Mexican citizenship through descent

[salt cured]

While traveling in Mexico, I did some searching into my family tree and learned that a great grandfather (and at least his mother) were born in Mexico. Then I came across news of a recent constitutional amendment that apparently provides for uninterrupted citizenship by descent for Mexicans born abroad.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/latest/story/2021-07-15/constitutional-amendment-guarantees-nationality-to-offspring-of-mexicans-born-abroad

I take this to mean I have a legal right to Mexican citizen, assuming I can provide proof of my ancestry.

Has anyone here pursued this? Curious if you have advice on which agencies to reach out to, how to obtain Mexican birth certificates, any potential headaches that come with citizenship (eg the obligation US citizens have to file with the IRS, etc). Not sure if I will follow through, just gathering trying to info at this point. In fact, it looks like my great grandfather anglicized his name after 10 years the States and starting lying on the US census about having been born in Texas, so perhaps it would be tough to draw a clean line back to his Mexican identity anyway.

[Lordy]

If you are a US citizen, what's your motivation to do this?

Obtaining mexican citizenship and therefore a passport will give you access to three new countries: Belarus, Iran and Venezuela.
I don't know about you, but I wouldn't bother.

If you want to live in Mexico, it's not that hard to obtain TR/PR. May even be a quicker process than digging through the archives.

Cheers, Lordy

[Adventine]

Obtaining another citizenship really only makes sense if it opens up opportunities that are only available to citizens of that country. For example, visa-free travel to more countries, virtually unlimited rights to own property in that country, and quality of the national  healthcare system.

As Lordy said, Mexican permanent residency is relatively easy to obtain and would grant you the ability to live and work in Mexico without needing to dig up your family history.

However, as long as you are still a US citizen, you would still have to report your worldwide income to the IRS and pay taxes on it, even if you obtained Mexican permanent residency or citizenship.

[salt cured]

Interesting replies. I hadn’t considered that a Mexican passport would also open up Venezuela and Iran. Thanks for pointing that out.