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August 30, 2013: Our daughter, Vero, sent me this short email late yesterday: Steve, Did that work? I just tried calling the magic jack number. 8:45 PM (11 hours ago) Reply: To: Vero Hi, We have been exploring ever deeper … Continue reading →

August 18, 2013: Here’s an update on how the latest amparos (similar to a Temporary Restraining Order) are working at the Mexico-USA border to allow us foreigners to legally and permanently import our foreign-plated cars without taking the car to … Continue reading →

August 13, 2013: Here’s another Public Service Announcement for people who pay their own Mexican income taxes (not withheld by an employer) or submit IVA taxes to SAT.   Lic. Spencer McMullen offers the following updates: “Pay your taxes now to … Continue reading →

August 12, 2014: Mexican Lawyer Lic. Spencer McMullen has been busy again, offering yet more good insights into how real estate law, property law, and tax laws work in Mexico. Here is his latest report on key issues that affect … Continue reading →

July 30, 2014 This article lists the official INM requirements for applying for a temporary entrance visa at a Mexican Consulate (to return to Mexico legally), in case of a lost, stolen, or destroyed Residente Permanente card or Residente Temporal … Continue reading →

July 29, 2014 Estafeta, a good common carrier in Mexico, lists the following items prohibited for shipping by common carrier into Mexico, and this post also contains a separate list of items prohibited for shipping within Mexico: “Artículos prohibidos para … Continue reading →

July 15, 2014 Cashing US checks at Mexican banks, transferring money into Mexico, and avoiding big ATM fees has definitely become more difficult since the US Govt’s July 1 FATCA new rule additions. Some banks and financial institutions are now … Continue reading →

July 9, 2014 Are “Traditionalists” different from “Conservatives”? Identical twin and fraternal twin studies show: Obedience to Traditional Authority*: … “authoritarianism, religiousness and conservatism”, called the “traditional moral values triad”, are “substantially influenced by genetic factors” according to 2 different … Continue reading →

July 7, 2014 It always starts out so innocently, with only the best intentions: LSHIDMTASMB …Laughing so hard I dropped my taco AND spilled my beer! Like the mouser-cat that must show all trophies before eating them, I drug this … Continue reading →

July 6, 2014 Just what are we doing here? … in blogs,  on webforums,  … on facebook or twitterr? Have you considered that writing is “cognitively unnatural”? (Steven Pinker)    “For almost all human existence, nobody wrote anything; even after that, … Continue reading →

Nov. 10, 2014 Update Want to import your Mexican car into the USA?  Here’s the CBP link that describes the hows and whys:  https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/425/~/registering-a-foreign-registered-vehicle,-car-or-motorcycle-in-the-u.s.-with August 30, 2014 Update Items prohibited for shipping into Mexico and items prohibited for shipping inside … Continue reading →

June 17, 2014 Fallas en las gasolineras Un defecto en las bombas causó la “gasolina sucia” El Diario de Yucatán http://yucatan.com.mx/merida/gobierno-merida/fallas-en-las-gasolineras The latest word from PROFECO… “… problemas en la calidad de la gasolina Magna,,, tuvieron un inusual trabajo para … Continue reading →

June 17, 2014 The Mexican government just amended Article 4 of its constitution eliminating fees to register a child born in Mexico.  The published changes now include giving the first copy of the birth certificate for free. The states will … Continue reading →

June 4, 2014 Conservatives,  Tea Partiers, and Talking Heads on some business channels still chatter over “high unemployment” and a “weak economy”,  but  U6 and U3 unemployment measures of the actual numbers show a  different picture   of~ definitive trends~ ?: … Continue reading →

June 4, 2014 As regular guest author in the past here on Yucalandia, Lic. Spencer McMullen offers foreigners some of the best information and legal services to the expat community in Mexico. Today, Lic. McMullen describes a new Aduana website … Continue reading →

May 23, 2014 What’s your favorite? 20 Mexican Engineering Inventions *     *     *     * Feel free to copy while giving proper attribution: YucaLandia/Surviving Yucatan. © Steven M. Fry Read-on MacDuff . . .

May 29, 2014 Questions about The IRS’s new online FBAR system? Check out: Internal Revenue Service Webinar on Reporting of Foreign Financial Accounts on the Electronic FBAR, Wednesday, June 4, 2014. For written information see: IRS Reminds Those with Foreign … Continue reading →

May 26, 2014 In an unexpected twist, many US citizens living abroad may be required to file W-9’s, even it they are FULLY EXEMPT from FATCA. US citizens living abroad with some foreign Bank accounts, some foreign brokerage accounts, and … Continue reading →

May 23, 2014 Has your Yucatecan car been running a little pooch-ey this past month? Magna gasoline has caused problems for many Merida cars this past month, as over 2,000 PROFECO complaints have been filed over Magna ruining fuel pumps … Continue reading →