Moving From Outside the US

The book's examples are American; as its front matter explains ("Why We Wrote This Book"), this page lists the official offices readers from Canada, Mexico, and Spain use instead. Checked October 2026.

In the book

• The El Salvador side of the book applies to everyone as written: residency, customs, housing, health care, schools, and daily life
• Chapter 6's apostille steps work the same through your own country's apostille office, under the Hague Apostille Convention
• Newcomer Note boxes show where a non-Salvadoran's path is different

Canada (as of October 2026)

• Embassy of Canada to El Salvador: Calle El Mirador and 87 Avenida Norte, Torre Quattro, Level 10, Colonia Escalón, San Salvador; phone (503) 2133-1100; [email protected] (listing on travel.gc.ca)
• Canada Revenue Agency: Leaving Canada (emigrants)
• Service Canada: Lived or living outside Canada, pensions and benefits (Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security)
• Global Affairs Canada: Authentication of documents (apostilles since January 11, 2024)
• Global Affairs Canada: requirements, including the provinces with their own apostille offices (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan)
• Travel advice for El Salvador, Government of Canada

Mexico (as of October 2026)

• Embajada de México en El Salvador (in Spanish), Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE)
• Embassy apostille information (in Spanish)
• SAT: Aviso de suspensión de actividades (in Spanish), the tax agency's notice for a change of tax residence abroad
• SRE: Certificado de supervivencia (proof of life) for IMSS and ISSSTE pensioners abroad (in Spanish), done at a Mexican consulate or embassy
• Secretaría de Gobernación (SEGOB): Apostilla de documentos (in Spanish), for federal documents; state documents go to the Secretaría de Gobierno of the state that issued them
• SEGOB: online apostille of the federal criminal record certificate (in Spanish)
• SRE Guía de Viaje: El Salvador (in Spanish)

Spain (as of October 2026)

• Embajada de España en El Salvador (in Spanish): Calle La Reforma 164 bis, Colonia San Benito, San Salvador; phone (503) 2257-5700; [email protected] (contact page)
• Agencia Tributaria: No residentes (in Spanish)
• Agencia Tributaria: Modelo 030, declaración censal de cambio de domicilio (in Spanish)
• Seguridad Social: proof of life for pensioners living abroad, 2026 schedule (in Spanish; January 13, 2026)
• Ministerio de la Presidencia, Justicia y Relaciones con las Cortes: Legalización única o Apostilla de La Haya (in Spanish)
• Recomendaciones de viaje: El Salvador (in Spanish), Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores