FBI background check from Mexico: electronic route or paper cards
How to request your FBI background check while living in Mexico: who can use the electronic route, when fingerprint cards must go by courier, how long the federal apostille takes and how recent the report must be.
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How to request your FBI background check while living in Mexico: who can use the electronic route, when fingerprint cards must go by courier, how long the federal apostille takes and how recent the report must be.
Getting married in Mexico as a foreigner: documents from the U.S. and Canada
Which documents Mexican civil registries ask from U.S. or Canadian couples, why the birth certificate needs an apostille and a perito translation, what changes from state to state and how to plan the timing.
Perito traductor in Mexico: what it is, who requires one and how to avoid rejections
Why many Mexican offices do not accept a U.S. "certified translation", what an authorized perito traductor is, why the apostille gets translated too and how to keep your file from being sent back.
SEP revalidation with a U.S. or Canadian degree
What you need to have a U.S. or Canadian university degree revalidated in Mexico: an apostille in the issuing state or province, transcripts, a perito translation and, afterwards, the cédula profesional.
Canadian documents in Mexico: how the apostille works since 2024
Since 11 January 2024, Canadian documents are apostilled instead of being legalized at a consulate. Who apostilles what: the provinces with their own authority, Global Affairs Canada, RCMP checks and documents legalized earlier.
Power of attorney from the U.S. or Canada for property and estates in Mexico
How to grant a power of attorney from the U.S. or Canada to sell, buy or manage property in Mexico, or for an estate: signing before a local notary, apostille, perito translation and protocolización before a Mexican notario.
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