Getting through the INM: Paying the fee and asking what happens next
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Key Phrases
¿Me permite su comprobante y su pasaporte?
May I see your receipt and your passport?
Lo van a llamar para las huellas.
They'll call you for the fingerprints.
Le mandamos un correo cuando esté lista.
We'll send you an email when it's ready.
Skills You'll Learn
How to formally request documents
Cómo pedir documentos formalmente
How to explain the next steps of a procedure
Cómo explicar los siguientes pasos de un trámite
How to ask about payments and delivery times
Cómo preguntar sobre pagos y tiempos de entrega
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you're at an immigration office in Mexico. You've paid your residency card fee at the bank, and you want to find out what to do next.
Buenos días. Disculpe, ya hice el pago en el banco.
Good morning. Excuse me, I already made the payment at the bank.
Buenos días. ¿Me permite su comprobante y su pasaporte?
Good morning. May I see your receipt and your passport?
Sí, claro. Aquí tiene.
Yes, of course. Here you go.
Gracias. Todo bien con el pago. Aquí tiene sus documentos.
Thank you. Everything is fine with the payment. Here are your documents.
Qué bueno. ¿Y ahora qué sigue?
Great. So what's next?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
El pago
el PAH-goh
The payment
Ya hice el pago
yah EE-seh el PAH-goh
I already made the payment
💬 hice is the past form of hacer "to do/make", and the h is silent: (EE-seh). Putting ya in front of a past action gives "already": ya pagué "I already paid".
See breakdown →En el banco
ehn el BAHN-koh
At the bank
Ya hice el pago en el banco.
yah EE-seh el PAH-goh ehn el BAHN-koh
I already made the payment at the bank.
🇲🇽 INM fees are usually paid at a bank or online before your appointment, not at the counter. Expect the officer to ask for proof.
See breakdown →Disculpe
dees-KOOL-peh
Excuse me
🇲🇽 Use disculpe to get an officer's or guard's attention at the INM counter. It's polite and expected before asking anything.
See breakdown →Su comprobante
soo kohm-proh-BAHN-teh
Your receipt
💬 su can mean "his", "her", "their" or polite "your". When an official is talking to you, it's almost always "your".
See breakdown →¿Me permite su comprobante?
meh pehr-MEE-teh soo kohm-proh-BAHN-teh
May I see your receipt?
💬 ¿Me permite...? plus a thing is a polite way to ask for it. Swap in anything: ¿Me permite su pasaporte?
See breakdown →Su pasaporte
soo pah-sah-POHR-teh
Your passport
💬 su can mean "your" (polite), "his", "her" or "their". At a government counter it almost always means your.
See breakdown →¿Me permite su comprobante y su pasaporte?
meh pehr-MEE-teh soo kohm-proh-BAHN-teh ee soo pah-sah-POHR-teh
May I see your receipt and your passport?
🇲🇽 Though it's phrased as a question, it's a request to hand the documents over. Just pass them across; no answer is needed.
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