ISSUING DOCUMENTS
FOR TEMPORARY
WORKERS IN
MEXICO
FMTP
OBJECTIVE
To provide information about the current
mechanism being applied in Mexico for an orderly
and safe entry of temporary workers in the
southern region of the country.
LAND BORDERS OF MEXICO
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Southern Border
• Dimensions
BC
• Complexity
• What it represents for migrants
QROO
CAMP
TAB
BELIZE
Migration Movement in the South
Local Crossings
85%
Guatemala
Belize
CHIS
GUATEMALA
PREVIOUS ACTIONS BY INM
MECHANISMS TO
ISSUE DOCUMENTS
Q. ROO
• FMVL
• FMVL 2000
• FMVA 1997
CHIAPAS
• LOCAL PERMIT
FLOW OF TEMPORARY WORKERS
VARIABLES
Agricultural
Ranching,
construction, services,
fishing, commerce,
etc.
Undocumented
Flows
Documents Flows
(FMVA)
Local Permit and
FMVL
Chiapas
Campeche,
Tabasco,
Quintana Roo,
and Yucatan
With FMVA, goes directly to Chiapas
With FMVA, goes to work irregularly in other production sectors in Chiapas
With local permit FMVL, coming to work
Undocumented, for traversing Mexico and to work
MIGRATION POLICY
STRATEGIC LINES OF ACTION
• FACILITATING ISSUANCE OF
DOCUMENTS
• PROTECTION OF RIGHTS
• BORDER SECURITY
• UPDATING MIGRATION FLOW
MANAGEMENT AND LEGISLATION
ACTIONS
• CHANGING NORMS
• DEVELOPING A MIGRATION FORM AND
A NEW MECHANISM
• PROCEDURE AUTOMATIZATION
RESULTS
FACILITATION AGREEMENT
(MARCH 12, 2008)
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FMTF
A NEW SYSTEM
FMTF – MIGRATION FORM FOR BORDER WORKERS
CARD WITH
HOLOGRAMS OF
THE NATIONAL
EMBLEM AND THE
INM LOGO
MICRO-PRINT
BAR CODES
AND OCR
FMTF
• OBJECTIVE: TO FACILITATE ENTRY
• LEGAL FOUNDATION: MIGRATION STATUS
L. G. P.
ART. 42
FRACTION III
Temporary Stay
Employment
Purposes
REQUIREMENTS
•
•
•
•
Current personal identity document or passport
Payment of fees (exempt if earning minimum wage)
Employment offer
2 photographs
Scope
Obligations
Worker
Cancellation
Employer
PROCEDURE
1. Presentarse
con la
documentación
4. Entrega
2. Entrevista
3. Consultas
POINTS OF ENTRY
Prepared to issue documents
Will soon be prepared to issue
documents
FIRST RESULTS
• DOCUMENTS ISSUED
• PRESENCE
• DETENTIONS , EXPULSIONS, AND
REPATRIATIONS
PRESENCE
SECTOR
GENDER
AGRICOLA
% HOMBRES
CONSTRUCCION
% MUJERES
OTROS
DESTINATION
DESTINO
CHIAPAS
TABASCO, CAMPECHE
Y Q. ROO
DETENTIONS
2007
2008
EXPULSIONS
2007
2008
REPATRIATIONS
45000
40000
35000
30000
25000
2007
20000
2008
15000
10000
5000
0
GUATEMALA
HONDURAS
EL SALVADOR
NICARAGUA
BENEFITS
•
•
•
•
•
LEGAL CERTAINTY
SECURITY
PROTECTION OF RIGHTS
REDUCED VULNERABILITY
INCREASED FLEXIBILITY
THANK YOU