) “Las mañanitas”
94. La cajeta es:
b) Una golosina hecha a base de leche de cabra quemada
95. La guanábana es una fruta:
c) De cáscara verde y pulpa blanca
96. En México, las estaciones de taxis se conocen como:
d) Sitios
97. En México, una tlapalería es:
b) Una tienda de pinturas y solventes
98. El vocablo “chaparro” significa:
c) Bajo de estatura
99. En el habla popular de México, el término “marchante(a)”:
Se aplica a ambos, comprador y vendedor.*
100. La palabra “jarocho” alude a lo que es propio de:
d) Veracruz
We offer no future guarantees that these are either the current SRE questions or answers. See SRE’s website at: http://www.sre.gob.mx/images/stories/docnatnacio/guia_estudio13.pdf
Happy Trails !
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Feel free to copy while giving proper attribution: YucaLandia/Surviving Yucatan.
© Steven M. Fry
Read-on MacDuff . . .
Do you think it would be allowed to bring a few notes into the room to sit for this exam? Not sure what to expect as far as being supervised…or?
Hey beached,
I was not allowed notes.
When I entered the Delegado’s office, I politely asked him if I could take 3 minutes to write out my notes.
He smiled warmly, and agreed. I explained that when a little nervous, I might forget what to say.
I had created a coded cheat sheet … in a short hand form … memorized of the key dates, names and events.
listing them out in sequence from 1518 – 1939 starting by writing the date, then using the initials of the names of key people, a word or 2 to describe the event (especially the past tense verb that applied to the event) ..
I mentally linked the events in a chain, so, just like learning the lines for a part in a play, you don’t memorize the individual lines, you memorize the first one in the chain, and then link all the subsequent ones together (by dates) after that.
I broke my list of dates into groups … making the grouped sequences of dates easier to remember.
My final list had only about 20 coded~short-hand lines …
Your list may be much much shorter, because our local Delegado in Merida gives the toughest test across Mexico.
*grin*
Good Luck,
steve
Thanks for the tips, Steve! Yike. Not like in the old days of school where I could refer to my cheat notes written on my leg with a mini skirt on! So, the test may not necessarily be the same as the questions and answers posted on this thread, sounds like! I am just too crazy with tests, not like I don´t know these pretty easy questions…ugh.
Let’s make sure we are talking about the same ‘tests’.
There are 2 tests. One is the written test, where they give you five randomly selected questions from the list of 100.
The second test is a proof of Spanish Language competency + some oral questions about the national flag, the national coat of arms (Escudo) , and potentially other things.
The Yucatan SRE office is making that second oral test very difficult, asking the applicant to describe Mexican history from Pre-Columbian times (Maya-Aztec-Toltec-Olmec-Mixtec times) all the way up into WW2. Then in Yucatan you have to recite the first, second, and tenth verses of the national anthem (Hymno) plus the chorus. “Mexicanos al grito de guerra … ”
I understand there are no other SRE offices with such requirements.
Enjoy, relax, and do well,
steve
That list is daunting… I have postponed application for years because of it. My Spanish is getting there but my memorization skills have diminished.
Once or twice I heard that us old timers (65+) get most or all of the test waived (in Baja)
is that a possibility?
Thanks, Peter
YES… no test for over-60’s … but they can expect some modest Spanish competency.
It all depends on the SRE office. The SRE office in Guadalajara had one particular Spanish competency examiner who spoke bad Spanish, and had a terrible speech impediment, making him difficult for even local Mexicans to understand.
Other offices just expect us to be able to have a little conversation. like you would meet someone on the street…
Happy Trails,
steve
Great news, I will probably be able to say yo soy mexicano proxima año.
YAY !
Then you have the fun of
..sitting in the INE waiting rooms
twice.
😉
steve
I have heard that no test is required if you have reached a certain age. If that’s true, what is the age?
That’s only sort-of-true.
Age 60 & over do not have to take the 5 multiple-choice question written test.
Everyone is ALSO supposed to be able to prove some level of oral Spanish competency (the level depends on which SRE office you use) … know el escudo, la bandera, y be able to have a little conversation like you would meet someone on the street.
Happy Trails,
steve
Thank you for your site. I was having a hard time finding the “answers” to the citizenship test. (Only the questions are on the sre.gob.mx site). Fortunately, I just turned 60 a week ago, so I can bypass the “5 questions out of 100”! I wasn’t aware anything else was needed besides the ability to speak, read and understand basic Spanish. Would you be more specific in what I would need to know? I’ll be applying in Tijuana. I heard the applicant has to go to DF (Mexico City) to get a police clearance. That’s a huge imposition for me. No way they can fax it? (I’ve had my legal permanent residency for 5 years and had FM3’s for 4 years before that.) Would I need to change my citizenship card (IFE ?) if we lived in a different state in México? All answers greatly appreciated. ¡ Muchas gracias!
Hi Susana,
The requirements for the oral test in Spanish vary from State to State.
Some SRE offices have very liberal policies, only requiring the applicant to be able to hold a little conversation like you would with a stranger you meet on the street.
Other SRE offices (like Guadalajara & Merida) make it really hard, expecting you to not only know the 100 questions & answers, but to be able to describe the History of Mexico from pre-Columbian times up through the expropriacion de petroleo…
You really would have to talk with some local expats (or informed notario) in Tijuana who have been through the process lately.
Re the proof of no charges/crimes at the Federal level: There are services in DF that (per your legal authorization) go and stand in the 2 block long line for you, to get an official copy of your police record. I paid my Notario to have ‘a guy’ do that for me.
There is no IFE, it is INE. Yes, to be able to vote, etc. you need to notify them of address changes.
Enjoy the process, as it may be easy and fun in Tijuana,
steve
Hi Susana – we are also near Tijuana, and curious if you have moved forward with the process and what you can tell us about your experience. Did you have to go to Mexico City? Did you have to demonstrate basic Spanish proficiency? Thanks for any insights you can provide!
Hi Susana – we are also over 60 and we live in Rosarito. I would appreciate any information you learned since your post. Did you have to pass a Spanish proficiency test? Did you have to take the “5 questions” test? What did you do to show you don’t have a police record? Did you have to go to Mexico City? Where did you go in Tijuana to do this?
Thanks for any info you can provide!
60 & over (aka ‘over 59’) does not take the 5 written question test.
Spanish competency ‘testing’ is variable, depending on which SRE office you use.
e.g. The Guadalajara SRE office had an agent with a terrible lisp who gave the test, making him very difficult to understand, by even native Spanish speakers.
~ Merida, Yucatan’s SRE Delegado performs the Spanish competency test in person by requiring older (over 60) applicants to hold a conversation. Under 60 applicants have to be able to recite 3 verses of the Hymno + the Chorus + telling the histories~stories of Pre Columbian Mexico + the Conquista (key names & dates) + the Virrey period + the war for Independence (key names & dates) + Benito Juarez & Porfirio Diaz periods + The Revolution (key names & dates) … He based his requirements for knowing those historical items on the 100 questions ,,, + he expected the Escudo + Bandera & knowledge of the significance of each of the elements on them. … making the Yucatan SRE office’s requirements the toughest in Mexico.
These language, culture, & historical~civics knowledge requirements depend on each local SRE offices pecadillos. That means you should talk with people who recently went through the process.
The 2 police reports come from:
a. Your state police
b. The Federal Police
Fun fun fun…
steve
Does anyone know how to hire the services in Mexico City for someone to stand in the 2 block line to get an official copy of my police record? I will be arriving there soon. Thank you.
I just did it last week. I got there at 9 and there were already many people in line. After waiting in line 15 minutes, the person handing out forms recognized me as a foreigner and told me to go to another office. There were only about 10 people there and I was out with the certificate in an hour. I would walk past the line with your passport in hand. Someone will stop you. Ask which door is for foreigners in English and change to Spanish if they don’t understand. You can probably just walk in a doorway to the left just before where everyone in line is going if they understand what you want, because you don’t ever end up where the other people are going. If you look or sound like you belong in the other line, you may end up there.
Note that the maturalization process is being changed as of this reply.
The SRE has just now changed the requirements, supposedly eliminating the 8 year old “100 question” test, replacing it with what may be a new essay-style question-and-answer test.
SRE’s new 2018 naturalization process is documented here:
https://sre.gob.mx/carta-de-naturalizacion-por-residencia
In place of the old 100 question study guide, SRE now offers over 1000 pages of material for study:
SRE’s Master pdf file:
file:///C:/Users/user1/Downloads/bibliografianaturalizacion.pdf
SRE Study Guide References
1. Historia de México
ESCALANTE Gonzalbo, Pablo, et. al., Nueva historia mínima de México, México, El Colegio de
México, 2008.
UNAM – CCH, Historia de México I.
https://portalacademico.cch.unam.mx/alumno/historiademexico1/unidad1/historiademexico/intr
oduccion?_sm_byp=iVVjmFn7TMqJnrH0
Secretaría de Educación Pública, México, nuestro hogar.
http://www.cursosinea.conevyt.org.mx/descargables/mevyt_pdfs/mexico_hogar/01_mexico_hog
ar_libro.pdf
2. Civismo, población y geografía de México
Cámara de Diputados, Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.
Cámara de Diputados, “Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacionales”, en Diario Oficial
de la Federación del 8 de febrero de 1984.
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=4652786&fecha=08/02/1984&_sm_byp=iVVjm
Fn7TMqJnrH0
INEGI, México de un vistazo 2014, México, 2014.
http://internet.contenidos.inegi.org.mx/contenidos/productos/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvi
negi/productos/nueva_estruc/702825064068.pdf
3. Tradiciones, cultura y gastronomía mexicana
SECTUR, Atlas Turístico y Cultural de México, 2017. http://www.atlasmx.com/
SEP/INAH, Atlas de Gastronomía de México, 1988.
Secretaría de Cultura, Composición de los pueblos indígenas en México, 2017.
http://sic.cultura.gob.mx/index.php?table=grupo_etnico
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, “Monografías”.
http://www.bibliotecavirtual.inah.gob.mx/
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, “Red de zonas arqueológicas”.
http://www.inah.gob.mx/images/zonas/lista/pagina.html
Secretaría de Educación Pública, Las tradiciones mexicanas.
http://www.conevyt.org.mx/colaboracion/colabora/objetivos/libros_pdf/mes4_u13lecc1.pdf?_sm
_byp=iVVjmFn7TMqJnrH0
4. Idioma
Real Academia de la Lengua Española
http://www.rae.es/?_sm_byp=iVVGgV0SMtqFbtDH
Centro de Enseñanzas para extranjeros
http://www.cepe.unam.mx/
We’ll report more, as details come in,
steve
Hi Gabe,
Sorry I have not reported back about my experiences. I haven’t had a chance to do it yet. This is why;
I am trying to get all my papers in order to marry my Mexican finance (of 10 years) but, as usual, Mexican red tape stands in the way. I have spent a long time trying to get a birth certificate (San Francisco) and a divorce decree (Fairfield) both apostilled in Sacramento, then translated into Spanish here in Tijuana. I thought everything was full steam ahead BUT Registro Civil told me I had to change my last name (from ex-husband) back to my maiden name. Fast forward many more months. I had to change all my American ID into my maiden name and I thought I was done. OH NO! I have a Permanent Resident Card for Mexico and it has to be changed also. After 5 (FIVE) trips to the INM office, with countless hours waiting, I finally “got it right”. I am now awaiting notification (online-me checking daily) to come in for fingerprints and pictures, then, God knows, how long to process the card!. We are waiting to fly to Puerto Vallarta (where we met) to finally tie the knot, once I get my card.
The citizenship thing is next. I’ll write back once I go through the process.
Nothing is easy here in Mexico. Buena Suerte.
Thanks Susana – fascinating tale of bureaucracy! Best wishes!
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Hi. Thanks for the info. Could you share the questions they asked you in the written exam in 2018? Thank you
See our most recent updated post on this at:
https://yucalandia.com/2018/01/28/jan-2018-update-to-mexicos-naturalized-citizenship-exam-requirements/
Happy Trails,
steve
My husband and I are about to take the exam in Cancun, we are both over 60. Anyone have experience with the exam Cancun recently? Such confusing conflicting info I am recieving!
Has anyone over age 60 in this forum gone through the citizenship process recently (Sept 2020), and did you have to take any tests? What did the process cost in total? Also is it still possible to obtain Mexican citizenship without renouncing my U.S. citizenship? I’m 58 now and wondering if I should wait until age 60 to apply. Thank you!
As always you have to renounce citizenship … but as US Law has been since 1993, the US Govt only accpets written renunciations, delivered to a US Consulate, as a legitimate renunciation.
The history test is not needed for people over 60, but applicants from non-Spanish speaking countries must still prove Spanish competency. … and part of the proof includes testing.
Intriguing answer!! It spawns additional questions:
1. When you say, “You have to renounce citizenship,” how exactly does that play out? How do I know the Mexican government is not now sending written renunciations to the U.S. Consulate? Not sure I want to play Russian roulette.
2. How is Spanish competency tested? Is it a written test with essay questions? Or is one placed in front of a panel of judges for an oral exam? How can I prepare for the “Spanish competency” test?
This is a big deal, obviously. I mean, if there is any chance I will lose my U.S. citizenship, I certainly don’t want to go through with this. And I’m nearly fluent but still consider myself intermediate in Spanish, so if I need to study, it would help to know which content areas or language skills to focus on.
Mil gracias!!
Anne
Since 1993 US Govt official policy changes , there’s no chance of you losing your US citizenship.
Like I wrote – the US govt only accepts a formal renunciation letter sent to a Consulate by the individual, to formally start the official renunciation process.
Next
Read our Aug, 2018 article on getting Mexican Naturalized Citizenship article, to get a sense of what’s on (in) the Spanish competency test:
https://yucalandia.com/2018/08/21/update-to-mexicos-naturalized-citizenship-exam-requirements/
¡Mil gracias!