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Feb. 1, 2012 Update on New US IRS Requirements for Expats: This new regulation requires expats who have over $50,000 total of foreign financial/savings/checking/investment accounts to file a new form with the IRS every year, starting with our 2011TY filings … Continue reading →

Full Article at: “Updated Absentee Voting Information for US Expats in Mexico” Consulado de los EEUU en Mérida, México Calle 60 #338K x 29 y 31, Colonia Alcalá Martín Mérida, Yucatán, México C.P. 97050 Message for U.S. Citizens Dated: December … Continue reading →

May 29, 2026 Update:Please note that you should always contact a good labor lawyer, to handle these issues … and … This old report is OUT-OF-DATE … and has been superceded by significant new Mexican Labor Law changes, like the … Continue reading →

Full Article at: ” Issues with Using Credit Cards Internationally and Exchange Rate Information “ Continuing on the theme of Common Questions About Traveling (to Mexico): There are a group of questions that come up on expat forums whose answers … Continue reading →

See Full Article at: “Absentee Voting Information for US Citizens in Mexico – The Article “ Here’s a blurb passed along by the Merida Men’s Club: The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City encourages U.S. citizens to register to vote and … Continue reading →

New Vehicle Import Laws Allow 8 – 9 Year Old Big Vehicles in a Special Northern Mexico Zone As of Friday, July 1, Mexico allows the importation of 8-9 year old NAFTA approved large vehicles like combis, trucks, buses, etc … Continue reading →

New Transit Law Taking Effect in Yucatan State Yucatan has just become less interesting place to drive.  Every passenger has to wear a seat belt.   No more small dogs or toddlers in the driver’s laps.   Gotta have at least … Continue reading →

See Full Article at: “New Immigration Law Published for Mexico – The Article” Abstract: The web is abuzz with sketchy information about the new Ley de Migración. President Calderon signed it into law on May 24, 2011, along with several … Continue reading →

See Full Article at: “Time to Buy Pesos? $2 Trillion of New Money Printed by Geitner & Treasury” Abstract: Last week, we reported how Obama’s & Congress’s new “$40 billion in Budget Cuts” actually cut only $380 million out of … Continue reading →

See Full Article at: US Income Tax Filing Information for Ex-Pats Abstract: Since we US Expats are still within the time-frame allowed for filing US tax returns on time for 2 more months (as of today 4/22/2011), Yucalandia will use … Continue reading →

See the full article at: FBAR’s and Fideicomisos: To File or Not to File, That is the Question * * * * To file or not to file, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer … Continue reading →

See full article at: https://yucalandia.wordpress.com/living-in-yucatan-mexico/phone-calls-to-and-from-mexico-dialing-made-easy/ Abstract: Dialing and Calling Into and Out of Mexico: Imagine you are enjoying Merida and want to call a friend here in Mexico or back in the USA or Canada. The prefixes you need to … Continue reading →

More bumpy economic weather ahead? or Why the Markets fell last week? This seems to be a good time to evaluate/assess what’s going on, since we’ve now gotten a bunch of key 1’st half of 2010 data to evaluate. US … Continue reading →

Many expats have been discussing the likely impacts of the recently passed US health-care legislation on people who live and work outside the USA. The law now requires that US Citizens meet several requirements to be exempt from getting health … Continue reading →

Econ Journal Watch reports some interesting findings from a 2008 survey of 4,835 American adults:    Economic Enlightenment … The surveyors asked randomly selected adults a series of 8 questions to  determine correlations between economic knowledge and: * 2008 presidential vote, … Continue reading →

Update: The changeover from Echostar 7 to Echostar 14 at the 119W satellite position has continued to whack some US Dish Network clients with a big stick, eliminating access to many channels across much of Mexico, and now shifting local … Continue reading →

Recent News: The changeover from Echostar 7 to Echostar 14 at the 119W satellite position has whacked some US Dish Network clients with a big stick, eliminating access to many channels across much of Mexico. After moving Echostar 14 satellite … Continue reading →

People diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been found to have genetic changes in their DNA, making them different from healthy people, (see online May 3 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). The researchers found that … Continue reading →