How the New Immigration Law Affects Mexico's Expats. On May 24, 2011, in response to mounting concerns about the safety and welfare of migrants, President Felipe Calderon signed a new Migration Act (Ley de Migración) into law.
The document, which is designed to favor the human rights of migrants regardless of their nationality, affects all foreigners in Mexico including those from Canada and the United States. In consultation with Puerto Vallarta lawyer Claudia Cadena of Cadena and Associates, we help you understand what this means. The new Migration Act was enacted in response to intensifying violence against migrants and reports of complicity by immigration officials. "The law favors migration to the country [in a] more orderly and safe manner, [and] procedures are simplified for the stay of foreigners in Mexico," President Felipe Calderon said, adding, "The Mexican government is doing what we have long urged the [of] United States. " 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Further acknowledgements are due writer Steven M. Mexico Announces Immigration Changes. Topics: Living Written by: Mexperience Published: Monday, June 27, 2011 Last year, in May 2010, the Mexican government updated its immigration laws which brought in a series of amendments to existing legislation, changes that essentially streamlined current procedures and took advantage of newer technologies (by, for example, replacing old paper booklets with machine-readable plastic cards and handling all applications online).
In May of this year, the Mexican government unveiled a root-and-branch revision of its immigration law, announcing a whole series of amendments which will radically change the structure and makeup of immigration permits and visas. Since the law was unveiled about a month ago, the Internet has been alive with chatter, rumor and speculation about what the changes mean for expats currently residing in Mexico as well as those who aspire to gain long term residency permits to live here.
Travel Safety in Perspective: USA vs. Mexico - Journey Mexico Blog. Zacatecas - older than Boston, and safer There’s been a lot of news coverage about violence in Mexico, very little of it bothering to note that Mexico is a huge country with thirty-some states and that a) almost all of that violence is narco-related and b) you can count the number of tourists affected on one hand.
Meanwhile, according to the FBI, “An estimated 15,241 persons were murdered nationwide in 2009″ in the United States of America. Officially, 111 U.S. citizens were killed in Mexico last year, a third in just two cities. Almost all of them were involved in illicit vocations, usually the trafficking of guns, drugs, or people across the border. This is 111 out of close to 8 million visitors, with nearly 1 million of those being part- or full-time residents choosing Mexico over the U.S. or Canada. You know who else had 111 murders in one year recently? Meanwhile, almost 1,000 U.S. citizens died in Puerto Rico. Atlanta - city, 80 murders. Mexico Puts a Lock on Gossip - Journey Mexico Blog. On a recent trip through Central & Southern Mexico, I had the opportunity to visit the gorgeous cathedral on the zócalo (the main square) in Mexico City, where I came across an interesting tradition of which I’d never heard.
I was actually on my way out of the cathedral when I passed a little table that seemed to be overflowing with red ribbons. As I was passing, a woman approached the table with another red ribbon in one hand but with a small metal lock in the other. Intrigued, I stopped and watched as she parted some of the ribbons revealing a metallic grid around which she clenched the lock she was carrying. She then took the ribbon, tied it to the lock, said a little prayer, and then left. Now I was really intrigued. Apparently, once you’ve tied a ribbon to your lock, Saint Ramon Nonato, the patron saint of pregnant women and gossip and whose statue sits behind the table, sees to it that your slanderer is quieted.
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