On 30 September 1996, the Mexican government introduced a bill in Parliament that would limit to five years the stay of foreign correspondents in the country. The aim of the bill is to reform the current General Law on Population. According to the bill, the correspondents would be given a one year visa, “renewable up […]
On 30 September 1996, the Mexican government introduced a bill in
Parliament that would limit to five years the stay of foreign
correspondents in the country. The aim of the bill is to reform
the current General Law on Population. According to the bill, the
correspondents would be given a one year visa, “renewable up to
four times for the same period of time.”
On 2 October, the commissioner of the National Institute for
Migration, Fernando Solis Camara, offered assurances that the
bill would allow for the possibility of obtaining a work permit
upon completing the five years.
The bill is currently being studied by the Lower House of
Parliament.
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His Excellency Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon
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Colonia San Miguel Chapultepec
C.P. 11850 Mexico D.F.
Fax: +525 271 1764 / 515 1794 / 277 2376
Antonio Lozano Garcia
Attorney General (federal)
Reforma y Jaime Nuno
Box 06300
Mexico, D.F., Mexico
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