Government to Grant Temporary Residency Status to Undocumented Migrants in Mexico Kristian Hernandez - The Monitor
go to original October 19, 2016

Before the US Border, Migrants Face Harrowing Journey in Mexico (ABC News )

Starting next year, the government of Mexico will grant legal temporary residency status to any undocumented migrant that entered the country before January 2015 at no cost, according to a news release this week.

Last week, the Mexican National Institute for Migration, Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM,) announced the revival of its Temporary Program for the Regularization of Migrants, Programa Temporal de Regularización Migratoria, which will begin Jan. 9, 2017.

“The main objective of this program is to guarantee that the human rights of all migrants are respected and to help in the implementation of a more effective immigration policy,” reads a statement from the Office of Human Rights and Democracy.

Foreigners who entered the country before Jan. 9, 2015, and can prove they’ve been earning the national minimum wage of about $4 a day will receive a four-year residency card along with a work permit. After the four years, all migrants who have met a set of requirements will be granted permanent residency, the release states.

...The Temporary Program for the Regularization of Migrants was first created in January 2015 and expired later that year. The new expiration date is set for Dec. 19, 2017.

For a full list of requisites and procedures visit Gob.mx

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