How I got residency in Mexico on an expired tourist visa

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How I got residency in Mexico on an expired tourist visa

Due to some family issues, I’ve been back and forth from the United States more often than usual, an issue when you don’t have Mexican residency. Also due to these issues, I’m not always thinking with the utmost clarity and poise. So when the immigration officer in Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport asked me how long I was planning to stay in Mexico on my tourist visa, I said something really out of character: “two weeks.” Let me …