How do you import household goods to Mexico in 2026?

Qualify with a temporary or permanent resident visa or card before you expect duty-free household relief: Apply for residence and Get an INM card. At the Mexican consulate covering your origin city, present a typed Spanish inventory (original plus the copies they list), passport, visa or resident card copies, and a letter stating travel timing, port of entry, foreign address and Mexican delivery address. Electronics usually need brand, model and serial numbers.

Consulates charge a fee for the certificate. One menaje de casa grant is normally one shipment per family under the modality rules. Goods should be used personal effects for a household, not a warehouse restock. Vehicles, motorcycles and boats sit outside this path and need separate temporary or definitive import processes: Convert a driving licence does not replace vehicle import approval.

Many movers hire an agente aduanal (customs broker) to clear the container once the consular certificate and power of attorney are ready, especially when value thresholds trigger broker rules. Align the Mexican delivery address with a real lease: How to rent a home. Pets are SENASICA, not furniture: Bring pets. Apostille civil papers for family files separately: Apostille documents.

Time the container after you know which INM office owns your address, so the shipment does not arrive while you still lack a release-ready resident card: Paperwork after moving.