Among the most important benefits that can be obtained by older adults Mexicans is accessing the card of the National Institute for the Elderly (INAPAM), since with this you can get multiple services for free or with promotions.
However, despite the fact that INAPAM has various programs to help the elderly, the most recognized nationally is the INAPAM card, since by presenting it, Mexican people aged 60 and over obtain different discounts and promotions in various establishments.
Given this, many older adults may wonder if the process to request the INAPAM card has any cost and the answer is no. According to the official website of the Mexican government, the process of obtaining this benefit is completely free.
However, in order to have an INAPAM card, certain requirements must be met, which we mention below:
- Be 60 years or older
- Submit original and copy of the documents:
- Document proving identity (birth certificate or passport)
- Proof of age (INE, IMSS and ISSSTE credentials, etc.)
- Proof of address (utility receipt such as electricity, water or cable)
- Deliver two photographs of the beneficiary (black and white or color)
To process the INAPAM card, all you have to do is go with all the aforementioned documentation to an affiliation module of the National Institute for Older Adults in your area.
What is the purpose of INAPAM?
Functioning since 1979, but with the name of the National Institute of Senectud (INSEN), INAPAM aims to help and guide older people in multiple aspects of life.
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“The Institute’s general purpose is to coordinate, promote, support, foster, monitor, and evaluate public actions, strategies, and programs that derive from it. The Institute will seek the integral human development of older adults, understood as the process tending to provide this sector of the population with productive activities, fair wages, assistance and the necessary opportunities to achieve levels of well-being and a decent and quality life, aiming to reduce external inequalities and gender concerns, avoiding discrimination based on age, that ensures their basic needs and develops their capacity and initiatives in an inclusive social environment”, can be read on the page of the Mexican government.
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