Mexico Enacts Amendments to Mexico City’s Tourism Law and Rules for Private Lodging Accommodations
On April 4, 2024, a decree was published in Mexico City’s Official Journal amending and adding numerous provisions of the local Mexico City Tourism Law (“Tourism Law”), which became effective the day after its publication (the “Amendment”). The main purpose of the Amendment to the Tourism Law is to regulate the services and platforms for […]
Mexico Enacts Major Amendments to its Constitution Affecting the Judicial Branch
An important decree that completely overhauls Mexico’s Judicial Branch by amending, supplementing and repealing more than 18 articles of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States was published in the evening edition of the Official Journal of the Federation on Sunday, September 15, 2024 (the “Amendment”). The main changes to the Judicial Branch brought […]
Mexico Amends the “Decree Establishing Several Sectorial Promotion Programs”(Prosec Decree)
An amendment to the PROSEC Decree was published in the Official Journal of the Federation on August 26, 2024, and entered into force on August 27, 2024. The PROSEC is a program designed for companies that produce specific merchandise. It allows them to import various goods to deliver products with preferential general import duties. In […]
Mexico’s Taxpayer Ombudsman Announces Important Changes to Filing Procedures
The Mexican Taxpayer Ombudsman agency (“PRODECON” by its acronym in Spanish) has notified taxpayers that, to streamline and expedite the filing of Final Agreements and Complaints, as of September 1st, 2024, the only methods for filing of such Final Agreements and Complaints will be through the new Electronic System for the Receipt of Requests and […]
New General Agreement to regulate the permanent International Cargo Transportation Permit for United States of America and Canada carriers in Mexico (the “Agreement”), issued by the Department of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport (“SICT” for its Spanish acronym).
On July 31, 2024, the Agreement was published in the Federal Official Gazette and will be in effect the next day. The purpose of this Agreement is to substitute the original Agreement published in the Federal Official Gazette on July 7, 2011. In general, the new Agreement is very similar to its prior counterpart. As […]
Yucatan Grants New Tax Benefits for Investments in Industrial Zones
On June 28, 2024, the “Decree to promote investment in the industrial zones of Progreso I and Mérida I in Yucatan, Mexico” (the “Decree”) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation. Such Decree grants certain tax benefits and administrative assistance for taxpayers that carry out productive economic activities in the electrical and electronics […]
Mexico Amends Amparo Law regarding Suspensions of Legal Acts
On June 14th, 2024, a decree was published in the Official Journal of the Federation amending articles 129 and 148 of the Amparo Law regarding suspensions of official legal acts in amparo lawsuits where the unconstitutionality of general laws (e.g., federal and state laws, regulations, decrees, agreements and all types of resolutions of general observance) […]
Mexico Approves Amendments Regarding Labor Exploitation
On June 8, 2024, an amendment to the General Law to Prevent, Punish and Eradicate Crimes in Connection with Human Trafficking and for the Protection and Assistance to Victims of these Crimes (the “Law”) came into force. This amendment added section IV to Article 21 of the Law, establishing that working hours in excess of […]
Political Thermometer
In June, Mexico will have the most important election in its political history. The importance derives from several circumstances, but fundamentally from the magnitude of the elections. In accordance with previous reforms to consolidate federal, state and municipal elections on the same election day, 99 million voters will participate on June 2nd. 20,000 positions will be at stake, and it will be a woman who will occupy the presidency of the republic for the first time. Among the positions in addition to the presidency, the Federal Congress will be up for election, made up of 500 deputies and 124 senators. In addition, there will be elections of the governments of the states of Jalisco, Tabasco, Chiapas, Morelos, Yucatán, Guanajuato, Puebla, Veracruz and the head of government of Mexico City, in addition to the 16 mayoralties that comprise it.
Innovations in Visas for the United States
Among the bilateral relations of countries around the world, the relationship between Mexico and the United States is undoubtedly one of the most important. Both the broad binational dimension of economic, commercial, tourist, cultural and academic exchanges, as well as the presence of millions of Mexicans in the United States and millions of Americans who have decided to live or work in different areas of Mexico, demonstrate the enormous significance of the relationship. One of the institutional elements of the relationship is the granting of visas, residence authorization or work permits that countries grant to formally document such exchanges.
