Author Archives: yucalandia

There are new rules for the letter giving permission to bring a child into Mexico without both parents. “Entering Mexico with Children Both the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and the Canadian government advise bringing a notarized letter from … Continue reading →

Nov. 4, 2015 Updates: The very talented & highly-reliable Chapala lawyer, Lic. Spencer McMullen notes that:   “Domestic workers are an exemption in the law, for them IMSS is not mandatory.”    and   “The law doesn’t distinguish between part time … Continue reading →

Immigration Experts and Expats from Mazatlan submitted a block of questions to their local INM office about the new INM rules. Here is a list of the questions and answers, as provided by the much honored & helpful reader/contributor John … Continue reading →

Our full article is at:Precedents for Aduana to Restrict Permanent Residents from Keeping TIP Cars The issue of whether the newly minted Residente Permanente expats will be allowed to keep their foreign-plated cars, is quite a hot potato. …and still … Continue reading →

Our full article on Who are the Boomers Moving to Mexico is at: Baby Boomer Demographics, Their Assets, and Their Likely Effects on Mexico Over the years, there have been tons of commentaries by armchair expat experts opining about the … Continue reading →

Our full article on the New Immigration Rules for Mexico is at: New Rules and Procedures for Immigration, Visiting, and Staying in Mexico – Nov. 11, 2012 I talked with an INM supervisor and an experienced agent for an hour … Continue reading →

Our full article on just what might happen on Dec. 21, 2012, and the Mysteries of the Maya Calendar can be read in our article at: 2012 Maya Calendar Mystery and Math vs. Thor’s Day, Worship the Sun Day, … … Continue reading →

Nov 14, 2012 Update Our full article on the New Immigration Rules for Mexico is at: New Rules and Procedures for Immigration, Visiting, and Staying in Mexico – Nov. 11, 2012 * * * * Surviving Yucatan has been receiving … Continue reading →

Our full article on the New Immigration Rules for Mexico is at: New Rules and Procedures for Immigration, Visiting, and Staying in Mexico – Nov. 11, 2012 Nov. 10, 2012 Fresh Updates The INM now answers questions over the fone: … Continue reading →

Our full article on the New Immigration Rules for Mexico is at: New Rules and Procedures for Immigration, Visiting, and Staying in Mexico * * * * If you want summaries of the previous changes (taking effect on Nov. 9, … Continue reading →

People on various message boards for the SurEste de Mexico (a.k.a. the Yucatan Peninsula) have been predicting a direct laser-like hit by Ernesto on Merida and Progreso. We at Yucalandia have a slightly different take on the official US NOAA … Continue reading →

It’s that time again. We are approaching the 2012 US elections, and the voter registration rules for US citizens abroad have changed. The US Embassy in Mexico has made a good synopsis of the new rules, and given good how-to … Continue reading →

After Friday’s Supreme Court announcement on the ACA – Obamacare, there are bundles of questions that now arise affecting US citizens who are outside the USA. This article is for all the Americans traveling or living abroad who have, so … Continue reading →

Why I changed my mind this weekend,  … or … Is the ACA all it’s cracked-up-to-be:   Is there more-than-meets-the-eye ? Does “Obamacare” actually address the real problems plaguing US healthcare? Reform the failed system by making it even bigger? … Continue reading →

Flotsam and jetsam:  Just more shmata, drek or occasionally useful stuff, nu? Trash and treasure really are in the eye of the beholder. What follows is an egocentric (living?) collection of odds and ends. As a science guy, people have … Continue reading →

Confused about the ins-and-outs of changing money in Mexico and the USA, how to get reliable exchange rates, plus some of the nitty gritty details on how the credit card, bank debit cards, currency exchange and ATM systems work? Rather … Continue reading →

May 28 update: (see below) 3 guys were seen by the police taking stuff out of 64 year old Pennsylvania retiree Leo Robert Wicard’s home (per SIPSE ~  or  60 year old “Robert Leen Wicard” per Diario de Yucatan ~)  in … Continue reading →

La,   El,   “a”   or   “o“… Cruising the web this morning exposed yet another gringo saying: ” “O” endings on words are masculine      😮 ” This “gem” of wisdom came from a well experienced gringo who … Continue reading →

Use only approved containers for gasoline . . . Does anyone else ever wonder about the quality of Mexico’s single brand of Pemex gasoline versus the USA’s plethora of brands? As a combination car-guy / chemist, I have seen both … Continue reading →